The prequel to "Cloverfield" is an ode to the menace of John Goodman, who steals this show.
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For love of screwball
The Coen Brothers' spool of 1950s Hollywood perfectly suits their tradition of mischief.
The Ones Below
David Farr's creepy thriller about babies and unstable mothers is at once unsettling but predictable.
Regression
Alejandro Amenábar's mediocre devil-worship thriller is really an object lesson in manipulated hysteria.
High-Rise
Ben Wheatley's adaptation of a 1975 J.G. Ballard parable is beautiful to look at but dated in spirit.
Don’t call me captain!
Tim Miller's "Deadpool" works so hard at being a satire it eventually wears away its vulgar welcome.
Southbound
Four directors do a good job of situating purgatory on a California highway, until they run out of gas.
The Invitation
Karyn Kusama's horror-thriller has its moments, but fails to make the most of lingering menace.
MI-5 (Spooks: The Greater Good)
An outgrowth of British TV, Bharat Nalluri's espionage thriller is direct and workmanlike.
Shorted out
The latest and most ambitious 2008-crash movie is at once chilling and hilarious.
Spotlight
Tom McCarthy's superb "Spotlight" is just as much about journalistic doggedness as sexual abuse.
Walls of water
Roar Uthag does a fine job in appropriating disaster Americana for Norwegian use.