The Big Short, Sisters, Son of Saul, Dream/Killer, Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story, The Messenger, (T)error

The Big Short

Sisters

Son of Saul

Dream/Killer

Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story

The Messenger

(T)error

Quick capsules on the last of the pre-holiday releases:

Youth, The Lady in the Van, In the Heart of the Sea, Janis: Little Girl Blue, Hitchcock/Truffaut, Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own Words

Youth

The Lady in the Van

In the Heart of the Sea

Janis: Little Girl Blue

Hitchcock/Truffaut

Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own Words

Quick capsules from a relatively slow (and mostly middling) December:

Carol, Secret in Their Eyes, Flowers, Mustang, Legend, Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists, The Good Dinosaur, Criminal Activities, The Night Before, The Wonders, Creed, James White, Censored Voices, The Danish Girl, Sembene!

Carol

Secret in Their Eyes

Flowers

Mustang

Legend

Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists

The Good Dinosaur

Criminal Activities

The Night Before

The Wonders

Creed

James White

Censored Voices

The Danish Girl

Sembene!

Sorry for the data dump. Fifteen titles, so only a sentence or two (and a star rating) for each:

The 33, Love the Coopers, Man Up, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Sand Dollars (Dolares de Arena)

The 33

Love the Coopers

Man Up



Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict

Sand Dollars (Dolares de Arena)







Quick capsules on an otherwise poor week at the movies:

By the Sea

Roland (Brad Pitt) is an author as yet unable to replicate the success of his first novel.

Miss You Already, Spectre, Trumbo, Spotlight, Welcome to Leith, What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy

Miss You Already

Spectre



Trumbo

Spotlight



Welcome to Leith

What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy








The first four-star film of 2015 highlights a mostly good week at the movies:

Brooklyn, Tab Hunter Confidential

Brooklyn

Tab Hunter Confidential






A pair of mild recommendations to open the weekend:

Our Brand is Crisis

Boy, have the critics got this one wrong.

Burnt

“Burnt” is a cinematic grease fire, a food movie that starts sour and quickly turns rancid.

Meadowland, I Smile Back, Suffragette, A Ballerina's Tale

Meadowland

I Smile Back



Suffragette

A Ballerina's Tale



Quick capsules on a mixed week at the movies:

Steve Jobs, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, Victoria, Room, Beasts of No Nation, Bridge of Spies, Truth, All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, Experimenter

Steve Jobs

Jafar Panahi's Taxi



Victoria

Room



Beasts of No Nation

Bridge of Spies



Truth

All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records



Experimenter

Nine movies to plow through = a quick capsule on each: