Sully

You can feel Clint Eastwood straining to turn a feel-good story into a prestige picture – or, really, any kind of coherent movie – while watching the curiously unsatisfying “Sully.”

The Light Between Oceans, Complete Unknown, Spa Night, Klown Forever

The Light Between Oceans

Complete Unknown

Spa Night

Klown Forever

Quick notes on a weak and light weekend of movies:

Hands of Stone, The Hollars, In Order of Disappearance, The Intervention, Mia Madre, My King, Southside With You

Hands of Stone

The Hollars



In Order of Disappearance

The Intervention



Mia Madre

My King



Southside with You

One thumb up, six down:

War Dogs, Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, The People vs. Fritz Bauer, Morris from America, Imperium

War Dogs

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

 

 

 

 

 

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

Morris from America

 

 

 

 

Imperium

 

 

 

  

Quick capsules on a mixed bag of movies in another relatively light August week:

Sausage Party, Pete's Dragon, Florence Foster Jenkins, Anthropoid, Hell or High Water, Little Men, Disorder, Joshy, Ants on a Shrimp

Sausage Party

Pete's Dragon

Florence Foster Jenkins

Anthropoid

Little Men 

Hell or High Water

Disorder

Joshy

Ants on a Shrimp

Four extremely enthusiastic recommendations and a few turkeys in a busy week at the movies:

The Tenth Man, Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil, Miss Sharon Jones!

The Tenth Man

Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil



Miss Sharon Jones!

The quickest of capsules on a weirdly quiet week, to be followed by a plethora of new releases this week:

Equity, Indignation, Don't Think Twice, The Seventh Fire

Equity

Indignation

Don't Think Twice

The Seventh Fire

Quick capsules on a mixed week at the movies: