I, Tonya

Sweeping but gritty cinematography miraculously keeps pace with Robbie’s hard-hitting Harding rendition. Fascinating narrative structure lays brilliantly rocky rink for Allibastion Stanney to perform in. Overly pandering Tonya assault shot aside, if Coens and Scorsese teamed up to tackle skating, this icy-hot biopic would deserve (but not receive) higher scores.

The Finest Hours

Half the Afflecks steer half a boat for half a movie before handing over the dramatic reigns to Foster and Pine who brave hellish high water to rescue a Disney ending. Solid performances, phenomenal effects, and wave after wave of tension make up for a boatload of clichés and predictability.

Lars and the Real Girl

Glossy Gosling falls for an even shinier girl, played brilliantly by Megan Fox. Simple film operates on a gimmicky premise, but is sustained by the heart which the cast injects into the girl, and the film as a whole. Mortimer and Arquette breathe further life into this blow-up character study.

Fright Night (2011)

Rather than blend the two species, this campy reboot finds itself trapped in the twilight between funny and scary. Farell’s vampire in frightfully amusing, but the rest of the monsters are only shruggably intimidating. Yelchin and Collette have both been better, and Dr, who cares about the museums useless tennant?