Mixed (Divisive)

Time Is Up misuses its time with a story that is overdramatic and contains lukewarm dialog and performances.

The main thing Kate has to offer is brutal action. As for the story and characters? Like a lot of action films, that is an end to a means.

Zone 414 may have all the fixtures of an intriguing sci-fi mystery, but it fails to live up to its potential.

While the white girl jokes do get excessive, She Ball does make valuable points if you can get beyond its humor.

Four boys steal their school exam papers and make a business from selling the tests, but how will they deal with karma biting them in the ass?

Don’t Breathe can be added to the list of movies where the would-be villain has a complicated backstory that doesn’t excuse his crimes but allows you to understand their twisted logic.

While Here After fka Faraway Eyes takes a bit to warm up to, it’s all smooth sailing once the focus becomes the lead couple.

Gunpowder Milkshake is a simplistic shoot-em-up featuring Russian mobsters, leads recovering quickly, and issues caused by absent parents.

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions may make you think the rooms would be more elaborate and attendees savvier, but that is not the case.

Externo, while at times tapping on that line of being too art-house, presents a compelling journey as one man vies to take over the world.