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6 months ago
Strays (2023)

Strays (2023)

4 / 10
The one-note adult comedy “Strays” is a movie that’s best evaluated in mathematical percentages. It’s 20% crude humor combined with 75% dead air with an eventual 5% of good material (a.k.a., the big payoff). What’s such a bummer is that... Read the full review »
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6 months ago
Jules (2023)

Jules (2023)

2 / 10
At first glance, “Jules” seems like another sweet-natured story geared towards senior citizens, but director Marc Turtletaub‘s dramedy deals with some serious societal issues like isolation and loneliness, especially when it comes to how gra... Read the full review »
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6 months ago
A classic story built around one chapter (the Captain’s Log) in Bram Stoker’s celebrated 1897 novel “Dracula” that hasn’t been told before on screen is the big draw of “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” a dark, gruesome, gothic film f... Read the full review »
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Kevin Smith’s 1997 film about a man who falls in love with a lesbian, “Chasing Amy,” is a film that’s become even more problematic and divisive as the years have passed. A dated product of its time, it’s also a movie that continues to sp... Read the full review »
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Trader (2022)

Trader (2022)

7 / 10
Writer and director Corey Stanton‘s psychological thriller “Trader” is set in a solitary, confined location with only one actor ever seen on screen, but it’s not something that should be casually dismissed as just another gimmicky independ... Read the full review »
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Corny killer shark movies can be a lot of fun (see “Sharknado” and “Deep Blue Sea”), but “The Meg 2” is a needless sequel that’s truly terrible. I don’t even think this crummy summertime catastrophe could have provided a reasonable... Read the full review »
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“The Inventor” is a very strange animated film. I’m not quite sure the intended target audience for this (it feels very French, so perhaps it’s made for European children with a more sophisticated worldview than your average American kid),... Read the full review »
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6 months ago
In the third installment of his Hercule Poirot series, director Kenneth Branagh brings famed author Agatha Christie’s “Hallowe’en Party” to the screen in “A Haunting in Venice,” a much darker (and spookier) whodunnit. It’s one of the... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
“Til Death Do Us Part” is a “Kill Bill” rip-off that’s not an inherently bad movie, but it does have its fair share of problems. The idea of a killer bride certainly isn’t original, but the film isn’t helped by the fact that director... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
Morality and violence in small-town America is explored in the gritty and brutal “Mob Land,” a modern neo-noir film from director and co-writer Nicholas Maggio. Reminiscent of films like “Hell or High Water” and “Wind River,” this is t... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
The intersection of innovation, science, political bureaucracy, and ethics meet in writer-director Christopher Nolan‘s “Oppenheimer,” a dark, challenging biopic about the father of the atomic bomb, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. This profound ep... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
Barbie (2023)

Barbie (2023)

6 / 10
I don’t think “Barbie” is a good movie. In fact, it pushes the limits of being a borderline bad movie. That doesn’t mean I am going to give it a negative review, however, because there is a lot (and I mean a lot) of things to love here. De... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
As a longtime Disney enthusiast, I was highly skeptical (and very wary) about director Justin Simien‘s “Haunted Mansion,” the second film inspired by the classic and beloved theme park attraction. Everything about this project screamed “po... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
One of the greatest surprises of the year has to be “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” a film that I never would’ve expected to be as terrific as it is. Co-directed by Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears and co-written by Rowe, Seth Rogen, and Evan Gold... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
“Susie Searches” is a film with a severe identity crisis. It opens like an edgy Disney Channel movie, only to turn into a twisty, bizarre, and dark story of kidnapping, accidental murder, cover-ups, and the unlimited quest for popularity and c... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
All hockey fans should watch director Hubert Davis‘ “Black Ice,” a documentary about the role of black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) players in the sport. The film will definitely make waves by exposing the unpleasant truth that m... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
The Tom Cruise “Mission Impossible” franchise is one of reliable quality and equally dependable “forgettable-ness.” I’ve seen every film, yet my memory is fuzzy when I try to recall what happened in any of them. And while it’s almost a... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is a stale, impotent summer blockbuster that marks another unimaginative entry in the popular adventure franchise. Excessively dull and far too long, director James Mangold‘s movie burns every last dro... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
A sweet story about family, friends, and learning to love the person you are is wrapped up with a big, vivacious, raunchy bow in director Adele Lim‘s “Joy Ride,” a raucous comedy that celebrates women embracing their inner naughtiness. This... Read the full review »
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8 months ago
Director Alison Ellwood’s “Let the Canary Sing,” a straightforward documentary about the life and career of 80s pop icon Cyndi Lauper, would be another forgettable, pedestrian movie if not for its kooky and unconventional subject. Long-cele... Read the full review »