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7 years ago
A talented filmmaker will often find they have no need for huge budgets or splashy special effects, and writer / director Paul Harrill‘s intensely gorgeous feature “Light From Light” demonstrates that even the smallest of stories can have a... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
Just as the wildly original “Anna and the Apocalypse” created its own holiday / musical branch of the zombie genre, “Little Monsters” forges a path into the new sector of the feel good movie about the undead. This unrestrained, hilarious e... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
At the risk of sounding cold hearted, the delicate, quiet little film “Photograph” fails to pack enough emotional punch to work as a successful love story. The film, written and directed by Ritesh Batra (“The Lunchbox”), is comprised of hi... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
I’m far from a prude, but the big “twist” in “The Death of Dick Long” proved too much for me to take. It’s not the actual cause of Dick’s death that bothered me, it’s that the film went too far by taking the dramatic route instead... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
Brutal. Painful. Angry. Unforgiving. Yes, writer / director Jennifer Kent‘s “The Nightingale” is all of these things. The story of a young Irish convict in Tasmania in the 1820s takes the classic revenge thriller and puts a powerful femi... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
As a strong believer in the separation of church and state, I’ve had a personal history with The Satanic Temple (TST), an organization that, despite its intimidating name, has absolutely nothing to do with worshiping the devil. TST is a nontheis... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
Those expecting a straightforward horror movie may be disappointed in “The Lodge,” a deliberately paced thriller that delivers more sinister feels than actual scares. This nightmare-inducing film is as unsettling as they come, a wildly unpredi... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a hot commodity, especially in the #MeToo movement era, and “On the Basis of Sex” is yet another ardently enthusiastic puff piece about one of the most influential women of our time. The film is a s... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
Yes, “Aquaman” is loud, dumb, and ridiculous, but you can’t say it doesn’t fit the character perfectly. It may be the movie Arthur Curry’s alter-ego deserves, an epic spectacle of ludicrous joy that’s as dreadfully terrible as it is th... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
M. Night Shyamalan has always been a filmmaker who seems a bit too full of himself, a disagreeable trait that manifests through his writing and directing style. This has never been more evident than with his latest pet project “Glass,” a long-... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
Director Pawel Pawlikowski‘s “Cold War” is a melancholy anti-romance that’s filled with as much heartbreak as passion. The love story between a woman and an older man is one that you’ve seen many times onscreen before, but there’s some... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
Nicole Kidman is the only bright spot in “Destroyer,” a grim yawner of lackluster brooding from director Karyn Kusama. This stale noir thriller does little new or exciting, and eventually falls into the same old trappings that we’ve all seen... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
The main problem with “Private Life” is that the story feels too personal. The film, from writer and director Tamara Jenkins, will likely be unrelatable to anyone who hasn’t experienced the pains of infertility. When you get right down to it... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
Once in a blue moon a filmmaker comes along that lights a fire of excitement in fans of the medium, and with “If Beale Street Could Talk,” director Barry Jenkins cements his place as one of the most talented auteurs working in the industry tod... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
The satirical biopic “Vice,” a film about the rise of Washington insider (and eventual Vice President) Dick Cheney, is director Adam McKay‘s version of big screen target practice that’s aimed squarely at one of the country’s most-hated m... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
There’s an unexpected sincerity to “Bumblebee,” the latest spinoff movie based on the popular Hasbro Transformers toys. It’s the first of the obnoxious, bloated franchise that’s legitimately a good movie. This crowd-pleaser has a nostalg... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
If anything, “Mary Poppins Returns” proves that the House of Mouse is a dependable charm machine when it comes to live action musicals. The new original songs don’t fare as well. Most are dreadful, which is shame because the singing is quite... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
One of the greatest things about anthology films is that with a selection of shorts tied together, it’s okay if one isn’t as strong as the others because there’s always a new story just around the corner. In “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,�... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
“Can God forgive us?” Once that line is uttered by Michael (Philip Ettinger), a radical environmental activist and soon-to-be father, it gets in Reverend Toller’s (Ethan Hawke) head. He agonizes over the question as his outlook on salvation... Read the full review »
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7 years ago
In a year of films that shine the spotlight on strong female characters, “Roma” is so deeply personal that it stands out from the rest. Writer-director Alfonso Cuarón taps into his own childhood to tell the story of the women who raised him,... Read the full review »