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Movie Review: ‘The Croods: A New Age’
This generation’s modern stone age family The Croods may have survived their first family adventure, but one can never let their guard down ...
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Movie Review: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’
Published to much fanfare in 2016, J.D. Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy was pored over in the wake of Donald Trump’s election to the ...
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Movie Review: ‘Freaky’
No stranger to shaking up the horror genre, Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon is back with another mashup, taking a tried and ...
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Movie Review: ‘Let Him Go’
One can’t help but wonder if writer-director Thomas Bezucha was actively trying to evoke memories of Ma and Pa Kent in Man of ...
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AFI Fest 2020 Review Round-up
Nine Days Edson Oda’s poignant drama about what it truly means to be alive centers on Will (Winston Duke), who spends his days ...
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CIFF 2020 Review Round-Up
The 56th Chicago International Film Festival ran from October 14-25, featuring drive-in screenings complemented by virtual cinema offerings that brought the event to ...
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Movie Review: ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’
Fourteen years ago, a fictional Kazakh journalist became a box office sensation in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation ...
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AFI Fest 2020 Movie Review: ‘Pink Skies Ahead’
Like 40 million others adults in the United States alone, Winona (Jessica Barden) suffers from an anxiety disorder — she just doesn’t realize ...
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AFI Fest 2020 Movie Review: ‘I’m Your Woman’
The all-virtual edition of AFI Fest 2020 kicked off in spectacular fashion Thursday evening with I’m Your Woman, a gritty 70s-era crime thriller ...
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Movie Review: ‘Rebecca’
Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic romance novel Rebecca is no stranger to adaptation: among others, Alfred Hitchcock’s version won the Academy Award for ...
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Movie Review: ‘Totally Under Control’
“In a moment of crisis, the world’s most powerful nation didn’t rise to the occasion, it descended into division and chaos.” This quote, ...
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Movie Review: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
There’s something chilling about watching uniformed police officers confront a group of protestors, remove their badges and nameplates, then wade into the crowd ...
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Movie Review: ‘Enola Holmes’
Millie Bobby Brown has been pegged for superstardom ever since turning heads with her breakout role in hit Netflix series Stranger Things, and ...
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Movie Review: ‘Antebellum’
The slow-motion, single-take opening of Antebellum, arriving this week on VOD after its original April theatrical release was cancelled in the wake of ...
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Movie Review: ‘The Devil All the Time’
“Some people were born just so they could be buried.” This quote from The Devil All the Time, the latest offering from Antonio ...
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Movie Review: ‘Mulan’
1998 adventure Mulan isn’t quite regarded with the same reverence as other classics from the Disney Renaissance, like Aladdin or Beauty and the ...
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Movie Review: ‘Bill and Ted Face the Music’
Having been in various stages of development since at least 2010, a third installment of the Bill and Ted series has often felt ...
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Fantasia 2020 Movie Review: ‘You Cannot Kill David Arquette’
On April 25, 2000, 29-year-old Hollywood star David Arquette won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, widely considered to be one of professional wrestling’s ...
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Fantasia 2020 Movie Review: ‘Crazy Samurai Musashi’
An impressive feat of physical endurance exists at the center of Crazy Samurai Musashi, as lead actor Tak Sakaguchi cuts his way through ...
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Fantasia 2020 Movie Review: ‘Sheep Without a Shepherd’
After debuting at the top of the Chinese box office last year, Sam Quah’s Sheep Without a Shepherd makes its way to North ...
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Fantasia 2020 Movie Review: ‘The Columnist’
Enjoying its North American premiere as part of the 2020 Fantasia International Film Festival, director Ivo van Aart’s The Columnist is a sharply ...
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Movie Review: ‘Boys State’
As more than 1100 young men from Texas gathered for a week-long experiment in self-governance — part of an annual program sponsored by ...
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Movie Review: ‘Hamilton’
In May 2016, I managed to convince my wife that we should deplete the majority of our savings account in order to fly ...
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Movie Review: ‘Irresistible’
Written and directed by former Daily Show host Jon Stewart, Irresistible turns a playful yarn about a small-town mayoral race into an indictment ...
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Movie Review: ‘The King of Staten Island’
Pete Davidson is the next comedian to get a shot at big screen stardom courtesy of comedic kingmaker Judd Apatow with The King ...
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Movie Review: ‘Extraction’
Theatrical distribution may have come to a screeching halt due to the COVD-19 pandemic, but that doesn’t mean film enthusiasts are left without ...
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Movie Review: ‘Blow the Man Down’
Just in time for your self quarantine viewing: murder and small town northeastern accents are the catch of the day in Amazon Prime ...
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Movie Review: ‘The Hunt’
Originally scheduled to hit theaters last fall, The Hunt became mired in controversy shortly after the release of its first trailer, which featured ...
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Movie Review: ‘The Way Back’
Director Gavin O’Connor is no stranger to sports dramas, with two superbly crafted genre entries already under his belt (2004’s Miracle and 2011’s ...
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Movie Review: ‘Onward’
Despite what Sonic the Hedgehog might have you think, family films don’t have to be full of bad jokes, cringe-worthy dialogue and product ...
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Movie Review: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’
In last year’s Uncut Gems, Dinah (Idina Menzel) tells estranged husband Howard (Adam Sandler) “you’re the most annoying person I’ve ever met.” It’s ...
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Second Opinion: ‘Birds of Prey’
You can’t keep a good clown down. After being the lone bright spot in her debut as lovable DC villainess Harley Quinn in ...
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Bart’s Sundance 2020 Review Journal: Part Three
A dark comedy to be sure, Promising Young Woman tells the story of a woman who turns the tables on men who try ...
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Movie Review: ‘Birds of Prey’
Warner Bros. got off to a shaky start with some of the early films in their DC Extended Universe: Batman v Superman: Dawn ...