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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
TV Reviews
TV Review: ‘Hollywood’
Stuffed to the gills with great performances and spectacular production design, Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood — arriving on Netflix this weekend — posits a ...
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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 ...
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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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 ...
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Sundance 2020 Movie Review: ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’
Three years ago, Dees Rees wowed audiences at the Sundance Film Festival with Mudbound, a haunting examination of racial and familial relations in ...
Sundance 2020 Movie Review: ‘Downhill’
Adrift in the complacency of long-term marriage, Pete (Will Ferrell) and Billie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) embark on a vacation to an upscale European ski ...
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Sundance 2020 Movie Review: ‘Promising Young Woman’
Once upon a time, Cassie (Carey Mulligan) was a med school student at the top of her class, but dropped out after a ...
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Sundance 2020 Movie Review: ‘Zola’
To the best of my knowledge, I’ve never seen a film based on a series of Tweets before today, but Aziah “Zola” Wells’ ...
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Movie Review: ‘The Gentlemen’
Writer-director Guy Ritchie burst onto the scene at the end of the millennium with a pair of densely-plotted gangster comedies, 1998’s Lock, Stock ...
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Movie Review: ‘Dolittle’
The story of John Dolittle, a physician with a unique ability to understand and communicate with animals, has gone through numerous adaptations for ...
Movie Review: ‘Bad Boys for Life’
The fact that Bad Boys for Life actually made it to the big screen feels like a small miracle. The previous film, Bad ...
TV Reviews
TV Review: ‘The Witcher’
The sprawling fantasy world of The Witcher is probably best known from its critically acclaimed videogame adaptations, but Geralt of Rivia was first ...
Features
Brent’s Top 15 Films of 2019
2019 has been marked by several major cinematic events, including the release of Avengers: Endgame, which capped off nearly a decade of Marvel ...
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Movie Review: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’
Two years removed from Rian Johnson’s divisive The Last Jedi, director J.J. Abrams returns to the franchise to cap off this latest trilogy ...
DVD & Blu-Ray Reviews
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’
One of the most celebrated films of the year finally comes to home video with the Blu-ray release of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon ...
Movie Review: ‘Jumanji: The Next Level’
Franchise reboots are something of a risky proposition, with many beloved properties failing to connect with audiences in the same way as their ...
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Movie Review: ‘Knives Out’
After cutting his teeth on 2006’s Brick, a brilliant throwback to Dashiell Hammett detective noir set in a suburban high school, writer-director Rian ...
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Movie Review: ‘The Irishman’
Over the past few weeks, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese should have been making the press rounds and discussing his monumental new film, The ...
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Movie Review: ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’
For an in-depth look at the life and legacy of Fred Rogers, the beloved host of long-running children’s show Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, you ...
