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Alci Rengifo
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Kneecap (2024) |
“Kneecap” feels alive and cinematic, with characters we grow to care about. If you know little about modern Irish history, the movie will at least offer a window while being a rowdy good time. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Aug 08, 2024
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Sing Sing (2023) |
Unconstrained by some predictable plot, Domingo is allowed to just flow with the rhythm of the movie. This makes the process of understanding the craft the inmates are learning clearer and more intimate. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Aug 06, 2024
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) |
“Deadpool & Wolverine” rushes by like an anarchic free for all where the fan servicing combines with funnier forms of corporate self-jabs. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jul 29, 2024
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Twisters (2024) |
Twisters delivers a satisfying escape for the summer season, one where you can chuckle at its blatant absurdities. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jul 22, 2024
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Crossing (2024) |
We have to cross borders and boundaries to find ourselves. This is a special drama about taking such a step with all the painful growth it entails. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jul 22, 2024
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Fly Me to the Moon (2024) |
The rocket runs out of fuel by the weight of two quirky genres fighting for the control stick.
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| Posted Jul 15, 2024
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Longlegs (2024) |
Nicolas Cage gives it twisted, perverse life with his contorted, truly unforgettable performance. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jul 15, 2024
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National Anthem (2023) |
It is a marriage of the roots one carries from the land where they live and who they are as human beings. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jul 15, 2024
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MaXXXine (2024) |
MaXXXine is made by someone who loves movies while being fascinated by the disturbed psyches behind the lens. Despite its slight faults, this is a worthy finale that can cut deeper than another rehashed slasher. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jul 09, 2024
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Despicable Me 4 (2024) |
Genuinely goofy. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jul 09, 2024
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) |
On its own, this is a visually stunning half-serving that can’t fully satisfy because of its very structure. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jul 03, 2024
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) |
Avoiding being thoughtless, “Day One” is good popcorn fun, designed to raise the heart rate for its thankfully brisk 99 minutes. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jul 01, 2024
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Janet Planet (2023) |
Baker simply allows her characters to live and breathe in front of the camera, letting them linger as if they were real people we have met.
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| Posted Jul 01, 2024
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The Bikeriders (2023) |
Nichols soberly looks at the darker elements of motorcycle club culture, but there is also an infectious attitude at play that remains alluring because society is always demanding we conform. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jun 24, 2024
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Kinds of Kindness (2024) |
It is a free-wheeling challenge that might require more than one viewing to fully process. Even if one viewing might be more than enough for you, it will nonetheless be hard to forget. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jun 24, 2024
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) |
We don’t need another “Bad Boys” movie after this one, but it is an early summer guilty pleasure. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jun 10, 2024
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Robot Dreams (2023) |
The final scenes of this movie are wonderfully bittersweet. They seem to say that good memories with someone are worth cherishing, even as we may find new loves, friends and connections. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jun 07, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) |
“Furiosa” balances satire with genuine pathos in a way no other franchise can really pull off. You can chuckle at the wordplay and feel for Furiosa’s painful journey of discovery. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted May 28, 2024
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IF (2024) |
Where “IF” is left lacking is in how Krasinski never finds a full arc for this story. Putting aside odd story holes, there’s no real progression. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted May 20, 2024
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Back to Black (2024) |
One gets the sense that Amy Winehouse herself would have shunned this biopic for how safe and shallow it all is. She might have even written and dedicated a much bolder, scathing song to disown it. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted May 20, 2024
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) |
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” wonderfully continues the trend by continuing the timeline as it recharges the premise. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted May 13, 2024
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Evil Does Not Exist (2023) |
Hamaguchi’s film is ultimately a meditation on why some of the world’s delicate balances should be left at peace. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted May 07, 2024
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The Fall Guy (2024) |
“The Fall Guy” delivers by making fun of its peers and celebrating an essential job in filmmaking. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted May 06, 2024
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The Veil (2023) |
“The Veil” is an entertaining game of identities and international suspense, held together by a performance from Moss, who proves she’s still growing after all these years giving us good television. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Apr 30, 2024
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Challengers (2024) |
“Challengers” is in its own, original rush. Everyone involved makes it come alive because they are in it to win. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Apr 29, 2024
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Civil War (2024) |
Garland powerfully poses the reality that wherever humans have settled and built societies, conflict brews. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Apr 15, 2024
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Housekeeping for Beginners (2023) |
“Housekeeping for Beginners” is a true family film, celebrating the difficulties of forming a necessary unit with others to withstand life’s struggles. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Apr 12, 2024
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Monkey Man (2024) |
The energy of “Monkey Man” is infectious while having the merit of being a wholly Indian hero taking names and setting the world on fire. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Apr 08, 2024
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) |
If your sole aim is to see kaiju heavy metal onscreen, “Godzilla x Kong” will work as enjoyably bad. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Apr 01, 2024
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) |
As far as strained continuations go, this one could have been worse. If you put aside any attachment to the original classic, this one comes close to working as a well-produced popcorn escape. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Mar 25, 2024
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Road House (2024) |
Visually it has plenty of style and sets the right environment for a summer escape. And the story keeps its priorities straight. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Mar 25, 2024
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Love Lies Bleeding (2024) |
Amid the grime and melodrama, this is a sincere movie with two striking performances that go for broke. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Mar 16, 2024
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Damsel (2024) |
Alas, its promising starting point gets quickly burned to a crisp by turning into a throwaway dragon chase. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Mar 11, 2024
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Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024) |
As with the previous three, this “Kung Fu Panda” still offers fine lessons in moving forward and self-esteem. That makes it just likable enough. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Mar 11, 2024
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Spaceman (2024) |
It’s the kind of movie some will easily term “weird.” We need more weirdness. Spaceman will linger in your memory much longer than the throwaway remakes and sequels we’re bombarded with like an alien invasion. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Mar 05, 2024
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Dune: Part Two (2024) |
Dune: Part Two should be seen on the biggest screen you can find, but the story remains a riveting saga both classical and imaginative. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Mar 02, 2024
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Ordinary Angels (2024) |
What barely saves the movie as an ok tear-jerker is that Gunn never makes it about proselytizing religion and keeps the focus on Hilary Swank. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Feb 27, 2024
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Drive-Away Dolls (2024) |
It is a feminist romp and borderline grindhouse thriller, which takes a few detours to comment on the perils of American conservatism. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Feb 26, 2024
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Madame Web (2024) |
Madame Web tries to stay grounded while being absurd, showcasing actors doing the best they can with a genre that is quickly gathering cobwebs and needs some decent sweeping before starting again. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Feb 20, 2024
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Bob Marley: One Love (2024) |
Bob Marley: One Love isn’t necessarily a misfire. It has so much promise we just wish it had more of everything. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Feb 20, 2024
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Lisa Frankenstein (2024) |
Lisa Frankenstein doesn’t have dynamite, just cuteness with a dash of blood. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Feb 12, 2024
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Tótem (2023) |
Tótem manages to encompass in one home how life can be warm, sad and exciting all at once. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Feb 12, 2024
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Argylle (2024) |
This movie feels sluggish and timid because it tries too hard to be a blockbuster. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Feb 05, 2024
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Scrambled (2023) |
Scrambled is not a preachy film about finding the right path in life. It never seeks to judge Nellie for her choices. McKendrick’s tone is joyfully quirky, like an assurance that no one has the right answers. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Feb 05, 2024
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The Promised Land (2023) |
Arcel’s film is a great entertainment in the best way because it’s gripping and enriching. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Feb 05, 2024
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I.S.S. (2023) |
This is fine, but it just needs a stronger narrative where we understand better the world of these characters before it’s all reduced to a standoff. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jan 22, 2024
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Origin (2023) |
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor carries us through it all with a performance of intelligence and compassion...This is a movie about where we come from and what it means to be human, with all of the shame and hope that entails. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jan 22, 2024
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The Book of Clarence (2023) |
The Book of Clarence is almost a hard film to fully decipher in one review because of how layered and rich it becomes. That’s also what makes it special. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jan 16, 2024
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Night Swim (2024) |
The better moments are quiet, eerie shots of someone swimming across the pool, hinting a menace hiding in the shadows. But once the plot dries up, Night Swim is left gasping for air. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jan 08, 2024
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Society of the Snow (2023) |
Bayona has made a film about survival that truly places us in the shoes of its characters. He gives every character just enough screen time to make us care and to see the differences in personalities. - Entertainment Voice
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| Posted Jan 08, 2024
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