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5.5
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It Ends With Us
(2024)
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Sarah Vincent
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If you are a fan of Hoover’s novels, then this film is a must see. For moviegoers not in the know, it will be a horror show.
Posted Aug 11, 2024
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6.5
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Trap
(2024)
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Sarah Vincent
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Trap is a roller coaster for how high Hartnett takes it, and how rapidly it plummets once he is no longer dominating the screen. It wouldn’t be a Shyamalan movie if he wasn’t so good at tripping himself up. Still, it’s an entertaining watch
Posted Aug 10, 2024
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5.5
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New Strains
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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New Strains is Sleeping with the Enemy meets The Stepford Wives without the technology, obvious abuse, or movie stars. Instead of a fastidious neat freak, the husband is a performative health protocol zealot.
Posted Jul 23, 2024
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9.5/10
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Look Back
(2024)
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Allyson Johnson
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Look Back understands the vulnerability of creation and the ever-moving line that determines our success and cuts you to the core.
Posted Jul 16, 2024
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0
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Lumina
(2024)
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Sarah Vincent
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The aliens only provide a veneer to determine whether Alex will give the rose to Tatiana or Delilah. McKoy is a true believer in alien abductions, so it feels like another metaphorical blow that he doesn’t have a more cohesive backstory about the aliens
Posted Jul 14, 2024
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8/10
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Daddio
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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Daddio is a rare mature film that perhaps overrates what it offers, but still succeeds at capturing a slice of life about how two people with little to nothing in common can share a sacred moment of understanding and appreciation for each other.
Posted Jun 30, 2024
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2/10
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The Exorcism
(2024)
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Sarah Vincent
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If you ever face a situation where you must choose whether to watch The Exorcism or The Pope’s Exorcist, choose the latter.
Posted Jun 28, 2024
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7/10
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Treasure
(2024)
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Sarah Vincent
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While Treasure sells a pat idea that genocidal, generational trauma can be healed in a single road trip to the scene of the crime, people do not always watch movies for realism, but as part of aspirational wishful thinking.
Posted Jun 16, 2024
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8.5/10
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Inside Out 2
(2024)
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Jon Negroni
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A direct sequel that gets to skip a lot of the complicated explanations and "here's how this works" tutorials in favor of putting audiences through a 96-minute therapy session.
Posted Jun 13, 2024
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7/10
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
(2024)
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Jon Negroni
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes apes almost every action movie ever made, except for ‘Planet of the Apes’ of course.
Posted May 09, 2024
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8/10
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The People's Joker
(2022)
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Allyson Johnson
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Wildly independent and brimming with Drew’s hyper-aware commentary and potential, it’s a must-watch for those looking for a film that refuses to bend to the will of mainstream media.
Posted May 08, 2024
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7/10
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Civil War
(2024)
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Sarah Vincent
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It delivers the same sickening wonder that Independence Day did by imagining familiar, famous sights under siege and subject to utter destruction. Instead of an alien invasion or a natural disaster, it is domestic political unrest.
Posted Apr 15, 2024
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8/10
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Uproar
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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Uproar can be predictable, but it is satisfying in the way that it evokes the high stakes of his choices. It’s impossible to dismiss Josh’s journey as overwrought teen angst, as it’s really a battle for each character’s soul.
Posted Mar 24, 2024
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8.5/10
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Dune: Part Two
(2024)
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Jon Negroni
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The only major issue I can even find with Dune: Part Two is that we had to sit through all of Dune: Part One just to get to the movie Denis Villeneuve actually wanted to make.
Posted Feb 21, 2024
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7.5/10
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Lisa Frankenstein
(2024)
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Sarah Vincent
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And even though Lisa Frankenstein is not a perfect debut for Williams or a consummate comeback for Cody, this labor of love will be a cult favorite with nostalgic needle drops that people will be drooling over, long after it’s buried.
Posted Feb 11, 2024
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6.5/10
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Argylle
(2024)
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Jon Negroni
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It's great seeing Vaughn get to poke fun at his own movies and even the airport spy novel, but it's also a little odd and disappointing when this supposed satire ends up settling as a PG-13 version of Kingsman.
Posted Jan 31, 2024
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9.5/10
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The Zone of Interest
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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Viewers can become desensitized to seeing others’ pain and frame the events as something foreign to themselves. This film forces viewers to reflect on the ultimate callous people, a family of Nazis, and compare how the viewer may be like them.
Posted Jan 15, 2024
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7.5/10
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He Went That Way
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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Detractors may mock it and call it Touched by a Serial Killer, but if a shirtless Elordi cannot get you to watch a movie with surreal, oneiric notes, then society is doomed.
Posted Jan 15, 2024
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9/10
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Poor Things
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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Poor Things is sick. It's deranged. It's unkind and a blight upon the human condition and perhaps a direct insult toward Emma Stone's agent...It's also my Favourite.
Posted Dec 12, 2023
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9/10
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The Boy and the Heron
(2023)
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Allyson Johnson
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A staggering work of expressionism driven by fever dream imagery.
Posted Dec 08, 2023
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8.5/10
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Wonka
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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Wonka is a strange movie, which is why I feel no trepidation in unironically declaring it the best Disney movie of 2023, even though it's from Warner Bros.
Posted Dec 05, 2023
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10/10
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Monster
(2023)
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Allyson Johnson
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Hirokazu Kore-eda delivers an aching portrait that examines how little we know about one another — even those we love — in the emotionally staggering Monster.
Posted Dec 01, 2023
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7.5/10
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Saltburn
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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If reports of audiences clutching their collective pearls over male full-frontal nudity, masturbation, oral sex, baby-batter bathwater scandalizes you, then stay away from Yorgos Lanthimos’ films because they would devastate you.
Posted Nov 28, 2023
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5/10
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Wish
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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It's the type of self-indulgence that can't even detect a particular "self" to "indulge."
Posted Nov 21, 2023
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7.5/10
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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For a dystopic action drama with a "modest" $100 million budget, The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes looks good enough. Paces itself well enough. And pretty much always strives to just be enough. And for me that’s also enough.
Posted Nov 20, 2023
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9/10
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May December
(2023)
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Allyson Johnson
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Twinged with dark comedy that, combined with the trauma of these characters, manifests in a camp-infused drama, the balance of tone and atmosphere is superb.
Posted Nov 17, 2023
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7.5/10
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The Marvels
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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To be clear, no one is more surprised than me! You know how badly I wanted to title this review Swing and a Ms.?
Posted Nov 08, 2023
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8/10
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The Killer
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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David Fincher sticks to the "plan," albeit sometimes to a fault. Still, if that's the film's only real miss, then like its titular character, The Killer is definitely one to watch out for.
Posted Nov 06, 2023
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9/10
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The Burial
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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The Burial is the kind of movie that you can watch with your whole family. It is an old-fashioned, unlikely David and Goliath, suspenseful movie with solid, winning performances, and it is a shame that it will not be playing on big screens in theaters.
Posted Oct 19, 2023
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9/10
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Killers of the Flower Moon
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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it covers a history almost no one actually learns in school. If this film can change that even a little, then perhaps its artistic contribution goes even beyond the four walls of a cinema.
Posted Oct 18, 2023
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7.5/10
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Canary
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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The journey of Thompson’s life is a riveting, inspiring every-man story. The humble underdog transforms into an adventurer visionary and improbable pillar of the scientific community.
Posted Oct 16, 2023
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9/10
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The Creator
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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The Creator is stellar enough to be properly celebrated for its seemingly out-of-nowhere achievements, but it also teases the possibility that Edwards' magnum opus is still yet to be seen.
Posted Sep 27, 2023
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7.5/10
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Mutt
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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If horror films do not raise your blood pressure, but you get secondhand stress from films like Uncut Gems (2019), it will not be as wild of a ride, but you may need to meditate afterwards.
Posted Sep 19, 2023
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7.5/10
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She Said
(2022)
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Katey Stoetzel
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She Said will move you; dig deeper, however, and you’ll find that films like She Said just want to tell a nice story — extra points for girl boss moments if you got them.
Posted Sep 19, 2023
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8/10
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Slow
(2023)
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Katey Stoetzel
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Through meandering strolls through the streets and long, lazy mornings in bed, Elena asks questions, and Dovydas answers. It’s a tender exploration of two people learning how to be with each other.
Posted Sep 19, 2023
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5/10
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The Deepest Breath
(2023)
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Katey Stoetzel
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Alas, such a strong start doesn’t save The Deepest Breath from its manipulative narrative structure and exposition-heavy beginning.
Posted Sep 19, 2023
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6/10
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A Haunting in Venice
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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It's more of the same, but done marginally better, humbler, and with less eagerness for applause. There's no mystery for why that's the best path forward for these movies.
Posted Sep 15, 2023
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5/10
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Golda
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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It felt like Nattiv wanted to make a historical film using psychological, elevated horror movie techniques, specifically ones seen in Midsommar (2019), and it did not work.
Posted Sep 08, 2023
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5.5/10
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The Nun II
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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Amazing to consider how it's actually been a decade since James Wan's The Conjuring released in 2013, and quite less so amazing to see the McDonalds-ification of this horror property at full strength as it stands in The Nun II.
Posted Sep 08, 2023
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7/10
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Blue Beetle
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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That's the secret power of Blue Beetle. The investment in Jaime as a character connects beautifully to the stakes of wanting to see the best happen for his entire family as they face crisis after crisis.
Posted Aug 17, 2023
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4/10
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The Pope's Exorcist
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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The Pope’s Exorcist is not just another bad horror movie. It is a dangerous one.
Posted Aug 15, 2023
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8/10
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Joy Ride
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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Joy Ride is daring and audacious without leaving anyone behind.
Posted Aug 15, 2023
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7.5/10
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Lakota Nation vs. United States
(2022)
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Sarah Vincent
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Great movies can make people suspend disbelief and become true believers, and this sequence marks the moment when this movie became more than an average documentary, but a tear-jerking, powerful sequence.
Posted Aug 15, 2023
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6/10
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Earth Mama
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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Leaf is not afraid to make Gia unlikeable, as the film explores her human, but unproductive behavior in the face of stressful, dehumanizing situations.
Posted Aug 15, 2023
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7/10
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Shortcomings
(2023)
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Sarah Vincent
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Ben is an unlikeable protagonist, which may make it difficult to enjoy the movie. But in an element of meta reward, he is a protagonist in the exact type of movie that he would enjoy—a movie filled with flawed characters.
Posted Aug 15, 2023
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6/10
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Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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You'll likely find yourself praising the film for at least finishing. Even if it's not a total victory.
Posted Aug 15, 2023
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5/10
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Red, White & Royal Blue
(2023)
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Allyson Johnson
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While there’s definite enthusiasm that charges the production, none of it manifests in a way that’s visually engaging. They adapted the outline, rather than the story
Posted Aug 10, 2023
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8.5/10
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Oppenheimer
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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Cillian Murphy doesn’t just play J. Robert Oppenheimer, the real-life “Father of the Atomic Bomb,” he fully inhabits the man for all he’s worth, which is quite a lot.
Posted Jul 19, 2023
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6.5/10
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Barbie
(2023)
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Allyson Johnson
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Greta Gerwig’s latest feature film might be her boldest, but it’s also, unfortunately, her messiest.
Posted Jul 18, 2023
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7.5/10
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
(2023)
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Jon Negroni
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Maybe in being about its failure to relive the past, Dead Reckoning sets itself up for a final chapter that it can choose to accept.
Posted Jul 05, 2023
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