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B+
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Cuckoo
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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A memorable slice of modern folk horror that solidifies Singer as a talent to watch.
Posted Aug 08, 2024
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D
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Trap
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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A brainless, lifeless, would-be thriller.
Posted Aug 08, 2024
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C-
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Deadpool & Wolverine
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Shawn Levy was a bad idea. So was Ryan Reynolds.
Posted Aug 08, 2024
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C-
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Twisters
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Struggles in ways similar to its predecessor.
Posted Aug 08, 2024
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C
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Widow Clicquot
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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A stuffy execution of an inspirational story.
Posted Aug 08, 2024
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A-
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Longlegs
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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An extremely well-made and unsettling work of horror.
Posted Jul 15, 2024
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B+
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Fly Me to the Moon
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Johansson and Tatum make a strong case for modern-day rom-com royalty.
Posted Jul 15, 2024
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C-
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MaXXXine
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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West reveals pretty much all of his tricks early, leaving little of note for the rest of the film on a stylistic level, and certainly not on a narrative one.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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A-
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Kinds of Kindness
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Lanthimos is back to his old tricks, and we fellow sickos are all the better for it.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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B-
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Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Moves surprisingly well for a three-hour film, despite a script that feels like a couple of little boys playing with action figures.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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B-
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A Quiet Place: Day One
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Features similar traits that plagued and uplifted its two predecessors.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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B
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Janet Planet
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Well-made, pleasant...and kind of pointless.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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B-
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The Exorcism
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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The film’s compromised nature is tough to deny, yet the imagination and ingenuity on display for much of its runtime renders it a worthwhile view overall.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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A-
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The Bikeriders
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Nichols' spotless record remains intact.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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B+
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Ghostlight
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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A gift of a movie.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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A-
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Inside Out 2
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Pixar returns to form by revisiting one of its greatest hits.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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B
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The Watchers
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Shyamalan is currently her family’s more exciting voice.
Posted Jul 05, 2024
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B+
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Thelma
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Geriatric humor done right.
Posted Jun 21, 2024
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B
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Tuesday
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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An imaginative if somewhat obvious allegory.
Posted Jun 13, 2024
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C-
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Treasure
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Dunham/Fry is not the duo you want for this story.
Posted Jun 13, 2024
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A-
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Hit Man
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Joins Dazed and Confused, Everybody Wants Some!!, and School of Rock as Linklater's most re-watchable films yet.
Posted Jun 06, 2024
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A-
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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A notch above Fury Road.
Posted Jun 06, 2024
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D+
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Summer Camp
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Keaton's phoned-in performance begs the question why she continues to make movies.
Posted Jun 06, 2024
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B+
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Babes
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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The year's best comedy so far.
Posted Jun 06, 2024
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B+
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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The series’ best installment since 2011.
Posted May 22, 2024
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B
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The Fall Guy
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Overstuffed entertainment.
Posted May 20, 2024
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C+
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I Saw the TV Glow
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Schoenbrun seems increasingly interested in creating a relatable, nostalgia-rich world than filling it with much in the way of substance.
Posted May 16, 2024
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B-
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Back to Black
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Abela excels at the thankless, borderline ill-conceived assignment of playing the late singer/songwriter.
Posted May 16, 2024
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C
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Wildcat
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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The literary tangents disrupt what little flow the film achieves.
Posted May 16, 2024
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B-
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The People's Joker
(2022)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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An inspired mess.
Posted May 16, 2024
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A-
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Challengers
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Luca Guadagnino's new best film and his first great one since A Bigger Splash.
Posted May 16, 2024
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C
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Abigail
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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This committed cast deserves better.
Posted May 16, 2024
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B-
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Sasquatch Sunset
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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A little of what the Zellners are dishing out goes a long way.
Posted May 16, 2024
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A-
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Civil War
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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It’s only mid-April, but the standard for the year’s best film has been set.
Posted Apr 12, 2024
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B+
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Wicked Little Letters
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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The perfect comedy for Anglophiles who also enjoy cussing like sailors.
Posted Apr 05, 2024
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B+
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Limbo
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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The B&W photography feels essential to realizing the bleakness and distrust inherent in this superb neo noir.
Posted Apr 05, 2024
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B-
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Shayda
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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An important story with a powerful lead performance, but dry as a bone.
Posted Apr 05, 2024
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B-
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Remembering Gene Wilder
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Hagiographic and by-the-book nearly to a fault, it's nevertheless saved by its charming subject and the wealth of clips from the actor/writer/filmmaker’s illustrious career.
Posted Apr 05, 2024
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B
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Problemista
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Goofy, sweet, twisted — and somehow more stressful than "Uncut Gems."
Posted Mar 23, 2024
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D
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Immaculate
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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It’s officially time to put nun horror on the back burner for a few years.
Posted Mar 21, 2024
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C
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Late Night with the Devil
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Squanders its potential with an overlong build-up that’s too disjointed to be suspenseful, as well as numerous cheats on its found-footage premise.
Posted Mar 21, 2024
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A-
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Love Lies Bleeding
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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One of the most significant and stunning leaps forward by a filmmaker over the past few decades.
Posted Mar 18, 2024
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B
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One Life
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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About as good as these kind of movies get.
Posted Mar 17, 2024
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C
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Dune: Part Two
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
|
Tonally inconsistent, this second chapter rarely feels like a Villeneuve film.
Posted Mar 14, 2024
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A-
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Drive-Away Dolls
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Jamie’s motor-mouthed, libido-centric ways land them in one kooky situation after another, amplified by Qualley doing something close to an exaggerated, Texas-infused riff on her mom Andie MacDowell’s Southern accent.
Posted Mar 12, 2024
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A-
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Perfect Days
(2023)
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Edwin Arnaudin
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Serves up a level of cinematic grace that’s been missing from screens for far too long.
Posted Feb 21, 2024
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B
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Land of Bad
(2024)
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Edwin Arnaudin
|
What seemed like a Direct-to-VOD war flick turns out to be a sharply-crafted, modestly budgeted action/adventure, the likes of which haven’t been the norm since the days of Breakdown and U.S. Marshals.
Posted Feb 16, 2024
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A-
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The Taste of Things
(2023)
|
Edwin Arnaudin
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It all proves surprisingly effective and encourages viewers to become lost in a dreamlike world, one anchored by profound turns from Binoche and Magimel.
Posted Feb 14, 2024
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C+
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The Teachers' Lounge
(2023)
|
Edwin Arnaudin
|
Marred by such ridiculous decision-making that it’s difficult to take the proceedings seriously.
Posted Feb 14, 2024
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C-minus
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Out of Darkness
(2022)
|
Edwin Arnaudin
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Effective indie horror — until it's not.
Posted Feb 12, 2024
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