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2/10
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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It's almost impressive that a movie all about the power of imagination could be so creatively bankrupt and incurious about the world, but this misguided kids' film manages to be all that and so much more (or less, depending on your perspective).
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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7/10
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Trap
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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Although it falls apart slightly in the third act (a trait the director is unfortunately unable to shake here), a tense narrative and unsettling performance from Josh Hartnett makes "Trap" a delightful late summer thriller.
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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3/10
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It Ends With Us
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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Between the flat acting, cheesy storytelling, and overall weird vibes, It Ends with Us is a cinematic failure on almost every front.
Posted Aug 09, 2024
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3/10
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Borderlands
(2024)
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Cynthia Vinney
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The movie feels like a string of sequences in a video game, but since you're not playing, it feels tedious instead of inspired, dull instead of gripping.
Posted Aug 08, 2024
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6/10
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Cuckoo
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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I feel like I'm missing the key to making sense of and really connecting with it.
Posted Aug 07, 2024
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7/10
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Deadpool & Wolverine
(2024)
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Cynthia Vinney
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This movie does a great job of being both a "Deadpool" threequel and the first "Deadpool" film in the MCU. But still, something feels like it's missing.
Posted Jul 23, 2024
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7/10
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Twisters
(2024)
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Dominic Griffin
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"Twisters" can't quite recapture the magic of its predecessor, but setting aside the Herculean task of clearing that high bar, it is nonetheless an entertaining and heartfelt attempt...
Posted Jul 17, 2024
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4/10
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Longlegs
(2024)
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Alistair Ryder
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I wish I was watching the campier psychodrama Cage believed he was making rather than the brooding, straight-faced mystery that never once tries to meet him at his level.
Posted Jul 09, 2024
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8/10
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
(2024)
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Matthew Jackson
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It's funny, it's action-packed, it's got heart, and it's got Eddie Murphy proving once again that he's still got it. What more could you want?
Posted Jul 03, 2024
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6/10
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Despicable Me 4
(2024)
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Dominic Griffin
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As a fun way to kill 95 minutes with your family, "Despicable Me 4" is an unassailable success, even if anyone hoping for more than clearing that low bar may be left wanting.
Posted Jul 02, 2024
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8/10
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MaXXXine
(2024)
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Matthew Jackson
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It's a great time at the movies for slasher fans, '80s pop culture fans, and Mia Goth fans alike, and even with a few stumbles in mind, it manages to stand as one of the summer's must-see films.
Posted Jun 28, 2024
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7/10
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A Quiet Place: Day One
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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If you've seen A Quiet Place and you've seen Pig, imagine a pretty good combination of those two films and you'll find Day One will meet expectations.
Posted Jun 27, 2024
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5/10
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The Bikeriders
(2023)
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Alistair Ryder
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Just flick through Lyons' book instead — any photo you land on will have more depth than the vast majority of scenes here.
Posted Jun 19, 2024
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8/10
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Inside Out 2
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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If I had a nickel for every time I reviewed a good-but-not-great 2024 sequel to a flat-out amazing 2015 film, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.
Posted Jun 12, 2024
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3/10
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The Watchers
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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"The Watchers" is the purest definition of nepotism, a film that has no plausible explanation for being made without the backing of a successful parent serving as producer.
Posted Jun 07, 2024
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7.5/10
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
(2024)
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Dominic Griffin
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"Bad Boys: Ride or Die" may be short on actual ambition, but it's long on ticking all the necessary boxes for moviegoers.
Posted Jun 04, 2024
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8/10
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The Apprentice
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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It's the incomparable Strong who steals the show as Cohn, the Pygmalion who carves Trump out of spray tan and ill-fitting suits to make him into the monster he becomes.
Posted May 23, 2024
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8/10
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a good movie that has either the fortune or the misfortune of existing as a prequel to a nearly perfect movie.
Posted May 21, 2024
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6/10
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Emilia Perez
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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It's Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez who steals the show with a magnetic screen presence you can't tear your eyes away from.
Posted May 21, 2024
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7/10
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Kinds of Kindness
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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If nothing else, "Kinds of Kindness" features three show-stopping performances from Jesse Plemons, giving Lanthimos a new muse to champion.
Posted May 21, 2024
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5/10
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The Garfield Movie
(2024)
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Alistair Ryder
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In trying to reinvent the lazy feline for modern kids, the filmmakers have lost track of the comedic tone that has helped these simple, gag-driven stories endure for decades.
Posted May 20, 2024
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5/10
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Megalopolis
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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There's something weirdly compelling in its flaws — after all, if your film can't be great, you might as well make it so strange that audiences can't entirely write it off.
Posted May 18, 2024
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3/10
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IF
(2024)
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Alistair Ryder
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A movie about the boundless imagination of children that could only have been made by a cynical adult mind.
Posted May 15, 2024
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7/10
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
(2024)
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Dominic Griffin
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145 minutes is too long to spend retreading the recent past. If this is to be a new trilogy, the next two chapters need to cover some serious ground to get more distance from Caesar.
Posted May 08, 2024
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8.5/10
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The Fall Guy
(2024)
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Dominic Griffin
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David Leitch, a former stuntman himself, couches these serious labor concerns about the lack of recognition for some of Hollywood's hardest-working creatives in one of the most buoyant, crowd-pleasing popcorn flicks in recent memory.
Posted May 02, 2024
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9.5/10
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I Saw the TV Glow
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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Watching I Saw the TV Glow, the new horror-drama from writer-director Jane Schoenbrun, recalls nothing less than the experience of watching Donnie Darko for the first time.
Posted May 01, 2024
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6/10
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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As far as espionage films go, it's a somewhat clumsy one, crafted competently but without much flair.
Posted Apr 28, 2024
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7/10
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Challengers
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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Where it succeeds, it does so on the strength of its three central performances: Zendaya is magnetic, Josh O'Connor has a devil-may-care charm, and Mike Faist shines in the film's most emotionally restrained role.
Posted Apr 13, 2024
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7/10
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Civil War
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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Intellectually distinct from our reality but capable of visceral disturbance, the film manages to uncover significant elements of truth despite the worldbuilding not entirely making sense.
Posted Apr 09, 2024
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8/10
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Monkey Man
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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Monkey Man, a revenge tale set in the corrupt underbelly of India, is an impressive outing from Patel, who not only stars in it but also serves as its writer and director.
Posted Apr 07, 2024
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7/10
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
(2024)
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Dominic Griffin
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If this franchise is going to keep trying to get bigger, badder, and more smashmouth with the monsters, it's either going to need to level up the quiet moments amid the bombast or find a way to reduce them entirely.
Posted Mar 28, 2024
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4/10
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
(2024)
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Alistair Ryder
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The widespread criticism of the "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" trailer, that it looked like the filmmakers thought they were creating the next part of a sci-fi saga rather than a comedy one, bears out in the finished product.
Posted Mar 20, 2024
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4.5/10
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Road House
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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Ignoring the behind-the-scenes drama, it's not a movie to get angry about, but it's a movie that barely exists.
Posted Mar 14, 2024
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8/10
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Lisa Frankenstein
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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"Lisa Frankenstein" may be filled with clever nods to the 1980s golden age of horror comedies, but it's also an energetic, delightfully macabre production that might just be one of the most surprisingly entertaining of 2024.
Posted Mar 08, 2024
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7/10
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Presence
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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If Presence isn't one of Soderbergh's most intellectually compelling projects, it nonetheless reminds us that even his "lesser" works are fascinating to watch.
Posted Mar 08, 2024
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7.5/10
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Kung Fu Panda 4
(2024)
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Dominic Griffin
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Luckily, even four films in, Po and his adventures don't feel as though they've overstayed their welcome. "Kung Fu Panda 4" offers enough hilarity, heart, and colorful, choreographed combat to keep the series alive.
Posted Mar 07, 2024
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6.5/10
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Ricky Stanicky
(2024)
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Akos Peterbencze
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You can't help but admire its commitment and dedication to following through with a single idea, even if it eventually runs out of gas.
Posted Mar 06, 2024
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5/10
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Drive-Away Dolls
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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If you want a stupid, violent, semi-retro lesbian sex comedy that's actually funny, just watch (or rewatch) Bottoms instead.
Posted Feb 21, 2024
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9/10
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Dune: Part Two
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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Dune: Part Two is as huge an improvement upon its predecessor as The Dark Knight was to Batman Begins.
Posted Feb 21, 2024
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4/10
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Madame Web
(2024)
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Alistair Ryder
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Every moment of campy enjoyment is punctured by the death rattle of the franchise machine it's been forcibly placed within.
Posted Feb 14, 2024
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4/10
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Argylle
(2024)
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Dominic Griffin
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"Argylle" isn't funny enough to succeed as a comedy. Its action is too plasticine and ugly to be as stylish as it hopes. And the game of cat and mouse surrounding its mysteries proves more and more groan-worthy the longer the film runs.
Posted Jan 31, 2024
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8/10
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Ponyboi
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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With Ponyboi, Gallo has taken a familiar genre and enlivened it with a story both groundbreaking and deeply personal.
Posted Jan 26, 2024
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7/10
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Freaky Tales
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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A defiant underdog of a film, it serves as both a love letter to the Oakland of yesteryear as well as a wry acknowledgment of its faults.
Posted Jan 25, 2024
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5/10
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Love Me
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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If this was a short film, I might have loved it. Alas, the full-length Love Me is something of a failed experiment, one that makes you appreciate just what miracle movies WALL-E and Her really are.
Posted Jan 25, 2024
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6/10
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Mean Girls
(2024)
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Audrey Fox
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Only a few standout songs and the irrepressible talents of Reneé Rapp save it from descending into truly dire territory.
Posted Jan 12, 2024
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3/10
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Night Swim
(2024)
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Reuben Baron
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You can safely skip this. Who wants to go to the pool in January?
Posted Jan 04, 2024
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10/10
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All of Us Strangers
(2023)
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Audrey Fox
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With its incredibly moving, cathartic narrative, All of Us Strangers is a film that will stick with viewers long after they're done watching it.
Posted Dec 23, 2023
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4/10
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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
(2023)
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Alistair Ryder
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James Gunn may be scrapping the DCEU and starting again from scratch, but it's strange to see a film that's already accepted this fate, devoid of any signs of life that would make the powers that be reconsider their decision.
Posted Dec 21, 2023
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9/10
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Poor Things
(2023)
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Audrey Fox
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Existing in a heightened reality filled with expressionist production design and a grandiose sense of style, "Poor Things" is as much a visual feast as it is an intellectual one.
Posted Dec 20, 2023
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8/10
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Maestro
(2023)
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Audrey Fox
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There's a sense of fluidity and lyricism to the production that captures the spirit of Bernstein, helping "Maestro" to overcome the limitations of the genre, which often traps viewers in a play-by-play recreation of its subject's life.
Posted Dec 20, 2023
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