Category: Film Reviews
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Dogs of warmth
As ever with director Wes Anderson, the delights are in the details, and the details in Isle of Dogs mostly concern talking dogs, so I was on the hook from the very beginning.
This article was published on 03.29.18
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Uncredible
Like Hitchcock’s Vertigo (which may have been a partial inspiration), Unsane tips its hand way too soon.
This article was published on 03.22.18
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Entebbe and Flow
It’s not exactly what I was hoping for, but you take what you can get.
This article was published on 03.15.18
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Crimson weak
The foul and flightless Red Sparrow is the seventh feature film from former music video director Francis Lawrence, and the seventh unremarkably bad one to boot.
This article was published on 03.01.18
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Power to the panther
No comic book movie is ever as good as its fans think or its box office take would suggest, but at least Black Panther has its social conscience in the right place.
This article was published on 02.22.18
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Bend it like Flintstone
Aardman Animation and director Nick Park’s Early Man is the latest attempt to make an exciting movie about soccer.
This article was published on 02.15.18
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Shooting blanks
I don’t need a demonic clown screaming straight into the camera for two hours to feel terror, but Winchester is simply lazy.
This article was published on 02.08.18
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Horsing around
In 12 Strong, our boys prevail against daunting odds, and if the movie ends before things get too complicated—well, that’s the way drama works.
This article was published on 01.25.18
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