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B
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H Is for Hawk
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Claire Foy is riveting as an academic using a hawk to deal with her father's death. The human-animal connection is strongest since Chloe Zhao's "The Rider."
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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A-
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My Neighbor Adolf
(2022)
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James Verniere
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Incredibly charismatic, prolific, recently deceased German actor Udo Kier delivers another slyly delightful performances.
Posted Jan 13, 2026
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A
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Resurrection
(2025)
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James Verniere
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"Resurrection" is a tribute to the history and aesthetic of cinema, evoking Murnau, the Lumiere brothers, Kurosawa, Jean-Luc Godard and Richard Linklater among others with Chinese star Jackson Lee giving a tour de force performance in multiple roles.
Posted Dec 31, 2025
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B-
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Over three hours of eye-gouging 3D? Is James Cameron crazy? The short answer is, yes.
Posted Dec 23, 2025
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B
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Fackham Hall
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Not brilliant, a kind of "Downton Abbey" crossed with one of the vulgar, hit-miss, old "Carry On" films. But funny enough and with a very talented cast.
Posted Dec 10, 2025
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A
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Hamnet
(2025)
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James Verniere
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The film is full of sparkling chemistry, joy and tragedy and explores the way in which we transmute the stuff of life into art. As Agnes Shakespeare, Buckley is radiant.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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B+
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Sisu: Road to Revenge
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Hold on to your hats. The Finnish commando who puts Rambo to shame is back, and he's on a road to revenge. How on earth did director Helander make this for around $14 million bucks? The action is non-stop and totally outrageous.
Posted Nov 24, 2025
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B
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The Running Man
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Schwarzeneggerwas and still is unique screen presence. Powell is more like the new Tom Cruise. This "Running Man" is fun (and punk) in bursts. But it often runs out of steam.
Posted Nov 18, 2025
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A
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Sentimental Value
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Stellan Skarsgard and Renate Reinsve lead a stellar cast in Ingmar Bergman/HenrikIbsenesque family drama.
Posted Nov 18, 2025
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C+
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Die My Love
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Psychiatric misery porn. Didn't Lawrence learn not to do this after "mother!?"
Posted Nov 10, 2025
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A-
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Nouvelle Vague
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Witty, droll, insightful, Linklater's celebration of Godard is brilliant. The cast is a treat.
Posted Nov 02, 2025
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A-
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Stitch Head
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Steve Hudson, Guy Bass and the cast have created a clever monster mash-up. This is a future Halloween staple.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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Queens of the Dead
(2025)
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Sarah Vincent
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Romero and co-writer Erin Judge, along with their ensemble cast, clearly had so much fun making this film and creating their characters that they did not have the heart to kill their darlings or tighten the story’s uneven pacing.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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C+
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Bugonia
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Gimmicky and overwrought, its a bit of a dud.
Posted Oct 28, 2025
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C
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
(2025)
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Dana Barbuto
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Cut to the first sight of Jeremy Allen White (“The Bear”) performing as Springsteen, shirt soaked in sweat, banging out “Born to Run” on a Cincinnati stage. It shook me more than expected — in all the wrong ways.
Posted Oct 25, 2025
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A
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Frankenstein
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Del Toro's very personal and lavishly Gothic "Frankenstein" is the best film of the year.
Posted Oct 22, 2025
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B-
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After the Hunt
(2025)
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Dana Barbuto
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... when Roberts starts to unravel, you can’t look away.
Posted Oct 18, 2025
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A-
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One Battle After Another
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Revolution has never been this funny.
Posted Sep 30, 2025
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B+
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Dead of Winter
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Two-timeOscar winner Emma Thompson goes all Rambo on gun-toting, fentanyl-crazed ex-nurse brilliantly played by Judy Greer. Composer has an Oscar, too. DP shot Shogun.
Posted Sep 29, 2025
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C
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
(2025)
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Dana Barbuto
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Two fetching stars. Zero sparks.
Posted Sep 20, 2025
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A-
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Clemente
(2024)
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James Verniere
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A vibrant, insightful and moving tribute to one of the world's greatest athletes, who was also an outspoken, early advocate for civil rights.
Posted Sep 14, 2025
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B+
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Not much drama, but cast is nicely showcased, and Michelle Dockery is a standout as usual. Fans will enjoy this. Is it really over?
Posted Sep 12, 2025
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C
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
(2025)
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James Verniere
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The fans have gotten what they wanted. All the same jokes 41 years later.
Posted Sep 11, 2025
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C+
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Love, Brooklyn
(2025)
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James Verniere
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A love song to Brooklyn, including its lovely green parks, courtesy of Frederick Law Olmsted, "Love, Brooklyn" lacks heat and detail. The actors are very good, however.
Posted Sep 07, 2025
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C
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The Conjuring: Last Rites
(2025)
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James Verniere
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In "The Conjuring: Last Rites," Milllennials turn their dying Boomer grandparents into ghoulish ghosts. Sweet. "The Conjuring?" "Insidious?" What's the diff?
Posted Sep 06, 2025
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B+
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Splitsville
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Sexy, funny, offbeat, raunchy, all the good things. Plua Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona, bliss.
Posted Aug 31, 2025
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A-
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Relay
(2024)
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James Verniere
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New York city-set Hitchcockian thriller from the eclectic David Mackenzie of Hell or High Water and Outlaw King captures the poisonous paranoia of our times.
Posted Aug 25, 2025
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B-
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Eden
(2024)
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James Verniere
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It's not a great "Cast Away"-type film because the characters are mostly unlikable. But it has Law as a toothless German, Kirby, Breuhl and de Arms, a colorful location and features a surpisingly strong Sydney Sweeney.
Posted Aug 22, 2025
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A-
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Highest 2 Lowest
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Spike Lee's deep attachment and love for booth New York City and Denzel Washington in their fifth collaboration are the subcurrents of this "reinterpretation" of Kurosawa's Okahama-set classic.
Posted Aug 14, 2025
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C
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Went Up the Hill
(2024)
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James Verniere
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By the end of this admittedly polished, Freudian Versace commercial, I still had little idea who these people were.
Posted Aug 14, 2025
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A-
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Nobody 2
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Our wishes are the commands of th cinematic angels of mayhem and murder. Odenkirk is all Three Stooges rolled into one explosive package. Nielsen is a big plus. Stone is a hoot.
Posted Aug 14, 2025
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B
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My Mother's Wedding
(2023)
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James Verniere
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Kristin Scott-Thomas' matrimonial dramedy is not great. But it's going to be in the top ten when it streams. Mark my words.
Posted Aug 09, 2025
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B+
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It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
(2025)
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James Verniere
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A touching and evocative tribute to a bohemian artist with "the greatest voice."
Posted Aug 08, 2025
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B+
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Cloud
(2024)
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James Verniere
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Young internet "reseller" attracts e-mob intent on his murder. Film devolves into videogamne-like shooter. But it has its moments.
Posted Aug 04, 2025
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B+
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Folktales
(2025)
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James Verniere
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It's a benign Nordic "Lord of the Flies" with snow, ice and sled dogs.
Posted Aug 02, 2025
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C-
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Oh, Hi!
(2025)
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Dana Barbuto
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‘Oh, Hi’ spirals into a haywire attempt at a dark romantic comedy that wants to say something about modern love but mostly just says … not much.
Posted Jul 28, 2025
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A-
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Shoshana
(2023)
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James Verniere
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The most politically relevant and most romatntic film in theaters now. Starshebaum and Booth make a couple of torrid, if also doomed lovers.
Posted Jul 25, 2025
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B+
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Yes, they got it right this time. Team FF is a lot of fun. Retro-futurist setting is, too. Galactus is towering arch-enemy.
Posted Jul 23, 2025
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A-
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Eddington
(2025)
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James Verniere
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It throws a mirror up to America and sees disaster headed our way. It is the sort of “difficult” visionary cinema we need now more than ever. Screw those silly superhero movies.
Posted Jul 21, 2025
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B+
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Familiar Touch
(2024)
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James Verniere
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Chalfant brings both anger and dignity to role of octogenarian with dementia.
Posted Jul 12, 2025
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B
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40 Acres
(2024)
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James Verniere
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The film is derivative and unfocused. But Deadwyler and Greyeyes are charismatic leaders and the third act zombie battle is terrific.
Posted Jul 04, 2025
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B+
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Jurassic World Rebirth
(2025)
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James Verniere
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An impressive team headed by Johansson, Spielbergian dinosaur action, great locations scary dinosaurs. Humans getting eaten. What is not to like?
Posted Jul 04, 2025
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B+
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F1 The Movie
(2025)
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James Verniere
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F1 racing gets the "Top Gun: Maverick" treatment from "Maverick" director Joseph Kosinski, writer Ehren Kruger and composer Hans Zimmer. F1: The Movie is a movie you feel as well as watch.
Posted Jun 30, 2025
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B+
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Hot Milk
(2025)
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James Verniere
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A weird hybrid mix of Gothic, film noir and parent-and-child beach movie with a payoff that does not work, the film pulls you in thanks to Mackey aka "the Face," Shaw and Krieps.
Posted Jun 30, 2025
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B+
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28 Years Later
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Danny Boyle and Alex Garland give us (and our society) another nightmarish glimpse into a terrifying funhouse mirror. The zombies are us.
Posted Jun 27, 2025
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C+
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Bad Shabbos
(2024)
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James Verniere
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I know I am in the minority. But this is a lot of shtick and cliches.
Posted Jun 27, 2025
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B
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How to Train Your Dragon
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Another "live-action" remake of an animated hit where it's hard to differentiate CGI from "realty." Cast is a big asset though. Fun without being at all original.
Posted Jun 13, 2025
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A-
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The Life of Chuck
(2024)
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James Verniere
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Mike Flanagan has adapted horror icons Poe, King and Jackson. This is his best work by far.
Posted Jun 10, 2025
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C
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The Ritual
(2025)
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James Verniere
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What did Al PAcino and Dan Stevens do to deserve this? Ask Pazuzu.
Posted Jun 10, 2025
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A-
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The Phoenician Scheme
(2025)
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James Verniere
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Benicio del Toro shines as tycoon on an Andersonian journey of self-discovery. Mia Threapleton is a standout, too. Michael Cera's accent slays.
Posted Jun 10, 2025
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