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4/5
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Send Help
(2026)
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Tori Brazier
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McAdams and O’Brien clearly relish letting rip in the gleefully vicious Send Help, which entertains, horrifies and makes painfully salient points about work culture equally. More genre mash-ups like this should be made – I welcomed every spurt of blood.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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3/5
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Fackham Hall
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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The film claims a grand total of 278 jokes with only 36 used across both trailers, but these are undoubtedly a lot of the best bits... As with any spoof, it will always be seen at its best when playing to a large crowd.
Posted Jan 13, 2026
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4/5
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(2026)
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Tori Brazier
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is bold, bloody and bonkers filmmaking at its finest and needs to be seen to be believed – just maybe bring a sick bag.
Posted Jan 13, 2026
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3/5
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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The bum-numbing Avatar: Fire and Ash proves no film needs to be 197 minutes long... It's a bit of a letdown in comparison to what’s come before. But this franchise still delivers spectacle like nothing else.
Posted Dec 16, 2025
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3/5
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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Wake Up Dead Man is an entertaining if uneven entry in the Knives Out franchise, which allows Craig and O’Connor to shine but often at the expense of the rest of the cast. It still provides top-class unseriousness - but I was left wanting a little more.
Posted Nov 26, 2025
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4/5
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Wicked: For Good
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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Erivo and Grande are, somehow, even better in this second movie, despite having left no room for improvement last time.
Posted Nov 18, 2025
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2/5
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Regretting You
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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A lightweight family drama that tries to be poignant and weepy but also cool and hilarious... Most of the time it feels like an episode of The OC from after everybody stopped watching – it’s merely going through the motions with nothing to say for itself.
Posted Oct 23, 2025
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4/5
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Steve
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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It will take viewers back to their own school days in the most evocative and eye-opening of ways... Steve quietly grabs you at the throat and doesn’t let go for a stressful, sometimes funny, and often poignant 92 minutes, thanks to its outstanding cast.
Posted Sep 18, 2025
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2/5
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In the Hand of Dante
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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Like Coppola’s Megalopolis, there’s a distinct impression of a veteran filmmaker left to run riot and turn in an overly indulgent and, at times, incomprehensible film that claims to address major themes but will most likely leave audiences baffled.
Posted Sep 03, 2025
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4/5
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The Smashing Machine
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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This part for this actor is a premise few will be able to resist... The indie package wrapped around Dwayne Johnson by Benny Safdie ensures The Smashing Machine gives the wrestler-turned-star-turned-actor his dream Hollywood reinvention.
Posted Sep 03, 2025
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3/5
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Together
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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Together is the self-described [first] ‘feel-good body horror’... And while it’s certainly a fun time, it’s not quite the genre-defying movie I hoped for – but it did still leave me thinking about some of its most extreme scenes days later.
Posted Aug 16, 2025
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4/5
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Materialists
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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Materialists is a stylish and thought-provoking examination of modern dating and society’s obsession with trying to commodify everything – except love. It also serves as proof we should stop forcing romance films to fit within a rigidly narrow definition.
Posted Aug 16, 2025
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4/5
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Freakier Friday
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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Freakier Friday has been the surprise of the summer as a superfluous sequel to a fondly remembered noughties movie that genuinely impressed me. Quite frankly, it’s far better than it has any right to be.
Posted Aug 07, 2025
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3/5
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Bring Her Back
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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[Hawkins] triumphs here as an exquisitely off-balance and creepy presence, elevating the distressing – if sometimes slightly thin – material... [But] Bring Her Back’s rawness is seared into my memory, thanks to its twisted horror and powerful performances
Posted Jul 24, 2025
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5/5
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28 Years Later
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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One of the most triumphant ever revitalisations of a franchise that transcends the idea of mere genre. 28 Years Later is a brutally moving film, and the first horror movie to make me cry... It’s also a phenomenal piece of cinema.
Posted Jun 19, 2025
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4/5
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How to Train Your Dragon
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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After a bit of turbulence at the start, the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon saw my heart take flight as it reached its barnstorming potential.
Posted Jun 09, 2025
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3/5
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The Phoenician Scheme
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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After a promising start, it somewhat crashes and burns and I’ve been left wondering what could have been... It’s not in dispute that The Phoenician Scheme is still gorgeous and polished, if you’re not turned off by the filmmaker’s overwhelming aesthetic.
Posted Jun 05, 2025
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3/5
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The History of Sound
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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[Paul] Mescal and [Josh] O’Connor do prove the captivating onscreen couple that all their fans hope they’d be, it’s just a pity that The History of Sound doesn’t provide as sweeping a canvas for them to paint as anticipated.
Posted Jun 05, 2025
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3/5
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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It’s just a shame that the balance between silly and spectacle... is somewhat missing. Even if the stunts have never been better anywhere, ever, the film deserves more than it has in terms of story to hold everything together.
Posted Jun 05, 2025
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4/5
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Sinners
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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Sinners is likely the liveliest party you’ll be invited to this year about the undead, with barn-storming music, movie-star magnetism from Michael B Jordan and a fabulously entertaining take on how to build a horror film around vampires.
Posted Apr 21, 2025
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3/5
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Death of a Unicorn
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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Death of a Unicorn is undoubtedly one of the more imaginative and gory films you’ll see in 2025, silly and savage in equal measure – even if it can’t quite live up to the promise of its juicy premise.
Posted Apr 03, 2025
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4/5
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Disney's Snow White
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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Disney has had the last laugh for its live-action remake of the studio’s first-ever animated feature, Snow White, is perhaps surprisingly one of its strongest and most worthwhile ‘reimaginings’ to date.
Posted Mar 19, 2025
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3/5
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Mickey 17
(2025)
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Tori Brazier
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When it’s good, Mickey 17 is brilliant, with flashes of genius throughout thanks to its biting wit, interesting central conceit and a collection of great cast performances. But when it lags, it’s long-winded and, dare I say, a tiny bit boring?
Posted Mar 04, 2025
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4/5
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Paddington in Peru
(2024)
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Tori Brazier
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While it might not quite reach the dizzying heights of Paddington 2, the rich detail, gorgeous design and quality writing and performances still elevate it to among the best films being produced now.
Posted Nov 04, 2024
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4/5
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
(2024)
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Tori Brazier
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This long-gestating sequel is the most brazenly Burton-esque and bonkers Tim Burton has been in years in terms... [Michael] Keaton is brilliant as always in a role that fits him like a glove.
Posted Sep 04, 2024
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5/5
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The Decalogue
(1989)
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Matt Prigge
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It's the compassion that towers over "The Dekalog," even moreso than its insane ambition.
Posted May 01, 2021
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Iliza: Confirmed Kills
(2016)
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Jennifer Logue
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This time around, the 33-year-old star is more than funny voices and side-splitting humor. Schlesinger aims to use her platform as a means of driving meaningful conversations with her audience, too.
Posted Jul 18, 2019
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Judah Friedlander: America is the Greatest Country in the United States
(2017)
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Pat King
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The special is truly a thing to behold. At some moments, it's like watching a skilled trapeze artist as Friedlander receives gasps from his audience but then quickly wins them back.
Posted Jul 12, 2019
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3/5
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Rampage
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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Rampage is borderline out of control, but it constantly throws up a gag or a set-piece to get lost in. Something that's easy to do with Dwayne Johnson leading the way in a softer but still just as captivating fashion.
Posted Apr 13, 2018
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
(2018)
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Pat King
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The early footage, including young Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s rise to prominence, shows how important this coverage was to news networks in the infancy of television news.
Posted Apr 02, 2018
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3.5/5
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Ready Player One
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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In 100 years, when film scholars are looking back at the career of Steven Spielberg... Ready Player One will be used as the primary piece of evidence to showcase the best and worst of the director.
Posted Mar 29, 2018
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Pacific Rim Uprising
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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Thanks to a scene-stealing Charlie Day, and a gung-ho John Boyega, Pacific Rim: Uprising is a fun dose of entertaining escapism, nothing more.
Posted Mar 20, 2018
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4.5/5
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Love, Simon
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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It is immediately apparent that "Love, Simon" is long overdue.
Posted Mar 15, 2018
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3.5/5
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Tomb Raider
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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... "Tomb Raider" is splendid popcorn fodder that stays true to its source material. Which is much more than practically every other video game adaptation can say.
Posted Mar 14, 2018
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Where Is Kyra?
(2017)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Pfeiffer's remarkable, gutsy performance makes her character's despondency palpable just through the weariness of her expressions and body language.
Posted Mar 09, 2018
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4/5
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The Leisure Seeker
(2017)
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Gregory Wakeman
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Not too much happens for most of The Leisure Seeker. But it is one of those films where you don't mind its tranquility and leisurely pace. Watching Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren being so smitten and in love with each other is just so delightful.
Posted Mar 08, 2018
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4.5/5
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The Death of Stalin
(2017)
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Gregory Wakeman
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Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Michael Palin, Jeffrey Tambor and Jason Isaacs create a formidable and selfless comedic quintet, while Iannucci's unyielding script and direction constantly stirs, twists and builds without ever overwhelming.
Posted Mar 08, 2018
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2.5/5
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A Wrinkle in Time
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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Condensing all of L'Engle's novel into the film proves to be much, too, as the need to establish the various planets, worlds and rules with an abundance of exposition dilutes any of the nuance or impact desired.
Posted Mar 08, 2018
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It's Such a Beautiful Day
(2012)
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Matt Prigge
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It's devastating stuff - no less than a stick figure "Tree of Life" - and it confirms that Hertzfeldt has become "mature" without sacrificing any of his considerable gifts.
Posted Mar 06, 2018
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3/5
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Red Sparrow
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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Both Lawrences confront Red Sparrow's content in such a forthright, challenging but still cinematic fashion that they deserve kudos. It's just a shame then that they, ultimately, don't do more with it.
Posted Mar 01, 2018
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3/5
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Every Day
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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I'm not the intended audience or even generation for "Every Day." But if it still managed to make a bitter, jaded adult like me weep, then just imagine the impact that it could have on younger viewers.
Posted Feb 22, 2018
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4.5/5
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Annihilation
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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Annihilation won't be for everyone. But those of you that get caught up its majesty and are left haunted, challenged, moved and beguiled by its sumptuous concoction of horror and sci-fi will quickly return to it again and again.
Posted Feb 21, 2018
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3/5
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Game Night
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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A lively and exciting enough romp to watch unfold, even if it is completely frivolous.
Posted Feb 21, 2018
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3/5
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My Brother the Devil
(2012)
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Steve Erickson
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"My Brother the Devil" offers something simultaneously, paradoxically rehashed and fresh.
Posted Feb 21, 2018
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Yossi
(2012)
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Steve Erickson
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The film ends on a moving, achingly ambiguous note, with Yossi getting more emotionally mature but not yet completely out of the woods.
Posted Feb 21, 2018
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3/5
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Early Man
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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... there's just something innately charming about its stop-motion that stops you from ever feeling too disappointed.
Posted Feb 15, 2018
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1.5/5
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The 15:17 to Paris
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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It's a movie experiment that fails badly...
Posted Feb 08, 2018
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3.5/5
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Peter Rabbit
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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It is nothing more than a good time for all the family. Which, considering that's all it clearly wants to be, means it pleasantly delivers.
Posted Feb 07, 2018
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4/5
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Black Panther
(2018)
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Gregory Wakeman
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It feels rich, expansive, and is clearly teeming with umpteen further stories, while it is also distinctive, authentic, and has a vitality that you can't help but become invested in.
Posted Feb 07, 2018
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3.5/5
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On Body and Soul
(2017)
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Gregory Wakeman
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Ultimately, On Body And Soul is too aloof and tentative with its message to really resonate, but it is still nevertheless an increasingly compelling and idiosyncratic love story that gets better with each passing minute.
Posted Feb 01, 2018
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