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1.5/4
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The Education of Auma Obama
(2011)
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David Nusair
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The degree to which Okpako subsequently pads out the proceedings is nothing short of oppressive...
Posted Jan 28, 2026
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2.5/4
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Mercy
(2026)
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David Nusair
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...agreeably propulsive...
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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2.5/4
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People We Meet on Vacation
(2026)
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David Nusair
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...a mostly affable romcom that receives plenty of mileage out of Bader and Blyth’s terrific, charismatic efforts...
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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0/4
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Honey Bunch
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a progressively intolerable endeavor that strikes all the wrong notes right from the get-go...
Posted Jan 25, 2026
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2/4
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H Is for Hawk
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a familiar yet workable premise that’s employed to progressively lackluster effect...
Posted Jan 25, 2026
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1.5/4
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The Well
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...an egregiously (and often breathtakingly) deliberate drama...
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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1.5/4
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Anaconda
(2025)
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David Nusair
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Anaconda begins its slow, steady descent into irrelevance (and tedium) once the action shifts to the jungle...
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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1/4
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Primate
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a slow-moving endeavor that suffers from an almost total lack of compelling, three-dimensional protagonists...
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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2.5/4
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Lurker
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a well-made (and promising) debut feature for Russell....
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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2.5/4
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Taxi!
(1932)
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David Nusair
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Taxi! improves once it progresses into a midsection and third act focused almost entirely on Matt’s vengeance-fuelled exploits...
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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2.5/4
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Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...an exceedingly erratic animated endeavor that gets off to a less-than-promising start...
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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2.5/4
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The Rip
(2026)
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David Nusair
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...a relentlessly erratic endeavor that gets off to a distressingly underwhelming start...
Posted Jan 21, 2026
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3/4
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Elio
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...improves significantly once it progresses into an increasingly engaging and engrossing midsection and second half...
Posted Jan 21, 2026
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3.5/4
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Is This Thing On?
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a perpetually watchable endeavor that improves immeasurably as it progresses...
Posted Jan 21, 2026
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3.5/4
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Rental Family
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a terrific, engaging piece of work that boasts, at its core, one of Fraser’s very best performances.
Posted Jan 21, 2026
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1.5/4
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Hedda
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a mostly underwhelming endeavor that gets off to an almost disastrously lackluster, uninvolving start...
Posted Jan 21, 2026
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1.5/4
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Billy Liar
(1963)
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David Nusair
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...a relentlessly erratic endeavor that remains, for much of its running time, unable to wholeheartedly capture the viewer’s interest and attention...
Posted Jan 20, 2026
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2/4
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(1947)
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David Nusair
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...a fun premise that is, by and large, squandered by McLeod...
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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4/4
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Train Dreams
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a perpetually watchable and frequently enthralling drama...
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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3.5/4
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Ragtime
(1981)
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David Nusair
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...an ambitious and agreeably sprawling epic...
Posted Jan 15, 2026
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1.5/4
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Fackham Hall
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...slowly-but-surely (and palpably) begins to run out of steam as it enters its ineffective, padded-out midsection and second half...
Posted Jan 15, 2026
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3/4
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Zootopia 2
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a predictably slick sequel that grows more and more engaging as it progresses...
Posted Jan 15, 2026
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1.5/4
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David
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a periodically watchable yet predominantly underwhelming endeavor...
Posted Jan 15, 2026
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.5/4
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The Skin Game
(1931)
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David Nusair
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...far-from-enthralling subject matter that is, right from the word go, employed to shockingly tiresome and sluggish effect by Hitchcock...
Posted Jan 13, 2026
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3.5/4
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Sirāt
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a first-class (and thoroughly audacious) effort from a seriously promising filmmaker.
Posted Jan 12, 2026
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3/4
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Arco
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...an erratic yet rewarding animated endeavor.
Posted Jan 12, 2026
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1/4
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No Other Choice
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...an impossibly padded-out endeavor that does, for the most part, progress at a snail’s pace over the course of its absurd 139 minutes...
Posted Jan 12, 2026
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3/4
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Father Mother Sister Brother
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a predictably deliberate (and thoroughly off-kilter) endeavor that does, for the most part, fare impressively well...
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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3/4
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a mostly compelling endeavor that fares best within its engrossing opening and closing stretches...
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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3.5/4
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The Testament of Ann Lee
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...an audacious and predominantly engrossing drama (and musical!)...
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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1/4
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Good Boy
(2025)
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David Nusair
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Good Boy begins to palpably run out of steam once it progresses into a padded-out, repetitive midsection...
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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2.5/4
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The Roses
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...familiar subject matter that is, for the most part, employed to watchable (albeit increasingly erratic) effect...
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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1/4
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KPop Demon Hunters
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...an unapologetically larger-than-life premise that is, for the most part, employed to egregiously slick and woefully uninvolving effect...
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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Die My Love
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a slow-moving, uneventful drama that benefits from its stirring visual sensibilities and a terrific lead performance...
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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1/4
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Freakier Friday
(2025)
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David Nusair
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Freakier Friday strikes virtually all of the wrong notes right from the get-go...
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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2.5/4
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Blue Moon
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a watchable (albeit awfully stagy) drama that benefits from Hawke’s terrific, engrossing efforts...
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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2.5/4
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It Was Just an Accident
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...builds towards a fairly riveting third act...
Posted Jan 03, 2026
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2/4
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We Bury the Dead
(2024)
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David Nusair
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...boasts (and benefits from) its novel spin on a familiar genre and Ridley’s first-class performance...
Posted Jan 02, 2026
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1/4
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Teeth
(2007)
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David Nusair
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The picture’s colossal failure is especially disappointing given the impact and effectiveness of Weixler’s commanding turn as the sympathetic central character...
Posted Dec 27, 2025
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3.5/4
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a slow-moving yet consistently compelling drama...
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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2.5/4
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The Secret Agent
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a solid endeavor that doesn’t really have any business running 161 minutes.
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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2.5/4
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Sorry, Baby
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...a relentlessly erratic endeavor that fares especially poorly within its misguided and far-from-engaging first act...
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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3/4
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Murder in the First
(1995)
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David Nusair
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...a somewhat erratic yet mostly compelling endeavor...
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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2.5/4
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Predators
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...Osit does a terrific job of initially capturing the viewer’s attention...
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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3.5/4
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The Sugarland Express
(1974)
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David Nusair
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The Sugarland Express builds towards a third act that’s both electrifying and unexpectedly heartbreaking...
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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2.5/4
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Jakob the Liar
(1999)
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David Nusair
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...compelling subject matter that’s employed to hit-and-miss effect by Kassovitz...
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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1/4
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Lady With a Past
(1932)
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David Nusair
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...a forgettable misfire that squanders Bennett’s charismatic efforts.
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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3/4
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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a satisfying, entertaining documentary...
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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2.5/4
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Judge Dredd
(1995)
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David Nusair
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...larger-than-life subject matter that is, at the outset, employed to entertaining, briskly-paced effect...
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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2.5/4
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Tinsel Town
(2025)
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David Nusair
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...an appealing premise that’s employed to basically watchable (yet entirely forgettable) effect...
Posted Dec 26, 2025
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