Dan Murrell
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5.2/10 | 49% | Coming 2 America (2021) |
It makes me wonder how much demand there was out there for a cleaner Coming to America sequel. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Mar 18, 2021
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7.8/10 | 71% | Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) |
Zack Snyder's Justice League is the most successful realization of the vision that Zack Snyder's always had for the DC universe. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Mar 18, 2021
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6.5/10 | 94% | Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) |
A tepid recommendation. Lacks the strength and focus of Disney's better films. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Mar 1, 2021
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6.8/10 | 46% | The Little Things (2021) |
The plot sounds like something you'd read on the back of a paperback outside Hudson News. The real anchor here is the cast. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Jan 29, 2021
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8/10 | 95% | Soul (2020) |
The animation and voice cast are outstanding. It has my favorite score of the year. There's not a lot to criticize. Soul is worthy of the Pixar banner. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Dec 26, 2020
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6/10 | 59% | Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) |
Feels like a standard superhero sequel that throws so much at you, you wish it had the hyper focus of the original. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Dec 26, 2020
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5/10 | 55% | The Prom (2020) |
A bloated movie with a bunch of stars who shove the only interesting storyline off the screen. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Dec 26, 2020
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7/10 | 83% | Mank (2020) |
An unfocused but impressive film from David Fincher. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Dec 26, 2020
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7/10 | 68% | The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020) |
I can't think of another actor who's put as much commitment into playing a role as Kurt Russell does as Santa Claus. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Nov 19, 2020
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6/10 | 53% | Hubie Halloween (2020) |
45 minutes in, I came to a very disturbing realization - I don't hate this. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Oct 29, 2020
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7.1/10 | 85% | Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) |
Not as ageless as the first movie, but I can't judge it too harshly for not being as good as the incredibly funny movie that preceded it. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Oct 21, 2020
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6.3/10 | 28% | Antebellum (2020) |
It is not subtle about what it is saying and what it is doing, but there are a lot of positives. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Sep 19, 2020
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5.3/10 | 72% | Mulan (2020) |
Technically, the movie is incredibly well made. I didn't have much to connect to on a story or character level. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Sep 3, 2020
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6.5/10 | 70% | Tenet (2020) |
Impressively constructed [but] Christopher Nolan's obsession with manipulation of time is starting to become something for an audience of one. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Aug 31, 2020
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6/10 | 82% | Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) |
Feels like a group of friends getting together to make the movie they wanted to make, even if there are some compromises along the way. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Aug 29, 2020
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5.2/10 | 35% | The New Mutants (2020) |
A movie from a bygone era when Fox was its own company that didn't quite know what to do with X-Men movies. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Aug 27, 2020
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5/10 | 48% | Unhinged (2020) |
This isn't just a turn off your brain movie...You have to assume everyone in the movie has turned off their brains. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Aug 20, 2020
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6.5/10 | 61% | Project Power (2020) |
Kind of scratches that summer movie itch and explores an interesting premise with some solid performances. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Aug 13, 2020
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8/10 | 95% | Palm Springs (2020) |
A great balance of comedy, drama, romance, science fiction - there's a lot of genres at play here. One of 2020's better films. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Jul 10, 2020
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6.3/10 | 75% | The King of Staten Island (2020) |
Judd Apatow's doing a character study merged to the bones of a studio comedy, and I don't know if that synthesis always works. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Jun 17, 2020
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8/10 | 92% | Da 5 Bloods (2020) |
One of the best movies this year...Delroy Lindo is brilliant in this movie. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Jun 12, 2020
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3.5/10 | 8% | Artemis Fowl (2020) |
Artemis Fowl isn't just a bad movie. It's a gloriously bad movie. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted Jun 12, 2020
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7/10 | 65% | The Lovebirds (2020) |
Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae make a very good comedic team...A comedy that knows exactly how long it needs to be. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted May 22, 2020
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5/10 | 47% | Scoob! (2020) |
By trying to include everything, they accomplish nothing. - Dan Murrell Reviews
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| Posted May 15, 2020
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7.5/10 | 88% | Onward (2020) |
The story, characters and voice performances are strong...Like Inside Out, it's able to handle emotional issues in a resonant way that kids and adults can relate to. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Feb 27, 2020
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8.1/10 | 91% | The Invisible Man (2020) |
It taps into so many primal fears...More akin to a classic psychological thriller than the forgettable horror film that it could have been. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Feb 26, 2020
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7.1/10 | 78% | Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) |
Not quite as meta as Deadpool, but it has the same vibe. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Feb 5, 2020
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8.1/10 | 84% | Waves (2019) |
The first half is about chaos; the second half is about healing...A really impressive movie. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Dec 19, 2019
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7/10 | 77% | Richard Jewell (2019) |
The performances sell the movie...Eastwood lives or dies by his stories and actors, and he has a compelling story. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Dec 19, 2019
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7.3/10 | 95% | Little Women (2019) |
It feels like the movie was trying to have its cake and eat it too. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Dec 19, 2019
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8.6/10 | 94% | Marriage Story (2019) |
A gut punch of a movie...One of the best of the year. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Dec 19, 2019
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6.5/10 | 68% | Bombshell (2019) |
Although Bombshell does bring a lot of issues to the forefront, I liked the performances better than the movie. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Dec 19, 2019
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8.5/10 | 91% | Uncut Gems (2019) |
The Safdie Brothers have figured out how to make chaos a genre...An award-worthy performance from Adam Sandler. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Dec 19, 2019
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9/10 | 89% | 1917 (2020) |
1917 is the peak of what's possible right now cinematically. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Dec 19, 2019
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4/10 | 19% | Cats (2019) |
A spectacular disaster...This movie feels like a prank but I don't know on whom. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Dec 18, 2019
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5/10 | 51% | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) |
There seems to have been absolutely no road map as to what these movies were going to be and it shows. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Dec 18, 2019
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6/10 | 71% | Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) |
A diminished version of the original, which doesn't make it unwatchable, but I do wish that there had been more risk and innovation. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Dec 10, 2019
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7.8/10 | 92% | Ford v Ferrari (2019) |
Find a big screen with a great sound system...James Mangold may be one of the most underrated directors working today. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Nov 20, 2019
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7/10 | 78% | Frozen II (2019) |
There really does seem to be a desire to advance the story and build on the previous film, and that's what the best sequels do. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Nov 20, 2019
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8/10 | 95% | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) |
Captures the spirit of Mr. Rogers - the spirit of kindness, his insight, and underneath it all, a really deep understanding of sorrow. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Nov 19, 2019
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8.8/10 | 94% | Honey Boy (2019) |
The only thing that comes through every pore of this film's being is absolute raw and brutal honesty...One of the best movies of the year. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Nov 8, 2019
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5/10 | 46% | Last Christmas (2019) |
Last Christmas mostly works until it's overwhelmed by a bizarrely handled story and an overdose of forced, saccharine holiday cheer. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Nov 6, 2019
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8/10 | 78% | Doctor Sleep (2019) |
The best of Kubrick and the best of King now exist together as a direct sequel - one leads directly into the other. A great hybrid of both. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Nov 6, 2019
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8.5/10 | 95% | The Irishman (2019) |
This may end up being the quintessential film of late-era Martin Scorsese...One of the best movies of the year. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Oct 30, 2019
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6/10 | 70% | Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) |
I like this as an action movie, there's a lot of fun in it. As a Terminator fan, the franchise still ends at Terminator 2 for me. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Oct 29, 2019
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4.5/10 | 26% | Countdown (2019) |
Feels like a Mad Libs for what a horror movie can be...Completely and utterly forgettable. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Oct 29, 2019
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8.1/10 | 98% | Parasite (Gisaengchung) (2019) |
Parasite is a must-watch in order to get a full picture of the world cinema scene in 2019. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Oct 29, 2019
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8/10 | 80% | Jojo Rabbit (2019) |
Taika Waititi shows a very deft hand, both as a writer and a director...A hilarious movie, one of my favorites of the year so far. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Oct 29, 2019
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5.3/10 | 39% | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) |
Angelina Jolie is great for what little she has to do in the movie. Michelle Pfeiffer has a lot to do, but not much of it is good. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Oct 15, 2019
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7.2/10 | 91% | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) |
It's not meant to reopen the book on Breaking Bad. It's meant to close it. - Screen Junkies
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| Posted Oct 11, 2019
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