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      Rating T-Meter Title | Year Review
      A Radiant Girl (2021) It has a very odd sense of not being of its time or place... There wasn't much about it that was specific to its moment. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Mar 02, 2023
      Boy From Nowhere (2023) A very sweet, lovely film. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Mar 02, 2023
      Return to Seoul (2022) A very good film. It is tremendously well-thought out and beautifully mounted. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Mar 02, 2023
      The Other Fellow (2022) A pretty good documentary and a pretty clever idea. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Feb 28, 2023
      Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania (2023) [Jonathan Majors] elevated the material and was in a realm altogether... [But the movie] was too drunk on its own mythology. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Feb 28, 2023
      Bezos: The Beginning (2022) There is nothing particularly inspired here. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Feb 11, 2023
      Chess Story (2021) It's extremely well-directed and one of the best uses of sound design I've heard in a while. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Feb 11, 2023
      The Super 8 Years (2022) A really different kind of way to examine our memories, and a beautiful film in many ways. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Feb 11, 2023
      Missing (2023) A really interesting experiment in style. The way that it's done is constantly gripping and holds your attention. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Feb 11, 2023
      When You Finish Saving the World (2022) It could have been a sharper film, but I give it props... A nice little starter project [for Jesse Eisenberg]. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Feb 11, 2023
      I Am D.B. Cooper (2022) The filmmaker undercuts the film's persuasiveness with tons of reenactments. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Dec 13, 2022
      2nd Chance (2022) [The subject] compels you and repulses you, sometimes at the same time. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Dec 13, 2022
      One Fine Morning (2022) A very moving, emotionally honest film. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Dec 13, 2022
      The Whale (2022) Fraser was by a mile the best part of this film. He brings gravitas and a great deal of thoughtfulness to it... The problem I had with the film was everything else. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Dec 13, 2022
      Emancipation (2022) It's a horrifying story, a true chapter of American history, and nothing is really spared... An excellent film. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Dec 13, 2022
      Empire of Light (2022) This could have been so much better, but on the other hand I love Olivia Colman and I could listen to her read the phonebook. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Dec 13, 2022
      The Estate (2022) "Ghastly" would be too kind a word. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Nov 30, 2022
      Peaceful (2021) A mixed bag... But good for the performance of Gabriel Sara. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Nov 30, 2022
      Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me (2022) A very intimate look at a star who grew up in the spotlight... A pretty good documentary. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Nov 30, 2022
      Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche (2021) What struck me about this film was how extremely well-made it was. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Nov 30, 2022
      Good Night Oppy (2022) A remarkable documentary and one of the best films of the week. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Nov 29, 2022
      Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) It exists somewhere between brilliance and utter tedium... A mixed bag. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Nov 29, 2022
      Enola Holmes 2 (2022) Millie Bobby Brown is terrific... I just found it a little long and not quite as brisk as the first Enola Holmes. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Nov 29, 2022
      The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022) It's sort of meandering and well-meaning, but the tone never quite settled on what it's supposed to be. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Oct 14, 2022
      Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022) Given the Stephen King pedigree, I had hoped for more. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Oct 14, 2022
      Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) There's lots of mayhem, silliness, and wonderful comic bits. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Oct 14, 2022
      Nothing Compares (2022) An excellent documentary... The sense that I got is that she was an artist and activist very much ahead of her time. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Oct 14, 2022
      God's Creatures (2022) The payoff is potent in this film, but it is a long, slow build. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Oct 14, 2022
      Bros (2022) It feels fairly authentic to gay life and pretty enjoyable. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Oct 14, 2022
      The Class (2022) It felt very superficial in comparison to The Breakfast Club. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Sep 19, 2022
      Loving Highsmith (2022) A fairly elucidating documentary about lesbian culture in the 1950s. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Sep 19, 2022
      The Anthrax Attacks: In the Shadow of 9/11 (2022) It's a pretty well done documentary in spite of the fact that it uses a great deal of reenactments, which I don't usually care for. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Sep 19, 2022
      The Story of Film: A New Generation (2022) Absent any context, these clips lose their meaning and their power... But certainly I admired his chutzpah in putting this all together. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Sep 19, 2022
      House of Darkness (2022) There's a lot of crackling chemistry and tension, which is something LaBute does well... I'm mixed on this, but it's a worthy addition to his canon. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Sep 19, 2022
      Clerks III (2022) It feels a little tired this time... It doesn't feel like it grows the franchise or my cinematic experience with it. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Sep 19, 2022
      Pinocchio (2022) A lovely and welcome antidote to the heat. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Sep 19, 2022
      The Youth Governor (2022) There are moments when it is very interesting, and certainly the filmmakers had up close and personal access, which was revealing in many cases. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2022
      Me Time (2022) This really felt like everyone was just phoning it in. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2022
      Keane (2004) It is excruciatingly tense and so well-acted... An extraordinary film. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2022
      Explorer (2022) It's certainly a fascinating story, I just wish it could have been more visually arresting. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2022
      Funny Pages (2022) This is a very weird film -- and I say that with affection. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2022
      Breaking (2022) A stirring and heartbreaking portrait of what's going on with our veterans. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2022
      Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) For a film that is supposed to be about the power of storytelling, it felt oddly cold, remote, and it didn't engage emotionally. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Aug 26, 2022
      My Name Is Sara (2019) It's a compelling story, but I just wish it had been given a better telling. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Jul 22, 2022
      Alone Together (2022) It's a very small film with a tiny cast. It's tender and pleasant. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Jul 22, 2022
      Queen of Glory (2021) [Nana Mensah] is so full of immense energy, and she brings that to every frame of this film. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Jul 22, 2022
      My Donkey, My Lover & I (2020) There's lots of warmth throughout the film and some surprising details. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Jul 22, 2022
      How to Please a Woman (2022) Very entertaining, very sweet, and one absolutely hilarious scene. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Jul 22, 2022
      Nope (2022) When this film works, it is absolutely thrilling... [But] it feels like the script should have been tightened. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Jul 22, 2022
      Hot Seat (2022) It felt like it had so many elements from so many films we've seen before... There was not much that felt new or fresh to me. - FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
      Read More | Posted Jul 06, 2022
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