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2/4
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(2008)
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Eden Munro
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While there's nothing wrong with a lightweight, thrill-a-minute Indiana Jones adventure... there’s just no excuse for taking 20 years to get around to a film that disappoints increasingly as the reels roll on.
Posted Apr 12, 2023
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Godzilla
(1998)
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Russell Mulvey
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Godzilla is worth seeing -- the monster, that is. "Godzilla" the film is a little less worthwhile. Considering the magnitude of its star, this film is a very minor addition to the genre.
Posted Feb 15, 2023
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Wild Things
(1998)
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Patrick Vuong
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This film has put a little originality to the suspense genre in the same manner as the two Scream movies have done for horror.
Posted Feb 02, 2023
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The Big Lebowski
(1998)
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Russell Mulvey
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All of this is more or less entertaining if only because of the slack-jawed performance of Jeff Bridges as the Dude. His portrayal of a man who is content with his total lack of ambition is really quite good.
Posted Jan 21, 2023
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Eve's Bayou
(1997)
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Amy Hough
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Shame on you if you opt for any other movie when you visit your video store.
Posted Jan 10, 2023
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The Lure
(2015)
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Trent Wilkie
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The Lure is a Polish electo-punk, mermaid sex horror-musical, with heart.
Posted Oct 15, 2022
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2/5
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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[It's] a torpid, dreary continuation of what's becoming the Dumbledore Reunion Tour, this is puff and smoke-fantasy without splendor, joy, fun, or much color at all.
Posted Nov 30, 2018
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4/5
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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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It's a devastating portrait of our laborious despoliation of the earth (trudging through sludge is its signature shot). This survey of our destructive impact seems like a post-mortem.
Posted Nov 30, 2018
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2/5
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Dr. Seuss' The Grinch
(2018)
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Chelsea Novak
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The Grinch took out too much, without adding much of anything. It wasn't Seussian enough and didn't add enough of an original plot to hold adult interest. Its humor also fell flat.
Posted Nov 27, 2018
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1/5
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Best F(r)iends: Volume 2
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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A tedious, sluggish connecting of smeared plot points, the story dawdles and dallies.
Posted Nov 26, 2018
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1/5
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Bohemian Rhapsody
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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Bohemian Rhapsody is biopic agony.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
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4.5/5
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Upgrade
(2018)
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Chelsea Novak
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Upgrade is a great, bloody ride.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
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3/5
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
(2018)
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Jake Pesaruk
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a formidable first outing for the Coens on a streaming format, but there is no doubt that this narrative six-shooter has a couple of duds.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
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3/5
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Overlord
(2018)
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Jake Pesaruk
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Overlord harkens back to a time when horror didn't have to be thought-provoking or nightmare inducing-because if there's one thing we sometimes forget about the monsters under our bed, it's that they can be a lot of fun.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
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2/5
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The Happy Prince
(2018)
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Stephan Boissonneault
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This film could have been an important piece of queer history that actually had a point to make, but it instead gets lost in pockets of bad and utterly boring writing.
Posted Nov 08, 2018
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2/5
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In Search of Greatness
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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In Search of Greatness, the latest from Gabe Polsky (Red Army), explores the passion, obsessiveness, and creativity in sports. But, though intriguing and sometimes adrenalizing, this search stumbles.
Posted Nov 08, 2018
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4/5
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Mid90s
(2018)
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Stephan Boissonneault
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It is enjoyable and a favorable first outing for Hill, but it will probably soon be left in forgotten obscurity.
Posted Nov 01, 2018
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Viral Beauty
(2017)
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Brian Gibson
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It's hard to watch and tough to look away.
Posted Nov 01, 2018
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3/5
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Halloween
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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Beyond the stabs of tension, there's a disturbing self-reflection on Halloween's appeal.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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2/5
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Bad Times at the El Royale
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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As it is, Bad Times at the El Royale ends up feeling like a long drive in a slow-building desert storm: vast, arid stretches of story between lightning-flashes of action.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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5/5
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A Star Is Born
(2018)
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Heather Gunn
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It's heartfelt, well-paced, and gut-wrenchingly tragic, with the gorgeous music and two main characters taking centre stage by grabbing hold of the audience's emotion until the very last second.
Posted Oct 18, 2018
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2.5/5
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The House With a Clock in Its Walls
(2018)
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Miya Abe
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It's too bad this film wasn't effective enough to present that message of indomitability in a stronger, more engaging way, because kids need it now more than ever.
Posted Oct 18, 2018
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4/5
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Eighth Grade
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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Wondering if our plugged-in world is short-circuiting our most haywire years, Eighth Grade is neither alarmist nor condemning -- just wincingly sensitive.
Posted Oct 18, 2018
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A Simple Favor
(2018)
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Chelsea Novak
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This film is funny and entertaining -- very important given that with the hindsight of about 10 minutes the movie's plot slowly starts to unravel.
Posted Oct 18, 2018
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Sharkwater Extinction
(2018)
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Stephan Boissonneault
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The film would have been different if Stewart was still alive, but now, it's his underwater magnum opus.
Posted Oct 18, 2018
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Mandy
(2018)
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Stephan Boissonneault
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Mandy is going to live as a cult classic. It won't be for everyone, but many will enjoy it for its chimerical cadence.
Posted Sep 20, 2018
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4/5
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McQueen
(2018)
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Chelsea Novak
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Overall, the film offers an intimate look into the life of a fascinating designer.
Posted Sep 06, 2018
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1/5
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The Happytime Murders
(2018)
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Jake Pesaruk
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This wannabe crime comedy barely limps along as passible entertainment.
Posted Sep 06, 2018
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2/5
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Slender Man
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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Unfortunately, Slender Man is just a schlocky horror flick. Even then, it's a little too reminiscent of recent real-life horror.
Posted Sep 06, 2018
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The Crescent
(2017)
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Levi Gogeria
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Even with a modest budget, The Crescent utilizes its art-house roots, and avant-garde storytelling to weave a smart and sinister tale.
Posted Aug 16, 2018
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Sorry to Bother You
(2018)
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Stephan Boissonneault
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It feels like Riley approached making his movie like making a concept album. Sorry To Bother You has three parts to it and loves to change tone, genre, and plot to an extent, in a flavourful way that keeps you entertained.
Posted Aug 09, 2018
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1/5
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Shock and Awe
(2017)
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Jake Pesaruk
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What could have been an important and timely film in an era of distrust in journalism is sadly wasted. The film bombards its audience with surgically rapid scenes that feed as much information as possible with no emotional pay off.
Posted Aug 02, 2018
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2/5
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Ant-Man and The Wasp
(2018)
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Jake Pesaruk
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Sadly, the movie has a hard time picking a villain to stick with... That coupled with a flat ending... results in Ant-Man and the Wasp just barely making it past passable, without earning itself a spot in the ranks of summer romp.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
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2/5
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The First Purge
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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After its intriguingly tasty first course, though, the overwritten dialogue, undercooked characters, and overdone camerawork reveal themselves.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
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1/5
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Let the Sunshine In
(2017)
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Chelsea Novak
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It's not just that Isabelle reaches the end of the film unchanged; it's that there was never any chance that she might not.
Posted Jul 19, 2018
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5/5
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Incredibles 2
(2018)
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Chris Penwell
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All of this is set to Michael Giacchino's fantastic score, which continues to wow with its jazzy, big band style. The music helps draw you into the world and personality of the film.
Posted Jul 06, 2018
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3/5
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Borg vs. McEnroe
(2017)
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Brian Gibson
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Twinned in their passion to outmatch the other, their sporting "love" seems a strange, awful, awesome game.
Posted Jun 28, 2018
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4/5
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Won't You Be My Neighbor?
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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And what remains so pleasantly surprising is how slyly and smoothly, from start to finish, this chronicle of a much-beloved children's program goes against the grain of the Trump era.
Posted Jun 28, 2018
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Tag
(2018)
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Chris Penwell
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Tag is a disappointment to those looking for the next big summer comedy. The writing overly relies on profanity for cheap jokes, and the movie drags on until a brief but hilarious tag scene comes on screen.
Posted Jun 21, 2018
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Ocean's 8
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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A dull con-artist movie like Ocean's 8 makes its audience feel like suckers.
Posted Jun 15, 2018
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Hereditary
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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But the neatest trick that Hereditary manages is the feeling, especially in that beginning and with its ending, that there's some strange force beyond us, perhaps even beyond this film, just waiting and beholding us...
Posted Jun 15, 2018
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The Seagull
(2018)
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Sierra Bilton
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[Saoirse Ronan] may appear on the surface as another run-of-the-mill, pretty and lovey girl, but if you give her films the time of day and see them through, she'll prove you wrong every time.
Posted Jun 15, 2018
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4/5
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Adrift
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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What emerges, most remarkably, is how one 24-year-old's sense of herself, for nearly six weeks on the planet's largest ocean, slipped and shifted but found enough resolve, enough of a polestar-force guiding her on, to keep her not just adrift, but alive.
Posted Jun 08, 2018
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5/5
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Tom of Finland
(2017)
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Sierra Bilton
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Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski lovingly tells the story of iconic Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen...
Posted Jun 07, 2018
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4/5
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Solo: A Star Wars Story
(2018)
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Chris Penwell
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This is the most authentic Star Wars movie since The Force Awakens.
Posted Jun 01, 2018
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5/5
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RBG
(2018)
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Stephan Boissonneault
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RBG is a very enjoyable piece of history that touches on the obscure fame one woman has earned, championing women's rights without using a single bad word or raising her voice.
Posted Jun 01, 2018
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3/5
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Deadpool 2
(2018)
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Chris Penwell
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Most of the jokes in Deadpool 2 fly at you like a gatling gun, firing off random references that you've probably never heard of.
Posted May 25, 2018
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4/5
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Bag It
(2010)
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Stephan Boissonneault
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Although the film does kind of hit a lull when it starts focusing on the health effects of plastic, it's a pretty interesting journey from one man's point of view.
Posted May 17, 2018
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4/5
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Tully
(2018)
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Brian Gibson
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[Writer Diablo] Cody locates lots of lovely comedy in the harried, hamstrung, and harassed.
Posted May 17, 2018
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Meditation Park
(2017)
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Sierra Bilton
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As such, Meditation Park holds an important zeitgeist of our time, well-worth the trip to catch it.
Posted May 17, 2018
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