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2.5/4
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Chuck Chuck Baby
(2023)
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David Nusair
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Chuck Chuck Baby’s overall impact is heightened by its vivid working-class atmosphere and periodic transformation into a full-fledged jukebox musical.
Posted Sep 21, 2023
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3/4
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Limbo
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...an overlong yet effective murder-mystery that fares better than most similarly-themed fare.
Posted Sep 21, 2023
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3/4
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Days of Happiness
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...an effective (and affecting) drama that boasts a spellbinding performance at its core.
Posted Sep 20, 2023
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3/4
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Woodland
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a compelling character study that features a first-class performance at its core.
Posted Sep 20, 2023
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3/4
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One Life
(2023)
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David Nusair
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Hopkins’ stunning efforts here play a key role in cementing the picture’s impact, to put it mildly.
Posted Sep 20, 2023
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3/4
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Sly
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a fairly standard movie-star documentary that’s elevated by its subject’s openness and honesty.
Posted Sep 20, 2023
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3.5/4
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Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a top-notch piece of work...
Posted Sep 20, 2023
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2.5/4
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Knox Goes Away
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a deliberately-paced endeavor that benefits from its predictably top-notch performances...
Posted Sep 20, 2023
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2.5/4
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The Critic
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...an erratic yet satisfying piece of work.
Posted Sep 20, 2023
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3/4
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Flora and Son
(2023)
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David Nusair
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Flora and Son builds towards a tremendously satisfying, crowd-pleasing finale that ensures it ends on just about as positive a note as one could envision...
Posted Sep 17, 2023
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3/4
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The Royal Hotel
(2023)
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David Nusair
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The Royal Hotel builds towards a virtually electrifying climax that ensures it ends on a seriously positive note.
Posted Sep 17, 2023
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2.5/4
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Songs of Earth
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a stirring piece of work that deserves (nay demands) to be seen on as big a screen as possible.
Posted Sep 14, 2023
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2.5/4
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A Difficult Year
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...incredibly promising and stylish...
Posted Sep 14, 2023
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3/4
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Frybread Face and Me
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a gentle, lighthearted coming-of-age story that benefits from its solid performances and engaging atmosphere...
Posted Sep 14, 2023
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3/4
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Summer Qamp
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a solid documentary that shines a light on an exceptionally worthy institution.
Posted Sep 14, 2023
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2.5/4
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Je'vida
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...the eye-opening emphasis on the character’s grim experiences within a state-run residential school for indigenous children certainly enhancing the movie’s increasingly engaging atmosphere.
Posted Sep 14, 2023
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2.5/4
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Toll
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a rewarding (albeit erratic) drama that goes in admittedly unexpected directions.
Posted Sep 14, 2023
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3/4
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Smugglers
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...[any] concerns become moot once the movie progresses into its almost shockingly enthralling third act...
Posted Sep 14, 2023
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2.5/4
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In Flames
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...the movie benefits substantially from Kahn’s steady visuals and a thoroughly striking and impressive central performance by Nawal.
Posted Sep 14, 2023
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2.5/4
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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a better-than-average debut that puts an intriguing, original spin on one of the hoariest genres around...
Posted Sep 12, 2023
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2.5/4
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The Equalizer 3
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...agreeably familiar subject matter that’s employed to erratic yet watchable effect by Fuqua...
Posted Sep 09, 2023
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1.5/4
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Zombie Town
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a reasonable-enough premise that’s employed to increasingly (and exhaustingly) underwhelming effect...
Posted Sep 08, 2023
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.5/4
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Bottoms
(2023)
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David Nusair
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A seriously, pervasively annoying piece of work...
Posted Sep 08, 2023
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2.5/4
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Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...an intriguing premise that’s employed to relentlessly uneven yet mostly entertaining effect by Neill Blomkamp...
Posted Sep 08, 2023
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.5/4
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Show Dogs
(2018)
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David Nusair
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...a second-rate, low-rent disaster that fares poorly even by the standards of movies of this ilk.
Posted Sep 01, 2023
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2.5/4
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The Robber Bride
(2007)
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David Nusair
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...a run-of-the-mill television movie that’s elevated by some unusually superb acting...
Posted Aug 29, 2023
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2/4
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Strays
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a rather misbegotten endeavor that could only have worked as a five minute SNL sketch.
Posted Aug 21, 2023
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2/4
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Haunted Mansion
(2023)
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David Nusair
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Haunted Mansion eventually segues into a hit-and-miss midsection riddled with padded-out and downright needless sequences...
Posted Aug 21, 2023
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1/4
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Blue Beetle
(2023)
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David Nusair
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Blue Beetle progresses into an aggressively generic and padded-out midsection that slowly-but-surely drains the viewer’s interest and attention...
Posted Aug 20, 2023
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2.5/4
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The Purchase Price
(1932)
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David Nusair
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...a fairly basic premise that’s employed to watchable yet thoroughly forgettable effect by Wellman...
Posted Aug 20, 2023
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1.5/4
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Barbie
(2023)
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David Nusair
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Barbie‘s downfall is triggered by a midsection that grows less and less interesting (and more and more grating) as time progresses...
Posted Aug 19, 2023
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2.5/4
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a compelling premise that’s employed to watchable yet increasingly erratic effect...
Posted Aug 18, 2023
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3/4
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Jade
(1995)
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David Nusair
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...an entertaining Caruso vehicle that fares better than its reputation might’ve suggested.
Posted Aug 17, 2023
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3/4
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The Aeronauts
(2019)
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David Nusair
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...an erratic endeavor that admittedly grows more and more absorbing as it unfolds...
Posted Aug 17, 2023
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3/4
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Act of Violence
(1949)
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David Nusair
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...striking, gripping...
Posted Aug 16, 2023
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3.5/4
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Diner
(1982)
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David Nusair
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...an easygoing, persistently episodic drama that benefits from the captivating work of its various performers...
Posted Aug 16, 2023
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2/4
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Heart of Stone
(2023)
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David Nusair
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Heart to Stone progresses into a meandering, padded-out midsection that’s compounded by Harper’s staggeringly bland approach to the material...
Posted Aug 13, 2023
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2.5/4
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The Sapphires
(2012)
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David Nusair
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...a mostly affable yet entirely generic endeavor that benefits from its solid performances and rousing musical numbers...
Posted Aug 13, 2023
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2.5/4
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Lawyer Man
(1932)
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David Nusair
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...a briskly-paced drama that benefits substantially from the top-notch efforts of its stars...
Posted Aug 13, 2023
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2.5/4
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Rushmore
(1998)
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David Nusair
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...a consistently watchable yet thoroughly erratic endeavor that fares best in its briskly-paced and tremendously entertaining first half...
Posted Aug 12, 2023
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1.5/4
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Meg 2: The Trench
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...suffused in a darkness that’s compounded by a surfeit of lackluster characters and several poorly conceived and executed action sequences...
Posted Aug 08, 2023
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3/4
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Deathtrap
(1982)
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David Nusair
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...a solid adaptation that succeeds mostly as a showcase for the spellbinding work of its two leads.
Posted Aug 08, 2023
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2.5/4
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Chocolat
(2000)
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David Nusair
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...a watchable piece of work that generally manages to pass the time in a fairly unexceptional way.
Posted Aug 07, 2023
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3/4
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Bottle Rocket
(1996)
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David Nusair
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...a thoroughly quirky yet mostly compelling comedy...
Posted Aug 06, 2023
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3/4
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Stardust
(2007)
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David Nusair
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...an erratically-paced yet mostly satisfying endeavor...
Posted Aug 06, 2023
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2/4
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Bullet to the Head
(2012)
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David Nusair
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...almost watchable yet primarily forgettable...
Posted Aug 06, 2023
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3/4
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Miss Potter
(2006)
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David Nusair
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...boasts terrific work from both Zellweger and McGregor that’s heightened by their palpable chemistry together...
Posted Aug 05, 2023
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2/4
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Oppenheimer
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a technically-impressive yet mostly underwhelming drama...
Posted Aug 05, 2023
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2/4
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Take the High Ground
(1953)
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David Nusair
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...stirring subject matter that’s employed to pervasively (and distressingly) hit-and-miss effect by Brooks...
Posted Aug 04, 2023
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.5/4
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Talk to Me
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a complete misfire that does, in the end, take itself way, way too seriously.
Posted Aug 02, 2023
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