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4/5
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Oppenheimer
(2023)
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Michelle Jaworski
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It’s a warning about the hubris of mankind’s ability to destroy itself, held together primarily by Murphy’s commanding presence.
Posted Jul 20, 2023
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2.5/5
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Stan Lee
(2023)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Designed as a loving tribute, ‘Stan Lee’ is uninterested in exploring any of the thornier aspects of Lee’s life—or really anything below the surface.
Posted Jun 15, 2023
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3.5/5
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Elemental
(2023)
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Michelle Jaworski
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While it’s similar to other animation stalwarts like ‘Inside Out’ and ‘Zootopia,’ it burns a path of its own as one of Pixar’s best in years.
Posted Jun 12, 2023
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3/5
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The Flash
(2023)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Peppered with fanservice cameos, this amusing DC franchise crossover arrives several years too late to make an impact.
Posted Jun 07, 2023
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2.5/5
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The Little Mermaid
(2023)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Adding 50 minutes of new material to the 1989 Disney classic, this live-action remake still feels like a pale imitation, exchanging stylish animation for uncanny CGI and poorly-shot musical numbers.
Posted May 26, 2023
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3.5/5
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Problemista
(2023)
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Laiken Neumann
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Julio Torres’ directorial debut juggles cartoonish visuals, immigration anxiety, and artistic dedication. And it co-stars Tilda Swinton as a brash hyper-Karen.
Posted May 16, 2023
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4/5
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Bottoms
(2023)
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Laiken Neumann
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The sophomore feature from ‘Shiva Baby’ director Emma Seligman revels in slapstick melodrama.
Posted May 16, 2023
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4/5
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Suzume
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Makoto Shinkai’s latest makes something larger than life feel personal as it explores grief, trauma, and climate change.
Posted May 16, 2023
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3/5
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
(2023)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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The latest GotG team-up delivers plenty of visual spectacle and spacefaring hijinks, but the script leaves much to be desired.
Posted May 03, 2023
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4/5
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Polite Society
(2023)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Equally heartfelt and hilarious, it’s a strong debut for writer/director Nida Manzoor.
Posted Apr 28, 2023
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1.5/5
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Ghosted
(2023)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Despite the A-list casting, Ghosted painfully bland, failing to deliver any laughs or make us care about the central romance.
Posted Apr 21, 2023
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3.5/5
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Renfield
(2023)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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It’s easy viewing, which isn’t something you can say of many films involving this much gore and severed limbs.
Posted Apr 12, 2023
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3/5
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Flamin' Hot
(2023)
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Audra Schroeder
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Longoria’s debut feature film makes for a compelling underdog story.
Posted Apr 06, 2023
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4.5/5
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Attachment
(2022)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Rooted in Jewish folklore, this queer horror-comedy sees a woman unexpectedly move in with her girlfriend’s mother – an eccentric and overbearing figure who seems oddly obsessed with supernatural threats.
Posted Apr 06, 2023
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4/5
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Rye Lane
(2023)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Evoking staple rom-com tropes and films like ‘Before Sunrise’ while carving its own path, ‘Rye Lane’ is already an instant classic.
Posted Apr 06, 2023
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2.5/5
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Tetris
(2023)
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Tiffany Kelly
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The film is strongest when it focuses on the friendship at the heart of the story.
Posted Apr 06, 2023
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3/5
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Air
(2023)
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Tiffany Kelly
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The film works due to its ensemble cast—namely Viola Davis.
Posted Mar 21, 2023
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3.5/5
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Till
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Infused with an incredible performance from Danielle Deadwyler, ‘Till’ takes great care in depicting the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and his mother’s fight to make the world witness what happened to him.
Posted Feb 21, 2023
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4.5/5
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Fire of Love
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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The two love stories woven throughout the narrative—one between Katia and Maurice, the other between the Kraffts and the volcanoes they strove to understand—provide its fiery emotional core.
Posted Feb 21, 2023
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3/5
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White Noise
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Even amid the hijinks, an affecting score from Danny Elfman, and the instantly catchy LCD Soundsystem song that ties the chaos together, White Noise can’t sustain itself.
Posted Feb 21, 2023
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4.5/5
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Tár
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Headed by a mesmerizing Cate Blanchett performance, Todd Field takes great care in making the craft at which the titular character excels feel lived-in.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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3.5/5
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The Menu
(2022)
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Audra Schroeder
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The story, penned by Will Tracy and Seth Reiss, is expertly paced, punctuated by gorgeous title cards announcing the dishes.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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3/5
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Decision to Leave
(2022)
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Audra Schroeder
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A detective thriller noir that tries to get you to feel something for its flawed protagonists. But they’re a little too quiet.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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3.5/5
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(2022)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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This hilarious and intricately-plotted ‘Knives Out’ sequel is just as fun as the original —even if some of the characters and social satire don’t pack quite the same punch.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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3.5/5
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(2022)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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The sheer volume of subplots makes the finished product rather unwieldy, struggling to maintain the tight thematic focus of ‘Black Panther.’
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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3.5/5
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The Wonder
(2022)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Oddly though, the contemporary framing device feels even more superfluous when it returns for the final shot.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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4.5/5
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Triangle of Sadness
(2022)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Set on a luxury cruise, this dark comedy feels like a psychological experiment crossed with the gross-out humor of 'Jackass.'
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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4.5/5
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The Fabelmans
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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It's Steven Spielberg's most personal movie yet.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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3.5/5
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Nanny
(2022)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Anna Diop stars as a nanny in this Sundance award-winning horror thriller, blending supernatural elements with race and class tensions in a Manhattan household.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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4.5.5
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Women Talking
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Women Talking doesn’t have all of the answers, nor is it a full-on slog of misery. It demonstrates the negative effects of internalized misogyny.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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3.5/5
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M3GAN
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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With strong performances from Allison Williams and Violet McGraw, ‘M3GAN’ fully embraces the campiness.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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2.5/5
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Run Rabbit Run
(2023)
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Michelle Jaworski
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It’s Snook’s performance, one that starts off more contained but grows bigger by the minute all the way up to the highwire finale, that draws you in.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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3/5
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Magazine Dreams
(2023)
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Michelle Jaworski
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While overly long and meandering at times, Jonathan Majors carries the film and makes it almost impossible to look away.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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3.5/5
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Cat Person
(2023)
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Michelle Jaworski
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The high-wired final act pushes Cat Person into full suspense-thriller territory with mixed results.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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Skinamarink
(2022)
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Audra Schroeder
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Skinamarink expertly recreates the feeling of being between sleep and consciousness—of waking up weird.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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4/5
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Huesera: The Bone Woman
(2022)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Building on the genre defined by Rosemary’s Baby in the 1960s, director Michelle Garza Cervera blends feminist commentary with folkloric horror.
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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2/5
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
(2023)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Mostly it exists as connective tissue between different eras of the MCU, displaying embarrassingly little interest in its own main characters.
Posted Feb 14, 2023
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4/5
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Navalny
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Even when Navalny goes big, there are still moments of levity.
Posted Dec 14, 2022
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4/5
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Descendant
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Descendant masterfully lets the descendants of the Clotilda survivors take back the narratives and tell the story that they and their ancestors’ oppressors have long kept buried. But this time, we can finally hear them loud and clear.
Posted Dec 14, 2022
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3.5/5
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She Said
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's months-long investigation into Harvey Weinstein is faithfully recreated with diligent attention paid to the unglamorous aspects of reporting that made the story possible.
Posted Nov 07, 2022
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5/5
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
(2022)
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Tiffany Kelly
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Everything Everywhere All at Once is a brilliant exploration of generational trauma and feelings of hopelessness. The film presents a lot of big ideas, but it all works.
Posted Mar 16, 2022
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3.5/5
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The Lost City
(2022)
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Tiffany Kelly
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The Lost City feels like a Sandra Bullock rom-com from 20 years ago, and she has instant chemistry with Channing Tatum.
Posted Mar 16, 2022
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4/5
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
(2022)
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Tiffany Kelly
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That is essentially what The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is; a love letter to Cages many performances over the years bundled inside a brand new Cage film.
Posted Mar 16, 2022
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3.5/5
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The Batman
(2022)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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Pattinson is one of the premier weirdos of his generation, yet The Batman restrains him and his co-stars into generic crime drama roles.
Posted Mar 07, 2022
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4.5/5
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After Yang
(2021)
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Michelle Jaworski
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It's a quiet but powerful rumination on memory, grief, and what makes us human.
Posted Feb 02, 2022
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4.5/5
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Lucy and Desi
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Amy Poehler's documentary directorial debut is a conventional yet charming and intimate deep dive into one of America's most famous TV couples.
Posted Feb 02, 2022
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3/5
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Fresh
(2022)
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Michelle Jaworski
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A provocative and twisted film that lets Sebastian Stan go off the rails.
Posted Feb 02, 2022
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House of Gucci
(2021)
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Michelle Jaworski
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Electric performances shine in the messy House of Gucci...House of Gucci is lavish and pristine with bop after '80s bop blasting in the background even as it aims to take on the very kind of exuberance it's showcasing.
Posted Dec 22, 2021
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2/5
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Eternals
(2021)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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The story is bloated and underdeveloped, featuring too many characters and a clumsy plot.
Posted Nov 03, 2021
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3/5
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Last Night in Soho
(2021)
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
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The script barely engages with something that should be a central theme: The contrast between real 1960s London and Eloise's idealized view.
Posted Oct 28, 2021
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