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2/4
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Shazam might be the hero that delivers a spark to the DCU in the future but this movie leaves you with only a flicker instead of a flame.
Posted Mar 17, 2023
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3/4
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Inside
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Inside is an endurance test and another exemplary display of great acting by Willem Dafoe.
Posted Mar 17, 2023
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3/4
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Boston Strangler
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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The final result is a harrowing and powerful film. Boston Strangler is filled to the brim with tension and a hard hitting investigation ripped from the headlines.
Posted Mar 17, 2023
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4/4
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John Wick: Chapter 4
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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These movies just keep getting better and there’s a strong argument that Chapter 4 is the best John Wick yet.
Posted Mar 16, 2023
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3.5/4
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Scrambled
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Scrambled really is an original and wonderful film. It’s a coming-of-age story no matter the time and a fresh new voice for audiences to hear.
Posted Mar 14, 2023
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3/4
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Molli and Max in the Future
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Part Before Sunset trilogy and part Star Trek parody, Litwak has put together a story that spans across light years and leaves us with a smile.
Posted Mar 13, 2023
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2/4
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has a delightful cast on their hands, with a script that features too much plotting and problems for it to enchant a spell on any viewer.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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2/4
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Champions
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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You know where this goes and unfortunately Champions is first in cliches and last in originality.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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3/4
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Only The Good Survive
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Only the Good Survive is a stand-out first feature. The kind of original filmmaking that deserves high praise.
Posted Mar 12, 2023
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3.5/4
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Scream VI
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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At this point it seems like the Scream series can never die. This marks the second installment without the late great master Wes Craven and the wild reality is that this series is not only thriving, it’s getting better.
Posted Mar 08, 2023
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2/4
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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The cast is big and eventually there is a bit of enjoyable action but Operation Fortune is a lot of fools gold.
Posted Mar 03, 2023
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3.5/4
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Creed III
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Admittedly, still relying on the tropes of most boxing movies, but officially paving its own path, guided by the superb direction of Michael B. Jordan, Creed III stands tall in the ring and packs an emotional punch.
Posted Mar 03, 2023
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3/4
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Juniper
(2021)
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Leo Brady
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Juniper is a lovely story of people connecting, with the young discovering their purpose, and the old passing on their wise knowledge of what it means to have lived.
Posted Feb 26, 2023
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2/4
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We Have a Ghost
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Not to say there isn’t a place for a friendly romp with spirits wreaking havoc from beyond the grave, but We Have a Ghost more often feels like death than delight.
Posted Feb 24, 2023
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3/4
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American Murderer
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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American Murderer isn’t a movie you let slip through the cracks. It’s great true-crime and that’s the kind of movie you seek out.
Posted Feb 17, 2023
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1.5/4
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Marlowe
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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The noir is a faded genre and in Marlowe it sets it back even further.
Posted Feb 16, 2023
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3/4
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Sharper
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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This is a whip smart heist drama with razor sharp edges.
Posted Feb 15, 2023
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1.5/4
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Your Place or Mine
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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From frame one, it is clear where this is going, and instead of trying to challenge or charm, Your Place or Mine settles for a forgettable romance, no matter where you watch it.
Posted Feb 15, 2023
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3/4
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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania hits right in the center of recent Marvel content. It’s adventurous and energetic.
Posted Feb 14, 2023
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2/4
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Magic Mike's Last Dance
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Steven Soderbergh is back in the director’s chair and Channing Tatum has still got the moves, but this time the magic is just not there. Magic Mike’s Last Dance is all out of step.
Posted Feb 09, 2023
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1/4
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You People
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Director Kenya Barris (Black-ish creator) makes his feature film debut with what he hopes would be a new-age Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and instead makes a film so insufferable that it challenges you to not turn it off.
Posted Feb 02, 2023
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3.5/4
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Infinity Pool
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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Infinity Pool submerges all our senses into a wild experience that could only come from the mind of someone with the last name Cronenberg.
Posted Jan 28, 2023
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3/4
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When You Finish Saving the World
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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When You Finish Saving the World is an awkward yet rewarding film, capturing how people can live under the same roof, be miles apart, and how we can navigate bringing people back together.
Posted Jan 28, 2023
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2/4
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The Old Way
(2023)
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Leo Brady
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We all want to see Nicolas Cage play a cowboy. The Old Way is not getting the job done.
Posted Jan 28, 2023
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3/4
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The Pale Blue Eye
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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The Pale Blue Eye ultimately feels exactly like an Edgar Allen Poe work. Ravens are present. Death beneath wood floorboards. Tortured souls and dark family secrets. It comes together like a dive into a book that comes alive.
Posted Jan 28, 2023
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3/4
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M3GAN
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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In a unique mixture of comedy, social commentary, and horror, M3GAN is instantly a cultural and cinematic phenomenon.
Posted Jan 06, 2023
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1/4
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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a by-the-numbers telling of an artists life and offers little to the legacy of Whitney Houston.
Posted Dec 30, 2022
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1.5/4
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The Whale
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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The Whale is a mammoth undertaking, lacking in subtlety, and compassion, that leaves the viewer gasping for air on the beach.
Posted Dec 30, 2022
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3.5/4
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2nd Chance
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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A constant factor of 2nd Chance is that it was a world of denial. Bahrani is breaking away those shells. He has made a documentary that speaks truthful and beyond just a simple subject.
Posted Dec 23, 2022
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1/4
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Slumberland
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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It’s all sad when the ideas of childlike wonder are subpar and lack the creativity that children should expect. Slumberland will put you right to sleep.
Posted Dec 23, 2022
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4/4
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Women Talking
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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It’s a conversation that we are all having, in our Facebook groups, in our classrooms, or at the dinner table, and in Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, the conversation feels forever in the moment.
Posted Dec 23, 2022
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4/4
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Retrograde
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Retrograde is an emotional and breathtaking documentary. What is captured is bleak and that is the raw power of groundbreaking cinema.
Posted Dec 15, 2022
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3.5/4
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Going All the Way: The Director's Edit
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Going All the Way is worthy of a visit from those who may need to give it a second chance or those who need to discover a true hidden gem.
Posted Dec 14, 2022
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3/4
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Double Down South
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Audiences will ultimately leave wanting to know more about keno billiards, want to scratch an itch of high stakes gambling, and want more drama just like Double Down South.
Posted Dec 09, 2022
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2.5/4
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Violent Night
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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What audiences will get in their stocking is a bit of naughty and nice, with a narrative structure that throws back to 90’s action, and a delightful performance from David Harbour as jolly ole’ Saint Nick.
Posted Dec 09, 2022
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2/4
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White Noise
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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White Noise has the attention span of a fly and the brain of a schizophrenic, which is certainly the point, but still fails to make an experience worth having. It’s by far Baumbach’s most conflicting and divisive films.
Posted Dec 09, 2022
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4/4
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Bones and All
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Bones and All is a ball of emotions and shocking revelations, a lovers tale out on the run, and undoubtedly one of the most unique movies of 2022.
Posted Nov 29, 2022
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3/4
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When the Screaming Starts
(2021)
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Leo Brady
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When the Screaming Starts is filled with laughs, some genuine scares, and deserves a cult following.
Posted Nov 29, 2022
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3.5/4
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Rian Johnson proves once again that he is a brilliant writer, especially with the humor, as Glass Onion is even funnier than its predecessor.
Posted Nov 29, 2022
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4/4
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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With the brilliant mind of Guillermo del Toro behind it, anything that is classic can be made anew, and this Pinocchio is a gorgeous masterpiece.
Posted Nov 24, 2022
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2/4
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Devotion
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Devotion has strong production and performances but lacks a clear narrative to see through the clouds.
Posted Nov 24, 2022
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3/4
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A Christmas Story Christmas
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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A Christmas Story Christmas is a delightful family holiday gathering for fans old and new.
Posted Nov 18, 2022
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3/4
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Blood Relatives
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Blood Relatives is a vampire movie but it’s also a funny and charming expression of what it means to be a good parent.
Posted Nov 18, 2022
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4/4
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The Menu
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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The Menu is a full meal, covering every inch of the plate with fierce commentary, and taking sharp bites about the society we all live in.
Posted Nov 18, 2022
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1.5/4
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Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend is a straightforward telling of a life and missing the personal nuances that could make his story worthy of the cinematic touch.
Posted Nov 18, 2022
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3.5/4
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Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Inarritu is looking inward and projecting it outward on the screen. Some of it is messy but Bardo is a wonderful and fascinating piece of cinema.
Posted Nov 18, 2022
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1/4
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Paradise City
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Paradise City has a capable cast working with a script that was concocted overnight. At best it feels like a free paid trip to Hawaii for everyone involved.
Posted Nov 18, 2022
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3/4
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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What it amounts to is a new, large sweeping epic from Ryan Coogler, who delivers a more grounded sequel in the Black Panther universe. Wakanda Forever honors, mends, and excites.
Posted Nov 13, 2022
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3.5/4
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The Wonder
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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Much like the lead character, The Wonder is asking the audience to be patient, to figure out exactly what is at hand, and fight the struggle of doing what is right when you are a lone voice in a crowd.
Posted Nov 13, 2022
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3/4
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Aftersun
(2022)
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Leo Brady
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This is a gentle moment, a story of growing up through the eyes of a child, and a film that captures the whimsical, yet romantic glow of the love we can have for our parents.
Posted Nov 13, 2022
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