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June 19, 2024236
Food, Inc. 2
“My relationship with food is complicated …very complicated. Because I have Type…
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June 20, 2024363
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
The “Paw Patrol” television series is designed with a single-minded focus to…
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June 20, 2024236
I Used to Be Funny
On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…
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July 19, 2024438
Skywalkers: A Love Story
In the mode (but not the spirit) of documentaries like “Man on…
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July 15, 2024423
The Convert
In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…
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August 23, 2024602
Decoded
The Chinese WW2 spy thriller “Decoded” stands out for a number of…
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August 9, 2024412
Running on Empty
Would you like to know the day you will die? It’s a…
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June 20, 2024414
The Kitchen
A directorial debut for both co-directors, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe…
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June 20, 2024232
His chauffeur chases ambulances
I like movies about smart guys who are wise asses, and think…
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June 19, 2024241
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Every one of the recent English language kaiju epics from Legendary Pictures…
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June 19, 2024226
Imaginary
“Imaginary” is the newest chapter of the Blumhouse lineup, directed by “Truth…
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June 20, 2024243
Nightmare
Sleep paralysis demons deserve a better fictional riff than “Nightmare,” a bland…
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August 9, 2024391
Duchess
In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in…
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June 28, 2024407
Music
Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…
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August 6, 2024461
Detained
Once you get over the fact that there won’t be much resembling…
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August 22, 2024588
Mountains
Every afternoon, as Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) pulls into his driveway after work,…
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June 20, 2024242
In Our Day
The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…
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June 20, 2024233
Bring Him to Me
Why is it that crime big wigs in movies enjoy wasting ammo…
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July 22, 2024494
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam
Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…
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June 20, 2024247
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
A corporate video is not art, as much as its director might…
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June 20, 2024248
Role Play
Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband,…
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June 20, 2024284
Art College 1994
It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…
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June 20, 2024243
LaRoy, Texas
“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country…
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June 20, 2024230
Disappear Completely
The truly impressive slice of nightmare fuel, “Disappear Completely,” premiering on Netflix today…
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August 2, 2024500
Coup!
This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words…
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June 20, 2024240
Cora Bora
“What is wrong with you?” multiple characters ask titular heroine Cora (Meg…
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June 20, 2024230
Lousy Carter
Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington never takes the easy road, even when he’s…
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June 20, 2024255
Founders Day
Advertising “Founder Days” as a “bold political slasher” gives too much credit…
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August 9, 2024449
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
It’s hard to imagine that this summer will see a better crowd-pleaser…
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June 20, 2024239
Clipped
When the Los Angeles Lakers got a prestige HBO mini-series in “Winning…
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August 9, 2024466
Dance First
The final words of his 1953 novel “The Unnamable” — “I can’t…
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June 20, 2024574
The American Society of Magical Negroes
I wish I could erase “The American Society of Magical Negros” from…
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August 9, 2024492
The Last Front
“The Last Front” is a first-rate calling-card movie—a medium-budget project that feels much…
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July 5, 2024459
Goldilocks and the Two Bears
In Jeff Lipsky’s films, it’s normal for characters to talk for ten…
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June 20, 2024226
Tiger Stripes
In Amanda Nell Eu’s coming-of-age tale, “Tiger Stripes,” a young girl in…
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June 19, 2024237
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
After the one-two gut punch of garbage filmmaking that was “Blacklight” and…
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June 20, 2024243
Red Dragon
“Red Dragon” opens with the pleasure of seeing Hannibal Lecter as he…
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August 1, 2024393
War Game
Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…
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June 19, 2024246
The Contestant
Sometimes, the revolution is televised. In 1998, an aspiring comedian auditioned for…
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June 20, 2024295
Brats
I have seen so many hagiographic clip reels masquerading as documentaries that…
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June 20, 2024231
Murder by Numbers
Richard and Justin, the high school killers in “Murder by Numbers,” may…
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June 20, 2024311
Share?
Did you know that social media fosters toxic relationships among its users,…
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August 8, 2024401
Borderlands
I have spent hundreds of hours in the worlds of Gearbox Software…
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June 20, 2024385
American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders
In August 1991, an accomplished freelance writer named Danny Casolaro was found…
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July 8, 2024390
The Secret Art of Human Flight
Ben (Grant Rosenmeyer) is not okay. His wife and artistic collaborator Sarah…
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June 20, 2024245
The Mill
Lil Rel Howery, who broke into big-screen acting as the comic relief…
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June 20, 2024248
The Last Stop in Yuma County
“Last Stop in Yuma County” is the kind of movie where you…
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June 20, 2024277
Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story
A handsomely produced, nearly empty experience, “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story” is hard to describe…
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June 19, 2024256
Babes
The foundation of most comedy is the gulf between our belief that…
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June 28, 2024482
June Zero
There’s no shortage of films that consider the Holocaust or Israel’s founding. But…
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August 2, 2024505
The Instigators
I didn’t think Doug Liman could deliver a worse film than “Road…
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June 20, 2024237
Gasoline Rainbow
Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross straddle the lines of documentary…
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June 20, 2024235
Boy Kills World
Several enemies of the state are murdered on live TV in a…
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June 20, 2024275
The Dancer Upstairs
John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based…
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June 20, 2024250
The Creator
It’s ironically apt that “The Creator,” about the potential and peril of…
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August 23, 2024535
Between the Temples
Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples” opens with a loud, keening blast from…
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June 20, 2024241
Atlas
When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping…
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June 20, 2024253
I Did It My Way
You might enjoy the Hong Kong undercover cop drama “I Did It…
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June 20, 2024258
The People’s Joker
Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…
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June 20, 2024270
Fingernails
Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…
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June 20, 2024228
Thanksgiving
After promising us back in 2007 that “white meat … dark meat…
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August 16, 2024646
Skincare
When you have a name like Hope Goldman, two words lacquered in…
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June 20, 2024235
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…
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June 20, 2024301
This train’s got the disappearin’ Western blues
James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” restores the wounded heart of the Western…
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June 20, 2024286
Dirty Pretty Things
The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and…
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June 20, 2024248
Star Wars — Episode I: The Phantom Menace
We are re-posting this review in honor of the re-release for the…
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June 19, 2024236
Monkey Man
Dev Patel pours his entire self into “Monkey Man.” Some comes over…
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June 20, 2024257
Phone Booth
“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…
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June 20, 2024247
Abandon
“Abandon” is a moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the…
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July 19, 2024422
Customs Frontline
Last year, Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau directed at least two of…
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August 13, 2024439
Mothers’ Instinct
“Mothers’ Instinct” gets by on its pulpy potential more than anything else.…
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June 19, 2024229
Amelia’s Children
I’m not really sure how genre fans will respond to “Amelia’s Children,”…
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June 28, 2024491
The Devil’s Bath
When does rooting for the damned stop being worthwhile or even productive?…
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July 10, 2024433
Longlegs
Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…
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August 23, 2024592
Hell Hole
The Adams Family—a group of filmmakers led by father John Adams, mother…
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June 20, 2024237
Ezra
Last month, I was a juror in the Narrative Feature category at…
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June 24, 2024390
Janet Planet
When the young, melancholic Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) begs her mother Janet (Julianne…
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June 20, 2024238
The Last Rider
This chronicle of retired American cyclist Greg LeMond’s tiring, tumultuous return to…
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August 16, 2024697
The Union
Director Julian Farino’s “The Union” follows Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a construction worker…
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June 20, 2024315
Outlaw Posse
Watching “Outlaw Posse,” you get the sense that writer-director Mario Van Peebles…