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William Tell
What do you call a historical drama with swords and armor and bows and arrows that offers all the standard…
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Star Trek: Section 31
If you want a case study for the expansion, then contraction, of branded properties in the now-dwindling streaming era, look…
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Shotgun Stories
This review was originally published on June 6, 2008. Jeff Nichols‘ “Shotgun Stories” is shaped and told like a revenge…
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The Woman in the Yard
In the last few years, there has been an uptick in horror movies in which the biggest danger comes not…
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On Swift Horses
Daniel Minahan’s “On Swift Horses” follows two allies on parallel journeys through a difficult world. Told in a style that…
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Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Melodically vital and bracingly frank, Questlove’s uptempo Sundance documentary “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” is a sonic…
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Love Jones
This review was originally published on March 14, 1997. “Love Jones” is a love story set in the world of…
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Novocaine
Co-directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen (“Villains,” “Body”) unite for “Novocaine,” a burst vein in filmic form. Nate (Jack Quaid)…
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Survive
Frédéric Jardin’s “Survive” doesn’t necessarily break the mold. But being original isn’t totally important for this schlocky French disaster flick.…
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Gazer
Frankie Rhodes (Ariella Mastroianni) is a woman in trouble from the very start of “Gazer.” Suffering from a rare neurological…
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