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A Few Feet Away
(2025)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Watching Santi, an innocent, looking for connection is a sweet, sexy and sad experience, but ultimately a satisfying one. Swipe right on "A Few Feet Away."
Posted Dec 10, 2025
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Merrily We Roll Along
(2025)
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Gary M. Kramer
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It is gratifying that "Merrily We Roll Along" has finally beaten its cursed production history with this hugely enjoyable stage version, which has been lovingly brought to the big screen.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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Christy
(2025)
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Gary M. Kramer
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“Christy” delivers a one-two punch in that the boxing scenes are highlights...and then depicts the horror of what happens in her relationship...in shocking detail. Viewers will no doubt root for Christy as she fights for her life in and out of the ring.
Posted Nov 07, 2025
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Blue Film
(2025)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Stunning... shattering... [Kieron] Moore gives a star-making performance.
Posted Oct 14, 2025
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
(2025)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Long live “Downton Abbey!” It had a good run. Thankfully, “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” provides a fine and fond sendoff.
Posted Sep 09, 2025
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The Threesome
(2025)
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Gary M. Kramer
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The Threesome is a passable time filler. While it offers a few chuckles and some heartfelt moments, it also feels remarkably vanilla.
Posted Sep 04, 2025
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Honey Don't!
(2025)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Honey Don’t! is so full of red herrings, it is more film rouge than film noir. But director Ethan Coen, who also co-wrote the screenplay with his wife, Tricia Cooke, makes all the episodes interesting even if they don’t all add up.
Posted Aug 19, 2025
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Queens of Drama
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Queens of Drama is destined to become a cult film. This appealing drama has a sparkly, edgy, and at times campy vibe. Some fun pop songs belie its low-budget nature and strong queer sensibility.
Posted Jul 11, 2025
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Sally
(2025)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Ride gets some overdue love and even more respect with this flattering portrait.
Posted Jun 19, 2025
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On Swift Horses
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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This alluring film ends with a swoon-inducing moment that may feel contrived, but viewers who appreciate these twin stories of queer longing in an era of oppression won’t mind at all.
Posted Apr 22, 2025
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Dying Briefly
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Gary M. Kramer
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“Dying Briefly” is more silly than serious. The film takes itself so seriously that viewers who don’t will find it entertaining.
Posted Mar 24, 2025
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Regarding Us
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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In their feature debut, co-writers and co-directors David Beck and Jennifer Bobbi shortchange their characters by trying to moralize and dramatize at the same time.
Posted Feb 01, 2025
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Midas Man
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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As Epstein, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd is charming even when he breaks the fourth wall...or conveys his excitement as his career reaches dizzying heights....[An] enjoyable portrait of a man whom Paul McCartney once dubbed, “the fifth Beatle.”
Posted Jan 22, 2025
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Queer
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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“Queer” certainly enthralls as it maintains a hypnotic pull on viewers, but it may also lose some folks along the way.
Posted Dec 03, 2024
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Transmitzvah
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Burman’s film is at its best when depicting Mumy’s efforts to become a Bat Mitzvah, in part because it depicts the renewed relationship between the adult siblings.
Posted Nov 22, 2024
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Wicked
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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The film version of “Wicked” is very enjoyable and will please fans of the show who will no doubt delight in hearing their favorite songs, such as “Popular” and “Defying Gravity,” performed by a top-notch cast in Dolby sound.
Posted Nov 19, 2024
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Emilia Pérez
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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While it takes big swings, “Emilia Pérez” is just like its title character — unique, bold and uncompromising. Audiard’s film is sensational in every regard.
Posted Nov 01, 2024
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Will & Harper
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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The most rewarding part of the story here is the opportunity to meet Harper and see the world through her eyes for two hours.
Posted Sep 27, 2024
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Blink Twice
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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The debauchery in “Blink Twice” is meant to be fun then disturbing, but Kravitz’s film tries too hard, and ends up being neither.
Posted Aug 21, 2024
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Cuckoo
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Singer has created an effective, well-crafted puzzle box. The filmmaker’s skill is using the aural and visual clues to communicate tension and unease. This, along with Schafer’s flinty performance make “Cuckoo” an effective, knotty thriller.
Posted Aug 07, 2024
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Birder
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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“Birder” is provocative because of its setting, and it ends on a scene that is quite intriguing. If only the rest of the film had been up to that level.
Posted Jun 27, 2024
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Challengers
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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“Challengers” is compelling, but like its two attractive male protagonists, it fails to live up to its potential.
Posted Apr 22, 2024
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Housekeeping for Beginners
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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This is a film about healing, and family. The main characters all come to accept themselves and each other as they go through the growing pains of living together. It is a gratifying film that sneaks up on viewers.
Posted Apr 10, 2024
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Love Lies Bleeding
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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“Love Lies Bleeding” is a formulaic entry in the crime genre. But the lesbian romance, Stewart’s performance, and the nifty special effects make this film worthwhile.
Posted Mar 15, 2024
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Problemista
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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The episodes play to Torres’ strength as a sketch comedy writer...but the impression they deliver in a feature film suggests he just wants to get all the ideas he has in his head on screen in case he never gets to make another film.
Posted Mar 14, 2024
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I Love You More
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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There are surely some teenagers (and adults) who will appreciate “I Love You More,” but much of this slow, slight drama can be trying.
Posted Feb 14, 2024
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Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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It may be hard to capture all of Lil Nas X’s personality in 95 minutes, but the documentary provides enough of a glimpse into his life and music that it will satisfy fans and impress viewers curious to know more about this charismatic performer.
Posted Jan 23, 2024
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Mean Girls
(2024)
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Gary M. Kramer
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A fun, if familiar, retread.... The film is still queer and bitchy, which die-hard fans will appreciate.
Posted Jan 10, 2024
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Good Grief
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Viewers who cozy up to this sad romance will embrace it like one of the oversized sweaters Levy wears in the film.
Posted Dec 31, 2023
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All of Us Strangers
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Haigh’s uneven metaphysical romance addresses themes of love, grief, loneliness, trauma and memory, but the film provides more ambiguity than insight. Despite a suitably elegiac mood, this film feels undercooked — when it isn’t too on the nose.
Posted Dec 20, 2023
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Maestro
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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“Maestro” may be a loving tribute to Bernstein, but this disappointing film comes off as self-serving Oscar bait. At least the music is great.
Posted Nov 28, 2023
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Last Summer of Nathan Lee
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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“Last Summer of Nathan Lee” wants to be life affirming — and it is — but for all its good intentions, it also lacks power. It will be feel good for viewers who feel something.
Posted Nov 21, 2023
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Dicks: The Musical
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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This film is decidedly not for all tastes. But for those who like a filthy good time, “Dicks: The Musical” is inspired lunacy.
Posted Oct 18, 2023
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Cassandro
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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An exciting and moving story of queer empowerment.... Bernal will easily win over viewers with his multilayered performance here.
Posted Sep 13, 2023
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Bottoms
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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The film charms because the cast absolutely leans into the material, playing into the ridiculous situations with deadpan seriousness.... “Bottoms” is scrappy and appealing, like its heroines.
Posted Aug 24, 2023
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Joy Ride
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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“Joy Ride” provides a memorable trip for both its characters and viewers. It may not traverse new territory, but it does feature a nice mix of heart and vulgar humor.
Posted Jul 05, 2023
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Every Body
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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EVERY BODY is a respectful portrait of a handful of members of the intersex community, but Cohen’s film covers too much ground without much depth.
Posted Jun 28, 2023
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Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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“Eldorado” may be uneven and far from comprehensive, but it provides an interesting glimpse into a handful of LGBTQ lives during Weimar Germany.
Posted Jun 23, 2023
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Monica
(2022)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Pallaoro’s deliberately paced drama is frustrating as it teases out aspects of Monica’s life. Thankfully, Trace Lysette’s accomplished performance captivates in a film that largely feels underwritten.
Posted May 19, 2023
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I'm Not Gay: A Musical
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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A queer mishmash of ideas, characters, songs, and dance, the cringe-inducing film “I’m Not Gay: A Musical” almost has to be seen to be disbelieved.
Posted Apr 27, 2023
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Little Richard: I Am Everything
(2023)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Little Richard: I Am Everything shrewdly examines the forces that helped and harmed the performer, which makes it so enthralling.
Posted Apr 20, 2023
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
(2022)
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Gary M. Kramer
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“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is mostly satisfying because it is focused on action and not bogged down by political preaching. It might even prompt some activism.
Posted Apr 12, 2023
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Moving On
(2022)
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Gary M. Kramer
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The pairing of Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda is always promising, and their latest endeavor, “Moving On,” has promise too. But this modest film is pretty much a big screen sitcom with a halfway decent premise and some awkward tonal shifts.
Posted Mar 17, 2023
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Punch
(2022)
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Gary M. Kramer
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It’s a lot, as they say, and Ings does not have the skill to pull it all off successfully.... overstuffed and overreaching, [Punch] puts both the characters and viewers through too much drama and suffering.
Posted Mar 10, 2023
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Close
(2022)
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Gary M. Kramer
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A beautiful, heartbreaking drama.... Dhont’s approach to the sensitive material succeeds because it is so restrained.
Posted Feb 03, 2023
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The Way Out
(2022)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Oddly, “The Way Out,” remains compelling even as it gets more implausible as when the denouement features a character imperiled in a ridiculous manner reserved exclusively for B-movies.
Posted Jan 28, 2023
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Living
(2022)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Working from a screenplay by famed author Kazuo Ishiguro and boasting an arguably career-best performance from Bill Nighy, Hermanus’ excellent remake contains all of the ideas and emotions of the original despite some tweaks and edits.
Posted Jan 12, 2023
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The Whale
(2022)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Charlie is meant to be gawked at and pitied — and the film lets viewers do both. It is meant to jerk tears, but it feels manipulative.... Aronofsky’s heavy-handed film is crushed by the weight of its own self-importance.
Posted Dec 22, 2022
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The Holiday Sitter
(2022)
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Gary M. Kramer
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A charming Christmas movie for fans of the genre, “The Holiday Sitter” is as comforting as a cup of cocoa with extra marshmallows that provide a sugar rush.
Posted Dec 16, 2022
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The Inspection
(2022)
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Gary M. Kramer
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Bratton provides viewers with much to process about race, sexuality and masculinity, and how young men like French must learn to survive in order to thrive. “The Inspection” is a tough but rewarding film. Don’t miss it.
Posted Dec 01, 2022
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