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3.5/5
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Weapons
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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Weapons is the Zach Cregger show, as he meticulously reveals his latest horror tale in a confident and precise manner, overshadowing almost everything else about the movie.
Posted Aug 06, 2025
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3.5
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The Naked Gun
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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The Naked Gun is absolutely absurd and splendidly stupid, which is exactly what you’d expect from this franchise.
Posted Jul 30, 2025
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5/5
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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The core four of stars have great chemistry; the director brings a fresh feel to the proceedings; and an epic score helps to elevate it all.
Posted Jul 22, 2025
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3/5
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Eddington
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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[T]akes some of the classic western ideas and turns them on their head for this modern story. For most of the movie, it works to create a gripping, off-kilter take on the western genre that has its fair share of things to say about the issues of today.
Posted Jul 17, 2025
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Superman
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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James Gunn puts his stamp on Superman, but a few standout parts are greater than the sum in a movie that will likely entertain but fails to truly fly.
Posted Jul 08, 2025
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4/5
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F1 The Movie
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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Placing audiences as close as they’ll likely ever get to driving a race car, F1: The Movie is a fantastic thrill ride when it’s on the track. Off the track is more of a mixed bag, but not enough to slow down the movie.
Posted Jun 25, 2025
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3/5
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28 Years Later
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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28 Years Later has the basis of a solid story and characters, with a few standouts in Williams and Fiennes. But the movie only reaches its highest potential in a few moments.
Posted Jun 19, 2025
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4/5
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Materialists
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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A sophisticated take down on modern dating that also doubles as a sincere rallying cry for the value of love in our lives that will win you over with its charm.
Posted Jun 12, 2025
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3.5/5
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Ballerina
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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In terms of butt-kicking, Ballerina is everything you could want from an action movie. That’s enough in this case.
Posted Jun 05, 2025
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3.5/5
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The Phoenician Scheme
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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Amid the traditional Anderson dry wit, specific tempo and meticulous crafting, The Phoenician Scheme is one of Anderson’s funnier and more entertaining movies in the last few years, but the emotional heart falls short of his best work.
Posted May 30, 2025
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3/5
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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While the parts of Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning may be among the weakest in the franchise, the total sum of it all is still a big, ultimately satisfying blockbuster.
Posted May 22, 2025
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3/5
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The Accountant 2
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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[T]here are a number of things The Accountant 2 does that raises it above its predecessor — most notably better action scenes and a great chemistry between Affleck and Jon Bernthal — which is enough to make it a solid watch.
Posted Apr 25, 2025
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4.5/5
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Sinners
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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The most recent collaboration between Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler is that rare type of movie — incredibly entertaining, well told, well made and with deeper messages to think about later on. It’s truly fantastic filmmaking.
Posted Apr 18, 2025
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3/5
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A Minecraft Movie
(2025)
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Tom Bedford
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A Minecraft Movie has more holes than an in-game diamond mine, but kids will enjoy the way it adapts and interprets its source material, and older audiences may appreciate the frequent adult jokes thrown their way.
Posted Apr 04, 2025
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1.5/5
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A Working Man
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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This action B-movie fails to meet the grade due to a lackluster script, Statham’s character’s lack of charisma and, worst of all, just being boring.
Posted Mar 27, 2025
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2/5
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The Alto Knights
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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De Niro reaffirms why he is considered one of the greats playing two different roles, but it’s not enough to make up for a lackluster script, a boring plot and confusing style choices.
Posted Mar 21, 2025
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4/5
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Black Bag
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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Soderbergh and writer David Koepp, with strong work from Fassbender and Blanchett, make a thrilling spy story just as (if not more) interested in the personal dynamics of its characters than the globe-spanning threat at the center of its plot.
Posted Mar 13, 2025
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3/5
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Mickey 17
(2025)
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Jason Best
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With an endlessly expendable worker as its protagonist, Mickey 17 could be a really pointed allegory about human exploitation, but the film Bong has ended up making is both bluntly obvious and unfocused.
Posted Mar 06, 2025
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Last Breath
(2025)
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Jason Best
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A true-story adventure to make you gasp.
Posted Mar 04, 2025
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3/5
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The Monkey
(2025)
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Jason Best
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Perkins doesn't use up his film's brisk running time waxing philosophically. He's far more interested in staging gory decapitations, eviscerations and disembowelings.
Posted Feb 20, 2025
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3/5
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Parthenope
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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Sorrentino and Della Porta collectively create a fascinating lead character, whose search for a greater understanding of life is one I was contently took part in
Posted Feb 07, 2025
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3/5
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Companion
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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While the script offers a fun concept and alludes to a few larger ideas, the movie reaches its heights because of the work of its ensemble.
Posted Jan 31, 2025
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2/5
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Flight Risk
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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It may have been more entertaining to simply raw dog this plane ride than see the thin story, half-baked characters and minimal action that makes this one an outright bore.
Posted Jan 24, 2025
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4/5
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One of Them Days
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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One of Them Days is carried by Palmer and SZA, who nail their comedic bits but who are equally good when the time comes for a few emotional moments between the two.
Posted Jan 15, 2025
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Den of Thieves: Pantera
(2025)
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Michael Balderston
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Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. are better teammates than enemies in the heist sequel that improves on just about all fronts from the original, but still has issues that keep it as a so-so genre effort.
Posted Jan 10, 2025
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3/5
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The Damned
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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Palsson’s ability to create and maintain this overall sense of unease throughout while not relying on cheap scares (i.e. jump scares) is what gets me excited about his potential as a filmmaker.
Posted Jan 03, 2025
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3.5/5
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The Fire Inside
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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[The] creative team hits all of the right notes to give The Fire Inside a good bit more depth than its peers, resulting in a winning story, but the athletic moments are a bit muted, placing it in the good, just shy of great, tier.
Posted Dec 18, 2024
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3/5
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Nosferatu
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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I recognize Robert Eggers’ singular talent as a director, but Nosferatu’s highly stylized elements and performances kept me at a distance
Posted Dec 18, 2024
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3/5
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Babygirl
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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I mostly liked it, but it did feel like it was as (if not more) interested in asking questions of the audience as it was in telling its story.
Posted Dec 17, 2024
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4/5
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A Complete Unknown
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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This is not simply an imitation, Chalamet embodies Dylan on the screen.
Posted Dec 10, 2024
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3/5
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Nightbitch
(2024)
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Jason Best
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Amy Adams lets out a feral howl against the woes of modern womanhood in Nightbitch, a potent but uneven adaptation of the eponymous book by Rachel Yoder.
Posted Dec 07, 2024
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2.5/5
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Queer
(2024)
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Jason Best
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Queer has to count as a disappointment. A film boasting sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll has no right being so dull.
Posted Nov 28, 2024
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5/5
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Wicked
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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Erivo and Grande have created the versions of Elphaba and Glinda for a new generation and carry the movie to incredible heights.
Posted Nov 19, 2024
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3.5/5
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Gladiator II
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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Gladiator 2 picks up the story of Ridley Scott’s Rome, providing plenty for fans of the original to enjoy but missing some of the majesty that made its predecessor a classic.
Posted Nov 11, 2024
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1.5/5
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Here
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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I don't blame Zemeckis for wanting to experiment with format, but that clearly took precedence here. And when you do that the story and performances are bound to suffer.
Posted Nov 07, 2024
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5/5
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September 5
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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From the incredible recreation of the ABC Studio, to the mixture of archival footage, strong cinematography, perfectly placed editing and strong ensemble cast, September 5 grabs you and refuses to let go.
Posted Oct 24, 2024
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3.5/5
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Conclave
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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The thing that I walked away most intrigued by is Berger's ability to tackle big ideas about humanity in a digestible, entertaining way.
Posted Oct 23, 2024
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4/5
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We Live in Time
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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[Garfield and Pugh's] brilliant chemistry and an honest, if incredibly heightened, script give ample opportunity to get the waterworks flowing.
Posted Oct 10, 2024
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3.5/5
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Blitz
(2024)
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What to Watch Staff
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Blitz may be a whistle-stop tour of characters, locations and themes that doesn't linger on its ideas long enough, but it looks great and has enough shocking moments and powerful performances to be worth a watch.
Posted Oct 10, 2024
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4/5
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Joker: Folie à Deux
(2024)
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Jason Best
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Phoenix and Phillips go for broke again with a sequel that is equally bold and daring — not least in the way that it doubles down on the first film's rejection of Hollywood's usual comic-book playbook.
Posted Oct 04, 2024
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3.5/5
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Saturday Night
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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The parts are greater than the sum, but Saturday Night is a strong ensemble piece that is probably Jason Reitman's best movie in some time.
Posted Oct 03, 2024
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2.5/5
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Megalopolis
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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[T]he world Coppola creates and the characters he inhabits it with offers no connection for the audience. It's all message and no story, which does not make for the most engaging viewing experience.
Posted Sep 25, 2024
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4.5/5
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The Substance
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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Writer/director Coralie Fargeat's breakout movie is a gut-twisting, darkly comic take down of female beauty standards and ageism with a wonderfully unhinged Demi Moore performance.
Posted Sep 16, 2024
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4/5
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My Old Ass
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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Park should also be commended for crafting such a complete and emotionally satisfying story in 90 minutes, an all too rare feat these days among the bloated runtimes of so many movies.
Posted Sep 12, 2024
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3/5
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Lee
(2023)
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Jason Best
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It seems the screenwriters feel the need to hold the viewer’s hand at every step of the way. Indeed, the less you know about Miller and her work, and possibly the less you know about World War Two, the more successful the film will probably be.
Posted Sep 12, 2024
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4/5
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
(2024)
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Jason Best
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Still full of demonic zest, Keaton's disgustingly sleazy, maniacally mischievous Beetlejuice remains a comic whirlwind.
Posted Sep 06, 2024
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Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver
(2024)
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Jason Best
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It is not until The Scargiver reaches its humongous final showdown that Snyder really gets to show his chops.
Posted Sep 05, 2024
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2.5/5
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Blink Twice
(2024)
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Michael Balderston
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Either you are all in and will thoroughly enjoy [Blink Twice's] mix of psychological mystery, humor and violence that unfold or you will feel disconnected as the movie's lack of character depth and unbalanced tone make it more of a strained process.
Posted Aug 21, 2024
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4/5
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Alien: Romulus
(2024)
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Jason Best
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When the plot kicks in and the action kicks off, Alvarez gets us by the throat, skilfully mixing claustrophobic dread, race-against-time tension and grisly shocks, and taking us on a palm-dampening, seat-gripping, adrenaline-pumping thrill ride.
Posted Aug 15, 2024
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2/5
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It Ends With Us
(2024)
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Christina Izzo
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None of the main characters are really allowed to bloom (pardon the pun), hindered by the surface-level soapiness of both Hoover's original tale and Hall's adaptation, as well as the overly slick, music-montaged direction of Baldoni.
Posted Aug 08, 2024
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