‘TRON: ARES’ Is a Pretty Husk Wishing It Were a Real Boy
'TRON: Ares' is somehow better than it has any right to be, but it’s unadulterated style over substance, a movie that impresses on an audio-visual level that will leave you…
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Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE’ Certainly Provokes A Response
'A House of Dynamite' is a technically assured, well-acted thriller that wants to say something urgent about power, crisis, and global fragility, but its constantly shifting character focus and refusal…
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‘THE SMASHING MACHINE’ is a Shockingly Flat Affair
‘The Smashing Machine’ is a shockingly flat UFC fighter biopic from writer-director Benny Sadie that seems incapable of understanding what makes a movie interesting. Dwayne Johnson is Rock solid in…
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‘ANEMONE’ Flows Into Something Poignant, Eventually
It takes its sweet, brooding time, but 'Anemone' eventually lands somewhere potent. Daniel Day-Lewis, of course, makes the journey worthwhile, proving again why he's widely considered the GOAT.
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‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’ Vives la Révolution In PTA Style
'One Battle After Another' is another masterwork from American auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, who turns his incisive storytelling toward contemporary America and uses it as a battle-bound backdrop for a…
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‘THE CONJURING: LAST RITES’ Drops the Sinister For a Saccharine Sendoff
The Conjuring universe wraps up Ed and Lorraine's story with a disappointingly flat coda that focuses more of their family drama than it does actual haunting. Not scary, way too…
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‘CAUGHT STEALING’ An Over-the-Plate Crime Saga from Aronofsky
An easy-to-consume crime thriller with a swaggering Austin Butler in the lead, Caught Stealing abandons the deeper themes and close attention to performance that have defined Darren Aronofsky’s best work.…
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Exhilarating ‘WEAPONS’ Unloads a Doozy of a Horror Story
Cregger delivers just about everything a genre fan could ask for with Weapons: a twisted, well-acted dark fairytale with an unforgettable villain turn. It’s truly one of a kind -…
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‘HIGHEST 2 LOWEST’ a Campy Epic of Urban Success and Crime
‘Highest 2 Lowest’, an Apple and A24 co-production, sees American auteur Spike Lee transplant Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 classic to modern-day NYC with bristling detail. It’s at once melodramatic and Shakespearean,…
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Unnecessary and Disposal ‘NOBODY 2’ Still an Entertaining Funhouse Riff on the Post-Wick Action Movie
Bob Odenkirk returns as everyman assassin Hutch Mansell in a vacation-themed sequel that extends the brand no further than swapping his hoodie for a Hawaiian shirt. At a brisk 89…