Even Quieter Sequel ‘A QUIET PLACE PART II’ Goes Places
There’s more monsters and even more quiet - if less scares and emotional crescendos - in John Kransinski’s still-effective horror sequel ‘A Quiet Place Part II’, which moves the story…
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Laughable ‘SPIRAL’ a Chris Rock-Hosted SNL-Style Sendup of an Outmoded Version of Horror
Chris Rock does his best to revive ‘Saw’ but his dynamic funnyman energy can’t save ‘Spiral’ from a weak script, bad acting, ugly cinematography, uninspired direction, and a wholly bungled…
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‘PROFILE’ or: How Not to Be a Journalist
An undercover journalist attempts to infiltrate the ISIS recruitment schematic before a charming recruiter infiltrates her heart in this unnerving screenlife thriller from Timur Bekmambetov. More beguiling than illuminating, 'Profile'…
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Deadly Jealousy Brews In ‘THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS’
A powerfully recalcitrant ode to romantic love lost and the broken families in that wake, ‘The Killing of Two Lovers’ is an intense human drama that showcases a powerful Clayne…
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‘THE DJINN’ a Threadbare Supernatural Home Invasion Snooze
The kind of horror movie that gives horror movies a bad name, 'The Djinn' is an abject failure of understanding what makes horror work. The second feature from writer-director duo…
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‘RIDERS OF JUSTICE’ and the Misguided Calculus of Revenge
Darkly humorous, deadly serious, and led by yet another commanding turn from the great Mads Mikkelsen, ‘Riders of Justice’ is an absurd and violent saga of vengeance with a surprisingly…
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‘WRATH OF MAN’ A Vengeful Layer Cake of Crime
As its title suggests, ‘Wrath of Man’ is a hyper-violent, hyper-masculine Guy Ritchie crime caper that follows the fallout of a heist gone wrong. With engaging action, crack editing, and…
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Scottish ‘LIMBO’ Stuck Inside the Plight of a Syrian-Refugee Llewyn Davis
Sardonic and soulful, ‘Limbo’ is a slow-moving and darkly funny drama about the ennui of immigration and the guilt of leaving behind a life unfulfilled that crescendoes to a thunderous,…
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Decent ‘VOYAGERS’ Is Teenaged Outer Space ‘Lord of the Flies’
A teenaged crew of astronauts grows up on a mission to a new Earth in 'Voyagers' but the journey can be a rocky one. There's philosophical intrigue about the ethics…
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Geriatric Horror ’HONEYDEW’ Serves Hospitality With a Heaping Side of Hostility
Old farm people are supposedly scary as sin in Devereux Milburn’s hostage-horror film 'Honeydew', a debut handicapped by lacking performances and an unjustifiably elongated runtime that fails to offer much…