Out in Theaters: ‘A STAR IS BORN’
‘A Star is Born’ rips to falsetto highs and baritone lows as it follows a pair of star-crossed lovers and musicians in Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga (both of whom…
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Out in Theaters: ‘FREE SOLO’
A powerful, white-knuckle documentary about fear, passion, and humanity, ‘Free Solo’ is a thrilling ascent into mountaineering mania fastened by a complicated figure in free-climbing fanatic Alex Honnold. Prepare thyself…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS’
‘The House With a Clock in its Walls’ is neither the disaster that a PG Eli Roth movie may have been nor is it magical or memorable enough to cast…
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Out in Theaters: ‘LIZZIE’
Performance-driven and mightily restrained, sometimes to a fault, 'Lizzie' is a thoughtful biography of a madwoman, or rather, a woman driven mad by her times. Fastened by strong performances from…
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Out in Theaters: ‘WHITE BOY RICK’
'White Boy Rick' tells a fascinating true story in underwhelming fashion, touting strong performances and compelling dialogue but lacking any significant depth or emotional involvement.
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE PREDATOR’
‘The Predator’ is the cinematic equivalent of chugging a case of beer, getting naked, and fighting cars. It’s pointless and ridiculous and at times even painful but it’s also a…
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Out in Theaters: ‘MANDY’
‘Mandy’, about Nic Cage exacting gory insano revenge on a Christian murder cult, is a slow-motion gallop into the pits of hell and cinematic excess. Its singular lunacy is at…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE NUN’
Frustratingly flabby and flabbergastingly frightless, ‘The Nun’ boasts an eerie setting, strong performers, some well-timed comedic beats and various strokes of great potential only to flatline into a bunch of…
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Out in Theaters: ‘MILE 22’
‘Mile 22’ is a milestone for tone-deaf propaganda action cinema, haphazardly aggrandizing violence and "America first" policies in this shrieky MAGA hat of a movie. Mark Wahlberg is insufferable in…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE MEG’
‘The Meg’ is at once aggressively stupid and aggressively banal, suffering a bad-to-the-bone script and some truly ghastly performances. The mega-shark action can be a shot of campy adrenaline when…