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FILM REVIEWS

In-depth film reviews, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.

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Out in Theaters: ‘DON’T BREATHE’

Out in Theaters: ‘DON’T BREATHE’

Riveting, horrifying and unwaveringly f*cked up, 'Don’t Breathe' is one of the most breathless, relentlessly intense horror movies to ever open in the American territories. Not unlike 'Martyrs' or 'Inside', …

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Out in Theaters: ‘KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS’

Out in Theaters: ‘KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS’

'Kubo and the Two Strings' is animation perfected; voiced with great nuance, divinely animated and rippled with decadent thematic elements far exceeding its PG-rating, this is the kind of emotionally…

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Out in Theaters: ‘HELL OR HIGH WATER’

Out in Theaters: ‘HELL OR HIGH WATER’

A cops and robbers movie with real bite, David Mackenzie’s 'Hell or High Water' offers genre thrills amidst a thoughtful examination of modern American idealism. Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and…

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Out in Theaters: ‘SWISS ARMY MAN’

Out in Theaters: ‘SWISS ARMY MAN’

One of the most bizarre and bizarrely beautiful films to grace the Sundance Dramatic Competition in quite some time, 'Swiss Army Man' is not a film to be puzzled out…

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Out in Theaters: ‘THE LOBSTER’

Out in Theaters: ‘THE LOBSTER’

An imaginative and jet black adult dystopia, Yorgos Lanthimos’ 'The Lobster' balances nervous character study in with a screwy bizarro world. Proudly unusual, the mechanics of a world where being…

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Out in Theaters: ‘LOVE & FRIENDSHIP’

Out in Theaters: ‘LOVE & FRIENDSHIP’

Whit Stillman’s ‘Love & Friendship’ is a savvy anecdote to the stuffy Victorian costume drama. Hysterical and unpretentious, Stillman’s adaptation of Jane Austen's work would make the author proud. Additionally,…

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Out in Theaters: ‘THE NICE GUYS’

Out in Theaters: ‘THE NICE GUYS’

'The Nice Guys' is a nearly flawless seminar in action comedy as Shane Black schools the industry with righteous aplomb, paying lip service to its weathered idolatry with a sardonic…

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Out in Theaters: ‘SING STREET’

Out in Theaters: ‘SING STREET’

Big-hearted, shamelessly cheerful and joyous beyond measure, 'Sing Street' is an upbeat victory for director John Carney. Brimming with laughs and a surprising amount of tears, 'Sing Street' is rarely…

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Out in Theaters: ‘GREEN ROOM’

Out in Theaters: ‘GREEN ROOM’

Jeremy Saulnier's grotesquely violent 'Green Room' pits a hapless punk band against a group of militant Neo Nazis in almost pornographically gruesome fashion. A relentlessly fierce examination of violence meets…

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Out in Theaters: ‘DEMOLITION’

Out in Theaters: ‘DEMOLITION’

Led by soaring performances from Gyllenhaal and Watts and an emotionally exploratory script from Bryan Sipe, 'Demolition' is an oddball destructo-drama that measures the invoice of grief against the constructs…