‘JUNGLE CRUISE’ Charters a Noisy, Pun-Fueled Trip Down Familiar Waters
Bland, inoffensive, and familiar, theme park ride turned movie ‘Jungle Cruise’ feels as bumpy and predictable as a trip on one of Disneyland’s oldest rides.
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An Opportunistic Knight Quests in Superbly Crafted, Narratively Adventurous ‘THE GREEN KNIGHT’
An adult-oriented challenge to conventional fantasy thrills, David Lowery’s complex, puzzling, and visually triumphant 'The Green Knight' leans into onscreen natural horrors and sexual proclivities to tell the story of a knight…
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Cathartic Documentary ‘ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN’ Grapples with Dark Profundity
Morgan Neville’s involving documentary puts Anthony Bourdain’s travels and struggles into razor sharp focus, creating a compelling and full-bodied portrait of an ambitious journeyman, a restless searcher, a semi-charmed lover,…
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‘THE FOREVER PURGE’ Is Redundant, Already Behind the Times
The final installment of The Purge series ends on a middling note with 'The Forever Purge' displaying the series long-standing inability to craft a great story around its intriguing concepts.…
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Better Late than Never, ‘BLACK WIDOW’ Gives MCU’s Preeminent Shero a Fitting Sendoff
If you can ignore the fact that admittedly minor-note ‘Black Widow’ fits oh-so-awkwardly into the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline, you’ll find one of the franchise’s more entertaining solo entries. At…
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A Ratchet Weekend Goes Viral in A24 Sex Work Drama ‘ZOLA’
Janicza Bravo’s snappy and stylized ‘Zola’ is a bottle-rocket of artistic energy boasting four of the most-notable performances of the year from Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Colman Domingo, and Nicholas…
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There’s Somehow Even More Family And Furious Stupidity in Ridiculous ‘F9’
Justin Lin returns to the Fast & Furious franchise to re-test the barriers of what cars and Torettos are capable of in the most bonkers entry to the car-action series…
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Lively, Diverse ‘IN THE HEIGHTS’ The Best Broadway Musical Adaptation In Years
Jon M. Chu’s tantalizing and splashy adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s seminal smash ‘In The Heights’ is a disruptive and colorful explosion of heart and lyricism. It may not win over…
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Muddled Mythology and Tepid Romance Combine to Make ‘UNDINE’ Low-Wattage Erotica
This economical German fantasy-romance pales in the shadow of more successful genre combinations, relying on muggy romance and hazy mythology to charge an otherwise straight and narrow tale of love…
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Franchise Fatigue Possesses ‘THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT’
'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' is an underwhelming sequel that pales in comparison to its impressively haunting predecessors. It has its moments and tries out some new…