‘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…
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He Did It, He Actually Did It: The Journey of ‘ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE’
A breathless ode to the frighteningly almighty power of fandom, 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' has finally seen the light of day and, against all odds, it's a fairly riveting four-hour…
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Gratuitously Fun ‘NOBODY’ a Reverse John Wick Where Bob Odenkirk Kicks All the Ass
‘Nobody’ delivers exactly what it promises to with Bob Odenkirk proving himself a beefy blood-addicted badass when the time calls for it. Gratuitously violent, with clean action choreography and expertly…
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Humanist Spy Thriller ‘THE COURIER’ Is On a Mission to Move You
A stirring dramatic thriller with a career-best onscreen turn from Benedict Cumberbatch, 'The Courier' explores the events of the Cold War through ground-level heroism, focusing on the human element and…
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Nightmares ‘COME TRUE’ in Genuinely Scary Sleepwalk Through the Subconscious
Sustained tension and an entirely creepy visual palette make 'Come True', a dreamy horror-hybrid about sleep paralysis, a heady haunter. Anthony Scott Burns announces himself as a thoughtful and novelly…
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‘RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON’ Is Disney Dominance on Autopilot
Disney Animation Studios one-ups their craftsmanship in the Asian-set adventure 'Raya and the Last Dragon', a beautiful-to-look-at effort that feels decidedly borrowed from establishment narratives. The jokey aspect works less…
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Sprawling Opioid Drama ‘CHERRY’ a Sometimes Entertaining Jumbled Mess
At two and a half hours, ‘Cherry’ attempts to tackle war values, PTSD, drug addiction, teen romance, and crime but the decently-entertaining character study settles to skim the surface of…