Ari Aster’s ‘EDDINGTON’ Sloppily Relitigates Pandemic Woes
Ari Aster gets carried away skewering the pandemic and people's response to it in this "modern Western" that tackles too much without much in the way of point or conviction.…
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F1’s Big-Screen Thrills Slicked by a Boneheaded Script
Joseph Kosinski trades in fighter jets for Formula One in this try-hard summer blockbuster. It has all the hallmarks of an impressive summer event-style movie — big stars, flashy production…
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Competent Live-Action ‘HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON’ Is a Shot-for-Shot Remake Absent Its Own Merit
'How to Train Your Dragon' is perhaps the most faithful live-action remake I’ve ever seen. Beat by beat, shot by shot, line by line. Literally the same score. Same director.…
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‘THUNDERBOLTS*’ Asterisks The Future of this Flailing Franchise
'Thunderbolts*' has all the right ingredients for success, including an interesting assemblage of talent in front of and behind the camera, but it's squandered on yet another MCU entry that…
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‘DEATH OF A UNICORN’ a Satirical Creature Feature that Beats the Dead Horse
'Death of a Unicorn' trots out a magical premise and some delightfully deranged moments, but too often defaults to familiar genre beats and thin satire. Despite a few standout performances…
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‘CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD’ Heralds a Bold New Era of Superhero Sameness
The MCU remains stuck in neutral with this wheel-spinning fourth Captain America movie, which, much like 'Falcon and The Winter Soldier', asks what it means for Sam Wilson to take…
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Endearing Then Glitchy ‘Y2K’ Runs Out of Comedic Bandwidth
Kyle Mooney's 'Y2K' offers an intriguing-enough - if ridiculous - premise and moments of charm but falters under the weight of its undercooked plot and uneven comedic execution. Despite some…
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‘MOANA 2’ Is Pure Disney+ Complacency
As empty and cold as the depths of the sea, 'Moana 2' is a cynically made sequel that lacks a heartbeat and memorable music. It’s Walt Disney Animation Studios’ worst…
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Disappointing ‘GLADIATOR II’ Offers Bread and Circus
Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II is a beast of an audio-visual experience, best taken in on the biggest IMAX screen you can find. But its convoluted plotting and mimicry of its…
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Singsong Sequel ‘JOKER: FOLIE Á DEUX’ Is Provocative Anti-Entertainment
More interesting as a concept than in execution, 'Joker: Folie à Deux' is a bizarre, off-putting sequel that seems to reject everything that the first film stood for. The pairing…