Scuzzy ‘HARPOON’ a Stripped-Down Malevolent Dark Comedy At Sea
‘Harpoon’ is both a clever calling card and and breakout vehicle for UTR horror-dude Rob Grant and a thrilling cut of campy horror-comedy. As pitch black as the depths of…
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Zellweger Stages a Full-Throated Comeback In ‘JUDY’, A Sturdy Biopic That Doesn’t Quite Find Next Gear
Start carving Renée Zellweger’s name into your Oscar nomination lock-list as she owns the role of Judy Garland in Rupert Goold’s competent, if rote, biopic of the tragic starlet in…
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‘HUSTLERS’ Would Be a Guilty Pleasure, If It Weren’t Also Pretty Damn Great
Stripper dramas are on fire as ’Hustlers’ proves to be an electrifying, racy and sharp take on imperiled feminism and American (moral) bankruptcy. J Lo is a wonder to behold,…
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‘IT: CHAPTER TWO’: The Miniseries: The Movie
'It: Chapter Two' buckles under its own ambitions and exhaustive run-time, revealing a movie that secretly wants to be a miniseries and can’t properly wrestle itself into normal horror movie…
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Over-The-Top Horror-Comedy ‘READY OR NOT’ A Bloody Hoot
‘Ready or Not’ may not gild the lily of horror comedy but it’s a wickedly fun little late summer distraction, sanguine-stained, tumultuous, and crackling with midnight-colored laughs.
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Sunny ‘THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON’ a Ray of Hope in Otherwise Bleak Times
‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ is a lucky penny of a movie, a beacon of unfiltered goodness that never forgets that the number one rule of happiness in life is to…
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Raunchy, Sweet ‘GOOD BOYS’ Makes for Raunchy, Sweet Good Times
2019 has already been an unexpectedly great year for comedy with Booksmart, The Art of Self-Defense, The Death of Dick Long, Long Shot and even Stuber, but the irreverent and…
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Linklater’s ‘WHERE’D YOU GO BERNADETTE’ a Shocking Disaster of a Movie
The talented Mr. Richard Linklater has gone and shit the bed with the steaming pile of oddball quirk that is ‘Where’d You Go Bernadette’. Even the illustrious Cate Blanchett can’t…
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‘SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK’ Features Frightening Ghouls, Lame Teenage Acting
‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ thrives when bringing Alvin Schwartz’s shorts to life in creepy vivid detail but the larger story is hamstrung by middling child performances and…
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Stirring ‘HONEYLAND’ is Documentary Filmmaking Pot of Gold
'Honeyland' masterfully employs the documentary medium to tell a sprawling story about sustainability through the lens of a traditional Macedonian beekeeper. The perfect cross section of educational entertainment and storytelling…