‘SUSPIRIA’ Remake a Horrifyingly Inauspicious Chore
Daring to make an American remake even less accessible to mainstream audiences, Luca Guadagnino’s 'Suspiria' is a tedious, overreaching chore.
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Pop Opera ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ Will Rock You…Sorta
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ might not be the cat’s meow for those looking for a serious deep dive docu-drama about Freddie Mercury and Queen but Rami Malek’s fantastic starring turn, a totally-toe-tapping…
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Out in Theaters: ‘HALLOWEEN’
This new ‘Halloween’ is killer, plain and simple; the archetypal slasher movie, perfected. Smart, funny, and with a higher body count than ever, David Gordon Green has perfected the slasher…
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Out in Theaters: ‘BEAUTIFUL BOY’
‘Beautiful Boy’ smuggles two top-shelf performances into an otherwise benign chapter book story of addiction that hits all the familiar notes. Though Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet deserve legitimate attention…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN’
Harmless ’The Old Man and the Gun’ is a happy-go-lucky example of otherwise pedestrian geriatric drama made amiable by two delightful lead performances. Pleasant but not worth rushing out to…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE HATE U GIVE’
“Trigger Warning: ‘The Hate U Give’ adorns its audience with a vital deconstruction of race and police aggression in America in remarkably challenging but highly entertaining, evocative, and moving fashion.…
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Out in Theaters: ‘FIRST MAN’
Taken as a whole, 'First Man' is an otherworldly hole-in-one, a technical moonshot marvel strapped to sturdy performances, confident direction, and unmatched technical marksmanship. It follows too many of the…
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Out in Theaters: ‘BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE’
‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ is a misguided attempt to reimagine the strangers-in-a-hotel mystery, baking neo-noir and grindhouse elements into an overlong and under-imaginative smorgasbord of serial cinema. It’s…
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Out in Theaters: ‘VENOM’
Venom’s ineptitude is on steroids, the whole super-villain origin story shuddering under the weight of its brash stupidity. Joining the leagues of the worst super movies ever made, Venom is…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE SISTERS BROTHERS’
‘The Sisters Brothers’ subverts every waking expectation one has for the Western genre, currying favor with rich, strange performances and a bold penchant for charging down the dirtroad less traveled.…