Out in Theaters: ‘THE FIRST PURGE’
Sassy, brutal and imbued with some relevant political bite, ‘The First Purge’ has a number of problems - it's also over-the-top, cheap-looking and tonally inconsistent - but a strong story,…
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Out in Theaters: ’ANT-MAN AND THE WASP’
'Ant-Man and the Wasp' is the closest Marvel has ever gotten to cute and cuddly, delivering a family movie filled with warmth and hope - and some nifty little uses…
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Out in Theaters: ‘JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM’
The thrill of dinosaurs invading our cineplexes has gone extinct with the mind-numbing ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’, a braindead, lifeless, excitement-bereft, apocalypse of a movie. Cannon fodder characters, prehistoric dialogue…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE INCREDIBLES 2’
‘Incredibles 2’ offers so much to love - a charming voice cast, dazzling and inventive set pieces, a keen sense of wit, and charitable cultural commentary - that it’s relative…
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Out in Theaters: ‘OCEAN’S 8’
Entertainingly fluffy but problematic when you dig beneath the surface, Gary Ross’ ‘Ocean’s 8’ puts an all-women spin on the upscale heist series but misses the mark of genuine feminist…
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Out in Theaters: ‘HEREDITARY’
Ranking up their with the great contemporary horror movies of our time, 'Hereditary' delivers the scares of 'The Conjuring' with the atmospherics of 'The Shining' all matched to a jaw-droppingly…
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Out in Theaters: ‘HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES’
‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ doesn’t have the cult appeal of John Cameron Mitchell’s ‘Hedwig’ but this experimental genre-bender is a wildly off-center punk-rock-tinged sci-fi-romantic romp, despite being…
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Out in Theaters: ‘DEADPOOL 2’
This juvenile, scatalogical, and hopelessly violent celebration of cinematic immaturity is nonetheless irresistibly entertaining. Aided by some stellar new cast additions, ‘Deadpool 2’ is super-smart-ass ruckus perfected; an all-around improvement…
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Out in Theaters: ’TULLY’
Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody have made a monstrously chewy feature film with ‘Tully’, a film brimming with wit, humanity, and imagination. Stars Charlize Theron and Mackenzie Davis have rarely…
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Out in Theaters: ‘AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR’
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ draws together its ridiculously large ensemble to tell an epically-sized story with purpose and vision, sparring no shortage of the zippy one-liners and computer animated wizardry that…