Out in Theaters: ‘COMPLETE UNKNOWN’
Like a meteor, ‘Complete Unknown’ shines bright early on but fizzles out when its evolving tone takes one too many left turns. The performances from Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS’
A moody emulsion of chest-aching grief and sour recompense, 'The Light Between Oceans' is stick-to-your-ribs melodrama that’s powerfully acted and handsomely photographed. Through and through a tearful romance, this is…
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Out in Theaters: ’31’
Rob Zombie’s ’31’ is a demented game of hide and seek, full of unbridled misogyny, unintelligible motives and senseless violence. Fans of his will revel in the blood rain but…
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Out in Theaters: ‘MORGAN’
'Morgan' carefully sets up a tricksy female-forward A.I. endeavor but abandons its intriguing cerebral exploration for humdrum action beats and a lame-brained, strung out third act. The impressive cast makes…
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Out in Theaters: ‘MORRIS FROM AMERICA’
'Morris From America' is a light-hearted, semi-charmed hip-hop coming-of-age story that sees Craig Robinson and Markees Christmas play a father and son adjusting to living in a small Germany village…
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Out in Theaters: ‘SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU’
There’s something very charming about peeling back the curtain of the Michelle-Barack romance and being privy to their quaint off-the-record moments that makes 'Southside With You' so watchable. That there…
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Out in Theaters: ‘DON’T BREATHE’
Riveting, horrifying and unwaveringly f*cked up, 'Don’t Breathe' is one of the most breathless, relentlessly intense horror movies to ever open in the American territories. Not unlike 'Martyrs' or 'Inside', …
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Out in Theaters: ‘LO AND BEHOLD: REVERIES OF THE CONNECTED WORLD’
‘Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World’ is classic, if not top-tier, Herzog. Poignant, analytical, wide-spanning and cutting; the kind of documentary that’ll leave you thinking long, long after…
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Out in Theaters: ‘BEN-HUR’
Ben-Hur’s failure rests more in its antiquated religious tactics than its admittedly impressive technical achievements. Naturally, it makes no excuse for its flagrant unnecessary rebootery and this in turn leads…
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Out in Theaters: ‘KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS’
'Kubo and the Two Strings' is animation perfected; voiced with great nuance, divinely animated and rippled with decadent thematic elements far exceeding its PG-rating, this is the kind of emotionally…