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FILM REVIEWS

In-depth film reviews, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ’31’

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’

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’

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’

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’

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: ‘BEN-HUR’

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’

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…

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Out in Theaters: ‘BLOOD FATHER’

Out in Theaters: ‘BLOOD FATHER’

'Blood Father' delivers the throwback action goods and guttural Mel Gibson performance that anyone considering watching it might hope for. That its plot is a collage of prior Gibson movies…

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Out in Theaters: ‘HELL OR HIGH WATER’

Out in Theaters: ‘HELL OR HIGH WATER’

A cops and robbers movie with real bite, David Mackenzie’s 'Hell or High Water' offers genre thrills amidst a thoughtful examination of modern American idealism. Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine and…