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

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Out in Theaters: ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL

Out in Theaters: ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL

That being said, Gomez-Rejon's commingling of cutesy and downbeat pensive drama makes for a rich emotional experience and one capable of bedazzling in least expected places. The players are all…

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Out in Theaters: THE FACE OF AN ANGEL

Out in Theaters: THE FACE OF AN ANGEL

Most don’t realize that Dante’s Hell was more frozen-over than burning hot. It’s appropriate, for if this film were brought to judgment, its feigned premise – that bait-and-switch of the…

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Out in Theaters: SPY

Out in Theaters: SPY

In large part due to smarmy secondary characters the likes of Law, Statham and Bryne, Spy does slip in some low laughs, sometimes even at the hands of McCarthy. And…

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Out in Theaters: INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3

Out in Theaters: INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 3

I would say the bloom is off the rose but that honor went out the window in the second act of the first film. Everything since Shaye walked through the…

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Out in Theaters: JURASSIC WORLD

Out in Theaters: JURASSIC WORLD

Deferential to the original, almost to the point of hitting too many of the same notes, Jurassic World definitely follows a formula that hems dangerously close to the 1993 cut.…

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Out in Theaters: ENTOURAGE

Out in Theaters: ENTOURAGE

The end result has its mildly bemusing moments - especially when in the supremely self-deprecating hands of Kevin Dillon - but is ultimately an entirely unnecessary addition to canon whose…

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Out in Theaters: ALOHA

Out in Theaters: ALOHA

Unfortunate though it may be, Aloha is brimming with the melodramatic tinder that stokes the flames of many critics' red pens. Case and point, a local critic all but pushed…

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Out in Theaters: POLTERGEIST

Out in Theaters: POLTERGEIST

With all that out of the way, does Poltergeist reinvent the wheel? Absolutely not. Nor is there anything particularly noticeable about this remake that demands its existence. But moreso than…

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Out in Theaters: GOOD KILL

Out in Theaters: GOOD KILL

Ultimately, Niccol's has made a film that probes cinematic rocks previously left unturned and does so in fairly compelling manner. Most of the time. He unearths the occasional scene dripping…

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Out in Theaters: TOMORROWLAND

Out in Theaters: TOMORROWLAND

I'm sorry to inform you Mr. Lindelof but you couldn't be more incorrect. I hold no qualms about a film dreaming up a better tomorrow so long as the film…