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.…
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Out in Theaters: ‘A STAR IS BORN’
‘A Star is Born’ rips to falsetto highs and baritone lows as it follows a pair of star-crossed lovers and musicians in Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga (both of whom…
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Out in Theaters: ‘FREE SOLO’
A powerful, white-knuckle documentary about fear, passion, and humanity, ‘Free Solo’ is a thrilling ascent into mountaineering mania fastened by a complicated figure in free-climbing fanatic Alex Honnold. Prepare thyself…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS’
‘The House With a Clock in its Walls’ is neither the disaster that a PG Eli Roth movie may have been nor is it magical or memorable enough to cast…
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Out in Theaters: ‘LIZZIE’
Performance-driven and mightily restrained, sometimes to a fault, 'Lizzie' is a thoughtful biography of a madwoman, or rather, a woman driven mad by her times. Fastened by strong performances from…
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Out in Theaters: ‘WHITE BOY RICK’
'White Boy Rick' tells a fascinating true story in underwhelming fashion, touting strong performances and compelling dialogue but lacking any significant depth or emotional involvement.