Being ‘TOGETHER’ Becomes the Ultimate Act of Codependency
'Together' is a twisted, tactile meditation on love, compromise, and the bodily cost of staying too close for too long, brought to life by Michael Shanks' sharp direction and a…
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All These Years Later, ‘I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER’ Is Still Copying ‘Scream’
Just as the 1997 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' rode the coattails of 'Scream' (1996), the 2025 installment follow the legacy sequel blueprint of 'Scream' (2022). Despite being…
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Ari Aster’s ‘EDDINGTON’ Sloppily Relitigates Pandemic Woes
Ari Aster gets carried away skewering the pandemic and people's response to it in this "modern Western" that tackles too much without much in the way of point or conviction.…
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‘SUPERMAN’ Makes CBMs Fun Again
'Superman' returns to the big screen in mostly triumphant fashion. David Corenswet makes a strong impression as 2025’s new Man of Steel, while James Gunn proves himself an intriguing steward…
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‘JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH’ Another Careless, Lumbering Corpse of IP Resurrection
It’s barely been three years since the last bad Jurassic World movie, but Gareth Edwards’ latest somehow manages to remind us just how far this franchise has fallen with 'Jurassic…
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F1’s Big-Screen Thrills Slicked by a Boneheaded Script
Joseph Kosinski trades in fighter jets for Formula One in this try-hard summer blockbuster. It has all the hallmarks of an impressive summer event-style movie — big stars, flashy production…
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‘MATERIALISTS’ Is a Hallmark Movie in Faux Prestige Trappings
A trainwreck of a rom-com that seems to have learned all the wrong lessons from what 'Past Lives' did right, 'Materialists' is poorly acted, weakly written, and directed with little…
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Competent Live-Action ‘HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON’ Is a Shot-for-Shot Remake Absent Its Own Merit
'How to Train Your Dragon' is perhaps the most faithful live-action remake I’ve ever seen. Beat by beat, shot by shot, line by line. Literally the same score. Same director.…
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‘THE LIFE OF CHUCK’ Contains Multitudes
Mike Flanagan adapts a not-so-scary Stephen King story to tremendous effect with 'The Life of Chuck', crafting an ethereal, poetic drama that juxtaposes the vastness of time and the universe…
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‘DANGEROUS ANIMALS’: Sharks and Serial Killers, Oh My!
Sean Bryne is back in the horror trenches with 'Dangerous Animals', a genre mash-up that pins its victims between hungry sharks and a psychotic serial killer played with manic madness…