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STREAMING · HBO MAXFranchise Fatigue Possesses ‘THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT’
'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' is an underwhelming sequel that pales in comparison to its impressively haunting predecessors. It has its…
STREAMING · HBO MAXSXSW 2021: Urgent School Shooter Teen Drama ‘THE FALLOUT’ is the First Defining Movie of Gen-Z
A vital work that puts the school shooter epidemic into focus, ‘The Fallout’ is an audacious, explosive debut from writer-director Megan Park that makes…
STREAMING · HBO MAXAnarchy Rips the World Apart Before Comets in Thrilling ‘GREENLAND’
A disaster-thriller that champions humanity over calamity, 'Greenland' is a welcome reminder of the oft-out-of-nowhere thrills that await us at the cineplexes.
STREAMING · HBO MAXFYC Capsule Review: ‘PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE’
Céline Sciamma’s simmering Portrait of a Lady on Fire burns with a quiet feminine passion. In 1770, two young women confront love and lust…
STREAMING · HBO MAX‘ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP’ Is Mindless Zom-Com with Neither Bite Nor a Point
‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ may want for brains but the undeniably talented cast make it a decent, if dated and totally unnecessary, watch. Too bad…
STREAMING · HBO MAXRoommates are Awful, Especially in Eggers’ Brilliant ‘THE LIGHTHOUSE’
A24's unsettling ‘The Lighthouse’ is like a message in a bottle from a far off time, one that signals writer-director Robert Eggers established brilliance.…
STREAMING · HBO MAXWith Phoenix’s Bleak ‘JOKER’, a Good Punchline Can Re-Write History
Todd Phillips’ deliriously provocative Joker is a risky endeavor that shirks the load-bearing staples of comic book movies past to focus on a richly-textured…
STREAMING · HBO MAXZellweger Stages a Full-Throated Comeback In ‘JUDY’, A Sturdy Biopic That Doesn’t Quite Find Next Gear
Start carving Renée Zellweger’s name into your Oscar nomination lock-list as she owns the role of Judy Garland in Rupert Goold’s competent, if rote,…
STREAMING · HBO MAX‘IT: CHAPTER TWO’: The Miniseries: The Movie
'It: Chapter Two' buckles under its own ambitions and exhaustive run-time, revealing a movie that secretly wants to be a miniseries and can’t properly…
STREAMING · HBO MAXDC Ditches Doom, Gloom, Goes Overboard With Silliness with ‘SHAZAM!’
'Shazam!' reins DC back into a world where being a superhero is fun, and more importantly, fun to watch, and though the movie has its…
STREAMING · HBO MAX‘US’ a Superfly Flurry of Inventive Horror-Comedy World Building
As cool as it is inventive, ‘Us’ takes liberties with horror movie expectations and shows Jordan Peele breaking down what worked for him before…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘THE NUN’
Frustratingly flabby and flabbergastingly frightless, ‘The Nun’ boasts an eerie setting, strong performers, some well-timed comedic beats and various strokes of great potential only…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘THE MEG’
‘The Meg’ is at once aggressively stupid and aggressively banal, suffering a bad-to-the-bone script and some truly ghastly performances. The mega-shark action can be…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘HEREDITARY’
Ranking up their with the great contemporary horror movies of our time, 'Hereditary' delivers the scares of 'The Conjuring' with the atmospherics of 'The…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘DEADPOOL 2’
This juvenile, scatalogical, and hopelessly violent celebration of cinematic immaturity is nonetheless irresistibly entertaining. Aided by some stellar new cast additions, ‘Deadpool 2’ is…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘READY PLAYER ONE’
Part geeky circle-jerk, part eye-boggling hootenanny, and part arresting Spielbergian adventure cinema, 'Ready Player One' ascends its humdrum chapter book roots to champion a…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘ISLE OF DOGS’
A super serum of irreverent whimsy and heartfelt friendships, rife with topical political undercurrents about inclusion and nationalism, Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ is…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘TOMB RAIDER’
Alicia Vikander proves more than worthy of filling the shoes of Lara Croft in this hit-and-miss adaptation of the video game character. Despite a…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘THE SHAPE OF WATER’
‘The Shape of Water’ shucks convention in making a throwback to the monster movies of yesteryear, showcasing Guillermo del Toro’s soaring visual style and…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘THE POST’
‘The Post’ tells a well-timed story about the importance of the free press, has a remarkably loaded cast led by Tom Hanks and Meryl…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS’
Not worth boarding, 'Murder on the Orient Express' has a heck of a time investing audiences in its rather unengaging mystery. A talky whodunit…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI’
'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' has smacks of knifelike dark comedy, a handful of brilliant performances (all hail Frances McDormand!) and a director (Martin McDonagh)…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘LADY BIRD’
Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ guides Saorsie Ronan through a rebellious phase of teenagedom with stinging humor and a good dose of pathos. Sensitive, charming…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: ‘THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER’
Like a demented and brilliant episode of ‘The Twilight Zone’, The Killing of a Sacred Deer posits a reality off its axis in elusive…
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By: Matt Oakes
Started blogging about film in college when the university paper wouldn’t have him. Dislikes your consensus film Twitter favorites. Devotee of horror movies that make him die a little inside. Catches films at festivals when he can. Proud SFCS and OFCS member and Tomatometer-approved critic. Editor-in-chief of Silver Screen Riot.
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