Off-Target, Annoying ‘NEXT GOAL WINS’ Misses Wide
‘Next Goal Wins’ is a cliche-driven, pop-culture-reference-drenched, empty collection of underdog sports dramas with a side of sedated comedy. It’s Taika Waititi’s worst effort to date.
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE SNOWMAN’
A frigid disaster of a serial killer thriller, ‘The Snowman’ does just about everything wrong. Pulling from a frightfully terrible script and featuring enough tangled squalls of logic to cause…
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Out in Theaters: ‘ALIEN: COVENANT’
‘Alien: Covenant’ is a nasty slice of sci-fi complicated by high highs and low lows; Michael Fassbender is outstanding doing double duty as ideological opposites; the lame stable of human…
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Out in Theaters: ‘THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS’
A moody emulsion of chest-aching grief and sour recompense, 'The Light Between Oceans' is stick-to-your-ribs melodrama that’s powerfully acted and handsomely photographed. Through and through a tearful romance, this is…
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Out in Theaters: ‘X-MEN: APOCALYPSE’
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ is a joyless and often unengaging entry to X-Men's impressive catalogue. Overlong, actively not fun and without any defining or memorable action beats, this sixth X-Men feature wears…
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Out in Theaters: ‘MACBETH’
'Macbeth' is Shakespeare for Shakespeare nerds. Technically elite across the board (stunning performances, cinematography and even fight sequences) but the combination of thick Scottish accents and whispered Shakespeare prose left…
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Out in Theaters: ‘STEVE JOBS’
A purebred masterclass in filmmaking, 'Steve Jobs' brings Aaron Sorkin, Danny Boyle and Michael Fassbender together to tell a misanthropic biography brimming with life, humming with energy and ablaze with…
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Sundance Review: SLOW WEST
Michael Fassbender is a welcome addition to any film marque – independent or otherwise. From the jaguar-like way he carries himself to the silky, chop salad baritone of his voice, his dangerous presence is inimitable and essential (even through a paper-machie helmet.) Like the great Western heroes of lore, he saunters on spurs, a meaty...
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Out in Theaters: ‘X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST’
Now present in not one, but two timelines, the question remains: how many more does Hugh Jackman have in him? Although he's a tremendous dramatic actor (just look to Prisoners…
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Out in Theaters: 12 YEARS A SLAVE
12 Years a Slave will make you want to run the retributive justice of Django Unchained but the sad truth is, this is more fact than fiction. Even when freed,…