Sing Sing (Kwedar, 2023)
If I am honest, I spent most of Sing Sing wishing there was a quality documentary about the material that I could watch instead. Part of that reaction can be… Continue reading "Sing Sing (Kwedar, 2023)"
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Twisters (Chung, 2024)
Twisters was not a poorly made film from a spectacle perspective, but I found it repetitive and, hence, boring. There are five or six set pieces of the characters chasing… Continue reading "Twisters (Chung, 2024)"
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Despicable Me 4 (Renaud and Delage, 2024)
The first two notes I had from my advanced screening were about jokes in the opening five to ten minutes of screen time. Gru’s antagonist for the film takes on… Continue reading "Despicable Me 4 (Renaud and Delage, 2024)"
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The Nature of Love (Chokri, 2023)
Monia Chokri’s The Nature of Love is ruthlessly efficient at juxtaposing the boredom, banality, and brevity of stable domestic partnerships with the thrilling, intoxicating eroticism of newly found passion. In… Continue reading "The Nature of Love (Chokri, 2023)"
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Tuesday (Oniunas-Pusic, 2023)
Tuesday is sort of a mash-up of The Seventh Seal and A Monster Calls, only death is a giant parrot who, instead of playing chess, does some grief therapy. Also,… Continue reading "Tuesday (Oniunas-Pusic, 2023)"
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Inside Out 2 (Mann, 2024)
I spent most of Inside Out 2 trying to convince myself that it was significantly better or worse than what my gut was telling me, wondering how a film this… Continue reading "Inside Out 2 (Mann, 2024)"
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War and Justice (Gentile and Vetter, 2023)
War and Justice suffers a bit too much from Well-Intentioned Documentary Syndrome. It is one of those films with a serious, self-evidently important topic (the International Criminal Court) that struggles… Continue reading "War and Justice (Gentile and Vetter, 2023)"
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Gunfighter Paradise (Water, 2024)
The hardest films to review are not the ones a critic dislikes but the ones he doesn’t get. When the reaction is antipathy, an honest critic can usually pinpoint specific… Continue reading "Gunfighter Paradise (Water, 2024)"
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Ball, 2024)
My click-bait reaction to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is that it is the Star Wars movie that I’ve been waiting for almost forty years. The problem with… Continue reading "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Ball, 2024)"
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The Idea of You (Showalter, 2024)
Warning: This review contains plot spoilers. Those who want to avoid in-depth plot points prior to viewing should save this review and read it only after viewing. Somewhere during the… Continue reading "The Idea of You (Showalter, 2024)"