Edgar Wright’s first film in four years is rollicking stunt car extravaganza.
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Review: ‘CARS 3’ Finds a Comfortable (If Unremarkable) Gear
The world of CARS is still utter lunacy, but there’s something satisfying about this unwanted third installment.
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‘IT COMES AT NIGHT’ Excels At Psychological Horror
In an already banner year for horror It Comes at Night is another ace, an exercise in restraint and mental terror. Continue reading ‘IT COMES AT NIGHT’ Excels At Psychological Horror
Netflix Movie Roundup: ‘SHIMMER LAKE,’ ‘WAR MACHINE,’ & ‘WIN IT ALL’
You have a lot of choices for how to spend your weekend. To save some time, here are fun-sized reviews of some fair-to-middling Netflix original movies.
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Review: ‘WONDER WOMAN’ Rises to the Challenge
Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot haven’t just delivered a great superhero film, but a great film, period — and not a moment too soon.
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Review: ‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2’ Keeps the Party Going
The new adventure with Star Lord and the gang gets the job done, providing steady laughs and a deeper emotional core.
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‘THE CIRCLE’ Review: Big Ideas, Awkwardly Executed
Sloppy writing hamstrings an all-star cast, reducing a mid-tier Black Mirror episode to a lower-tier Black Mirror episode.
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Review: ‘THE LOST CITY OF Z’ Finds Meaning in Mystery
James Gray’s classy jungle adventure owes more to David Lean than to Werner Herzog.
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‘LIFE’ Review: C’mon, If You’re Gonna Copy ‘ALIEN’…
Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds can’t breathe life (heh) into a rote genre exercise and Alien clone that will probably still make its money back.
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Review: In ‘RAW,’ a Lesson In Brutal Indulgence
Julia Ducournau’s audacious feature length debut stuns, blending vampiric hedonism, junkie freak outs, the struggles of being a genius in a room full of slackers, and freshman year hazing into a impeccably shot parable to self-control.
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