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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Review: ‘BEAUTY AND THE BEAST’ and The Fountain of Youth
Disney keeps its live-action train rolling with another enchanting adaptation.
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Review: The Monkey Business of ‘KONG: SKULL ISLAND’
It’s not Ape-ocalypse Now, but there’s some fun to be had.
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Review: The Legacy of ‘LOGAN’
If it’s the last ride for Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, it’s also the best film of the entire franchise.
‘GET OUT’ Review: A Breath of Fresh Air to a Stale Genre
With horrors both real and metaphorical, Jordan Peele’s directorial debut is a Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner from hell.
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Oscars Game Theory: Awarding Vocal & Motion Capture Performances
Ready for a thought experiment? Let’s award 25 years of a category that doesn’t exist, but should.
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For Your Consideration: ‘HACKSAW RIDGE’
Mel Gibson’s controversial inclusion for Best Director signals that his work is still worth appreciating.
Oscar Predictions, Part 2: The Rest
Today, the FOTS talks Cinematography, Score, and those pesky shorts.