Hit Man hits and hits… but misses when it matters most
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September 6, 2024
Linklater's smart, good-humored comedy looks ready to launch a fantastic franchise starring Glen Powell... and then fumbles the ball and loses the game just when it seemed like a sure win.
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Civil War — It’s not about picking a side
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September 1, 2024
Some of my favorite critics have serious issues with Alex Garland's speculative fiction about a near-future collapse of democracy in the U.S. And I just don't get it.
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Still recovering from an evening with Hundreds of Beavers
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August 31, 2024
The most original movie I've seen in years is also the most outrageous comedy I've seen in years. It's an endurance test for your brain, body, and sense of humor. Brace yourselves. And dress warmly.
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Unworthy of Gosling or Blunt, Fall Guy’s screenplay falls short of my summer movie standards
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August 18, 2024
If this is your idea of a satisfying summertime movie, well... knock yourself out. Me? Life's too short, and there are just so many better ways for me to spend my summer.
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Love triangle aside — what is Challengers really about?
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August 4, 2024
Despite its tangled web (net?) of bad behavior, Luca Guadagnino's smash hit gets a lot right about the transcendence artists pursue and sometimes reach.
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Low-budget, high imagination: Riddle of Fire may someday be an all-ages cult classic
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July 22, 2024
This retro adventure—which sends kids questing for an egg that'll help them bake a pie and save a sleeping beauty—will puzzle many moviegoers and win the hearts of a special few. I'm one of the few.
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Playful, nightmarish, fantastical, political: Problemista is all over the place
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July 3, 2024
Julio Torres's leap from television's Los Espookys to the big screen has some remarkable highlights... and some complicated challenges.
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Cabrini celebrates a true Christian vision of embracing immigrants and opposing cruelty
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July 2, 2024
Angel Studios' new film celebrates a woman who helped America practice what it preaches about welcoming immigrants and serving the poor. And this time, the studio gets it mostly right.
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Love Lies Bleeding “hulks out” with surreal surprises
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June 10, 2024
This wild, weird, violent, genre-dodging thriller from Rose Glass suggests we're seeing a B-movie auteur on the rise.
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The spirit of ’80s Tim Burton is alive in Lisa Frankenstein
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May 26, 2024
This Halloween-y rom-com is an '80s cosplay party that should scratch itches for Tim Burton fans and those who thrilled to the audacity of Heathers.
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