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The star-powered COVID drama <i>Locked Down</i> is nearly as annoying as, well, lockdown

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The star-powered COVID drama Locked Down is nearly as annoying as, well, lockdown

Locked Down, the new surprise HBO Max movie directed by Doug Liman and written by Steven Knight, is not the first…

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Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes delve for meaning in the sallow period drama The Dig

Imagine a faded photograph of a bouquet of flowers. Blushing rose has mellowed into apricot and radiant gold into…

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Netflix’s Outside The Wire is Training Day meets The Terminator, but much less fun than either

“King Kong ain’t got shit on me!” boasts Denzel Washington’s corrupt cop toward the end of Training Day. That wasn’t…

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The incisive MLK/FBI revisits the shameful surveillance campaign against Martin Luther King Jr.

Note: The writer of this review watched MLK/FBI on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to see…

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The White Tiger plays like Netflix prestige CliffsNotes of an acclaimed bestseller

Note: The writer of this review watched The White Tiger on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision…

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Liam Neeson moseys into Clint Eastwood territory with The Marksman

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One Night In Miami... pulses with the beating hearts of four legends

After winning the heavyweight championship against Sonny Liston, a 22-year-old Cassius Clay headed to civil rights…

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The Reason I Jump is a deeply empathetic autism documentary with an experimental touch

Naoki Higashida, a non-speaking autistic person from Japan, was only 13 when he wrote The Reason I Jump, his…

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The Dissident brings a layered approach to the story of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi

On October 2, 2018, a Washington Post journalist named Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul,…

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Robert Rodriguez goes back to the kids’ table with the sweet but chintzy We Can Be Heroes

Ever the multi-tasker, director/writer/producer/cinematographer/editor Robert Rodriguez worked on an episode of The…

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Vanessa Kirby simmers with grief in the loud but hollow Pieces Of A Woman

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There’s not enough action (or Wonder Woman!) in Wonder Woman 1984

Note: The writer of this review watched Wonder Woman 1984 on a digital screener from home. Before making the…

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Tessa Thompson shines in the old-school Hollywood romance Sylvie’s Love

Sylvie’s Love is the kind of movie cinephiles are talking about when they complain that “They don’t make them like…

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Anthony Hopkins delivers the most heartbreaking performance of his career in The Father

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Michael Ealy has a fatal attraction to Hilary Swank in the entertainingly dumb noir Fatale

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Armageddon is free family therapy in the Gerard Butler disaster movie Greenland

If the disaster genre is to be believed, global cataclysms are nothing short of free couples therapy and family…

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The grim and grisly Hunter Hunter earns its unforgettable ending

Note: The writer of this review watched Hunter Hunter on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…

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Paul W.S. Anderson brings more video game mayhem to the big screen with Monster Hunter

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Promising Young Woman is eye candy with a razor blade inside

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Tom Hanks is the conscience of a divided nation in the old-school Western News Of The World

Note: The writer of this review watched News Of The World on a digital screener from home. Before making the…

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The star-powered COVID drama Locked Down is nearly as annoying as, well, lockdown

Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes delve for meaning in the sallow period drama The Dig

Netflix’s Outside The Wire is Training Day meets The Terminator, but much less fun than either

The incisive MLK/FBI revisits the shameful surveillance campaign against Martin Luther King Jr.

The White Tiger plays like Netflix prestige CliffsNotes of an acclaimed bestseller

Liam Neeson moseys into Clint Eastwood territory with The Marksman

One Night In Miami... pulses with the beating hearts of four legends

The Reason I Jump is a deeply empathetic autism documentary with an experimental touch

The Dissident brings a layered approach to the story of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Robert Rodriguez goes back to the kids’ table with the sweet but chintzy We Can Be Heroes

Vanessa Kirby simmers with grief in the loud but hollow Pieces Of A Woman

There’s not enough action (or Wonder Woman!) in Wonder Woman 1984

Tessa Thompson shines in the old-school Hollywood romance Sylvie’s Love

Anthony Hopkins delivers the most heartbreaking performance of his career in The Father

Michael Ealy has a fatal attraction to Hilary Swank in the entertainingly dumb noir Fatale

Armageddon is free family therapy in the Gerard Butler disaster movie Greenland

The grim and grisly Hunter Hunter earns its unforgettable ending

Paul W.S. Anderson brings more video game mayhem to the big screen with Monster Hunter

Promising Young Woman is eye candy with a razor blade inside

Tom Hanks is the conscience of a divided nation in the old-school Western News Of The World