Tag: Review
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Review: I’m Your Woman, Wild Mountain Thyme, The Prom, and Let Them All Talk
Several misguided or outright boring films up for review this week with I’m Your Woman, Wild Mountain Thyme, and the Meryl Streep double feature of The Prom, and Let Them All Talk. More about I’m Your Woman: Suburban housewife Jean (Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) lives a seemingly easy life, supported by husband Eddie’s…
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Review: Happiest Season, We Are the Champions, The Croods: A New Age, Uncle Frank , Superintelligence, and Hillbilly Elegy
A holiday weekend in the US brings a smorgasbord of viewing offerings but like with any feast some are delicious and some will leave you with indigestion. Happiest Season, We Are the Champions, The Croods: A New Age, Uncle Frank, Superintelligence, and Hillbilly Elegy are all up for review – but which will fill your…
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Review: The Personal History of David Copperfield, The Last Vermeer, and Princess Switch: Switched Again
David Copperfield is far from magic (yes we know it’s a different David Copperfield). In spite of a stellar cast Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield fails to make the Dickens classic widely watchable. Guy Pearce tries to give an artistic rendering of a World War 2 art crime thriller in The Last…
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Review: Come Away and Ammonite (Capsule)
We wish Come Away would go away as it’s one of the worst movies we’ve seen all year (and that’s saying something). Also a brief FYI that Ammonite is out in theaters but will be on streaming Dec 4 – it’s worth a watch but with tempered expectations. More about Come Away: In this imaginative…
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Review: Let Him Go and Holidate
More reviews this week: You should absolutely not go to Let Him Go and unfortunately you also probably shouldn’t make a date with Holidate on Netflix (which feels like it was sponsored by a mall lobbyist group). More about Let Him Go: Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Kevin Costner) and…
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, On the Rocks, Rebecca, The Witches, and Over the Moon
A bevy of films to review this week. Borat returns to the big screen for the first time in 14 years and it is as cringe (in a good way) as ever in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray reunite in On the Rocks but something of the spark got left in Lost…
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Review: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin is back in the directing chair (don’t worry he’s still writing too) with the timely The Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix. More about The Trial of the Chicago 7: What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and…
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The War with Grandpa, The Lie
The War with Grandpa wastes a perfectly good geriatric cast (led by Robert De Niro). The only scary thing about the Blumhouse film The Lie is how bad it is. More about The War with Grandpa: Sixth-grader Peter (Oakes Fegley) is pretty much your average kid-he likes gaming, hanging with his friends and his beloved…
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The Glorias, A Call to Spy, The Boys in the Band, Emily in Paris
Lots to review this week: The Glorias brings Gloria Steinem’s stories to the screen. A Call to Spy tells an important story that deserves a better platform. The Boys in the Band brings a probably outdated play to the screen but doesn’t take advantage of the increased flexibility. Emily in Paris is an escapist dream…