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Nobody
Nobody is not as gimmicky as Hardcore Henry nor as unrelenting as John Wick. It takes time for Hutch to spin up, but when he does, it’s against a hand-full of Russian mobsters (who else) on a confined city bus. This middle-aged, tired, khaki-wearing nothing of a man looks at the young punks and says, “I’m gonna f*** you up.” This line is going to be 2021's "Are you talking to me?" or "Do you feel lucky punk?"
Action/Crime/Drama - 92 Minutes
Nobody is not as gimmicky as Hardcore Henry nor as unrelenting as John Wick. It takes time for Hutch to spin up, but when he does, it’s against a hand-full of Russian mobsters (who else) on a confined city bus. This middle-aged, tired, khaki-wearing nothing of a man looks at the young punks and says, “I’m gonna f*** you up.” This line is going to be 2021's "Are you talking to me?" or "Do you feel lucky punk?"
Action/Crime/Drama - 92 Minutes
City of Lies
City of Lies is outstanding at provoking outrage and an urgent sense of anger at the LAPD. However, the dialogue is so coarsely written and shoddily edited together, this should not be the final work on trying to piece together how and why Death Row Records corrupted LAPD cops to allegedly murder Biggie Smalls.
Biography/Crime/Drama - 112 Minutes
City of Lies is outstanding at provoking outrage and an urgent sense of anger at the LAPD. However, the dialogue is so coarsely written and shoddily edited together, this should not be the final work on trying to piece together how and why Death Row Records corrupted LAPD cops to allegedly murder Biggie Smalls.
Biography/Crime/Drama - 112 Minutes
The Courier
The film's strongest attribute is not its cat and mouse tradecraft games nor its Cold War intrigue, but two men wired to distrust each other, a Brit and a Soviet, sharing smokes and vodka - glimpsing a world beyond political rhetoric and recognizing their shared humanity.
Thriller - 111 Minutes
The film's strongest attribute is not its cat and mouse tradecraft games nor its Cold War intrigue, but two men wired to distrust each other, a Brit and a Soviet, sharing smokes and vodka - glimpsing a world beyond political rhetoric and recognizing their shared humanity.
Thriller - 111 Minutes
Coming 2 America
Everyone wants another Prince Akeem Queens and Zamunda experience. None of us should be remotely surprised or even concerned that the result is more like a knock-off from the McDowell’s menu instead of the real thing.
Comedy - 110 min
Everyone wants another Prince Akeem Queens and Zamunda experience. None of us should be remotely surprised or even concerned that the result is more like a knock-off from the McDowell’s menu instead of the real thing.
Comedy - 110 min
Chaos Walking
Director Doug Liman uses action/adventure genre conventions to examine the society and mental fault lines created by being able to hear and even see everybody’s thoughts. An original and intriguing premise hamstrung by one-dimensional characters and cat and mouse chases instead of exploration.
Adventure/Sci-Fi - 109 Minutes
Director Doug Liman uses action/adventure genre conventions to examine the society and mental fault lines created by being able to hear and even see everybody’s thoughts. An original and intriguing premise hamstrung by one-dimensional characters and cat and mouse chases instead of exploration.
Adventure/Sci-Fi - 109 Minutes
Raya and the Last Dragon
This Disney dragon exchanges majesty for lesser Aladdin Genie one-liners. A roundabout introduction to international relations for elementary schoolers - there are those states and governments ready to trust and talk and those who would rather take and consume.
Animation/Action/Adventure- 114 min
This Disney dragon exchanges majesty for lesser Aladdin Genie one-liners. A roundabout introduction to international relations for elementary schoolers - there are those states and governments ready to trust and talk and those who would rather take and consume.
Animation/Action/Adventure- 114 min
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Andra Day’s performance is phenomenal. This first-time actor seems born for the role and hopefully will garner the levels of attention she deserves. However, director Lee Daniels wants attention to fall on the federal government and how it did one private citizen, a female singer, wrong. He hopes it introduces Billie Holiday’s music to a new generation. He hopes the film will help Billie’s legacy transcend junkie jazz singer and shine a light on someone who was so much more.
Biography/Drama/Music - 130 min
Andra Day’s performance is phenomenal. This first-time actor seems born for the role and hopefully will garner the levels of attention she deserves. However, director Lee Daniels wants attention to fall on the federal government and how it did one private citizen, a female singer, wrong. He hopes it introduces Billie Holiday’s music to a new generation. He hopes the film will help Billie’s legacy transcend junkie jazz singer and shine a light on someone who was so much more.
Biography/Drama/Music - 130 min
Silk Road
Tiller Russell swings and misses trying to tackle the story and characters behind the notorious narcotic-peddling website. Under-written and choppy libertarian and anti-millennial manifestos obscure any messages Russell wants to highlight for the audience.
Crime/Drama/Thriller - 112 Minutes
Tiller Russell swings and misses trying to tackle the story and characters behind the notorious narcotic-peddling website. Under-written and choppy libertarian and anti-millennial manifestos obscure any messages Russell wants to highlight for the audience.
Crime/Drama/Thriller - 112 Minutes
The Mauritanian
Director Kevin Macdonald employs a specific Guantanamo Bay prison case to show we may never know the whole truth surrounding 9/11's perpetrators. Names thrown out during torture were random, pursued with vengeance, and helped thwart the quest for justice.
Drama/Thriller - 129 Minutes
Director Kevin Macdonald employs a specific Guantanamo Bay prison case to show we may never know the whole truth surrounding 9/11's perpetrators. Names thrown out during torture were random, pursued with vengeance, and helped thwart the quest for justice.
Drama/Thriller - 129 Minutes
French Exit
Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges propel a mismatched cast of oddballs reveling in an absurd situation looking for a cat who contains the consciousness of the dead husband. Thank goodness it's not something off-the-wall or unbelievable.
Comedy/Drama - 100 Minutes
Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges propel a mismatched cast of oddballs reveling in an absurd situation looking for a cat who contains the consciousness of the dead husband. Thank goodness it's not something off-the-wall or unbelievable.
Comedy/Drama - 100 Minutes
Land
Robin Wright flees real life for rural isolation and discovers the duality of nature - it is both nurturing and nemesis.
Drama - 86 min
Robin Wright flees real life for rural isolation and discovers the duality of nature - it is both nurturing and nemesis.
Drama - 86 min
Judas and the Black Messiah
In 1969, the FBI assassinated Fred Hampton. More undercover thriller than traditional biopic, director Shaka King paints the picture of how one man almost united the entire minority and disenfranchised spectrum before the government resorted to murder to ensure that did not happen.
Biography/Drama/History - 126 Minutes
In 1969, the FBI assassinated Fred Hampton. More undercover thriller than traditional biopic, director Shaka King paints the picture of how one man almost united the entire minority and disenfranchised spectrum before the government resorted to murder to ensure that did not happen.
Biography/Drama/History - 126 Minutes
Bliss
Whether or not we’re all fake computer simulations, Cahill offers a simple and effective reminder through his new film to interact with the world in a more carefree manner; not amoral, but a bit more live and let live.
Drama/Romance/Sci-Fi - 103 Minutes
Whether or not we’re all fake computer simulations, Cahill offers a simple and effective reminder through his new film to interact with the world in a more carefree manner; not amoral, but a bit more live and let live.
Drama/Romance/Sci-Fi - 103 Minutes
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