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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Parabellum solidifies our addiction to John Wick. The quirky contemporary/medieval world expands to more exotic locales and offers new supporting characters to keep things fresh...along with dozens of DIY ways to kill bad guys.
Action/Crime/Thriller - 130 min
Parabellum solidifies our addiction to John Wick. The quirky contemporary/medieval world expands to more exotic locales and offers new supporting characters to keep things fresh...along with dozens of DIY ways to kill bad guys.
Action/Crime/Thriller - 130 min
All Is True
Kenneth Branagh explores what Shakespeare's retirement may have looked like - familial scandal, remorse for past mistakes, and attempts toward future happiness. Performances outshine a lackluster, melodramatic script - but check out Ian McKellen's few minutes on screen; he about walks away with the whole project.
Biography/Drama/History - 101 min
Kenneth Branagh explores what Shakespeare's retirement may have looked like - familial scandal, remorse for past mistakes, and attempts toward future happiness. Performances outshine a lackluster, melodramatic script - but check out Ian McKellen's few minutes on screen; he about walks away with the whole project.
Biography/Drama/History - 101 min
Wild Nights with Emily
Writer/director Madeleine Olnek is here to correct the record regarding Emily Dickinson through film. Emily was a vibrant person, full of passions and hopes - it was 19th century society and hypocritical, posthumous editors who decided to spin the narrative.
Comedy/History - 84 Minutes
Writer/director Madeleine Olnek is here to correct the record regarding Emily Dickinson through film. Emily was a vibrant person, full of passions and hopes - it was 19th century society and hypocritical, posthumous editors who decided to spin the narrative.
Comedy/History - 84 Minutes
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
There is nothing inherently mundane or repugnant about the creatures, so it must be the story. Pokémon Detective Pikachu’s part film noir, part buddy cop comedy is dull, shockingly routine, and ensures those of us unfamiliar with the realm walk away resolute we didn’t miss out on anything.
Animation/Action/Adventure - 104 Minutes
There is nothing inherently mundane or repugnant about the creatures, so it must be the story. Pokémon Detective Pikachu’s part film noir, part buddy cop comedy is dull, shockingly routine, and ensures those of us unfamiliar with the realm walk away resolute we didn’t miss out on anything.
Animation/Action/Adventure - 104 Minutes
Knock Down the House
Knock Down the House earned the Sundance Film Festival’s Audience Award, a sure sign this documentary is both feel-good, inspirational, and at times a call to action. The glass ceiling is broken and the playbook is written – Rachel Lears and her four heroines, notably Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, will now show others how to make the politically impossible, possible.
Documentary - 86 Minutes
Knock Down the House earned the Sundance Film Festival’s Audience Award, a sure sign this documentary is both feel-good, inspirational, and at times a call to action. The glass ceiling is broken and the playbook is written – Rachel Lears and her four heroines, notably Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, will now show others how to make the politically impossible, possible.
Documentary - 86 Minutes
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Bi Gan is brave to attempt a feat like this and I wonder how much of it was to satisfy a creative need and how much it was for purposeful notoriety. Like much arthouse cinema, the film defies easy categorization and will truly appeal to only a thin slice of the movie-going public, but for those few, Long Day’s Journey Into Night is pure catnip.
Drama/Mystery - 133 Minutes
Bi Gan is brave to attempt a feat like this and I wonder how much of it was to satisfy a creative need and how much it was for purposeful notoriety. Like much arthouse cinema, the film defies easy categorization and will truly appeal to only a thin slice of the movie-going public, but for those few, Long Day’s Journey Into Night is pure catnip.
Drama/Mystery - 133 Minutes
Avengers: Endgame
Endgame is its own distinct film and not merely Infinity War's second half. There is much for fans to cheer as a decade of films says goodbye, but it lacks the jaw-dropping gut punch and the gravity of the first installment. The quest for victory is not always as intriguing as the original downfall.
Action/Adventure/Fantasy - 181 Minutes
Endgame is its own distinct film and not merely Infinity War's second half. There is much for fans to cheer as a decade of films says goodbye, but it lacks the jaw-dropping gut punch and the gravity of the first installment. The quest for victory is not always as intriguing as the original downfall.
Action/Adventure/Fantasy - 181 Minutes
Red Joan
Smothered underneath mounds of morose melodrama lurks what may have been a riveting film regarding a wrenching moral dilemma. We’re here for wartime skullduggery and inner turmoil, not Bridget Jones’ Atomic Diary.
Biography/Drama/Romance - 101 Minutes
Smothered underneath mounds of morose melodrama lurks what may have been a riveting film regarding a wrenching moral dilemma. We’re here for wartime skullduggery and inner turmoil, not Bridget Jones’ Atomic Diary.
Biography/Drama/Romance - 101 Minutes
Teen Spirit
Elle Fanning's impressive, raw performance lifts Teen Spirit out of its stock story arc of unlikely ingénue reaches for fame from the most humble of beginnings - and she can sing.
Drama/Music - 92 Minutes
Elle Fanning's impressive, raw performance lifts Teen Spirit out of its stock story arc of unlikely ingénue reaches for fame from the most humble of beginnings - and she can sing.
Drama/Music - 92 Minutes
Shazam!
I can play along and believe a 14 year-old boy can magically morph into a superhero with all the powers, but the film falls into that all too familiar trap where the older version acts more immature than the kid would. Shazam! lightens up the morose hero, but it's so light only the little ones will buy into it.
Action/Adventure/Comedy - 132 Minutes
I can play along and believe a 14 year-old boy can magically morph into a superhero with all the powers, but the film falls into that all too familiar trap where the older version acts more immature than the kid would. Shazam! lightens up the morose hero, but it's so light only the little ones will buy into it.
Action/Adventure/Comedy - 132 Minutes
Ash is the Purest White
The scope is epic, the pacing is temperate, and the steady progress over the 20 year span of the film is a reminder the world is changing whether or not you pause to notice it or not.
Drama/Romance - 136 Minutes
The scope is epic, the pacing is temperate, and the steady progress over the 20 year span of the film is a reminder the world is changing whether or not you pause to notice it or not.
Drama/Romance - 136 Minutes
Dumbo
Another unnecessary Disney remake offers one of their most off-putting stories combined with low-rent acting, stale character arcs, and enough elephant abuse to arouse most of the world's trophy hunters - who I suspect will be the only audience members who will enjoy themselves under this big top.
Family/Fantasy - 112 Minutes
Another unnecessary Disney remake offers one of their most off-putting stories combined with low-rent acting, stale character arcs, and enough elephant abuse to arouse most of the world's trophy hunters - who I suspect will be the only audience members who will enjoy themselves under this big top.
Family/Fantasy - 112 Minutes
Us
It is admirable to witness a director try something new and attack ideas which seem too large for a small film, but if not for Lupita Nyongo’s sublime performance and Peele's unique mechanics, Us would lose it way.
Horror/Thriller - 116 Minutes
It is admirable to witness a director try something new and attack ideas which seem too large for a small film, but if not for Lupita Nyongo’s sublime performance and Peele's unique mechanics, Us would lose it way.
Horror/Thriller - 116 Minutes
The Hummingbird Project
Writer/director Kim Nguyen spins a tight tale about milliseconds and the drive to create the impossible, but it’s his characters and their empathetic suffering for the sake of that millisecond which propels an engaging film.
Thriller - 110 Minutes
Writer/director Kim Nguyen spins a tight tale about milliseconds and the drive to create the impossible, but it’s his characters and their empathetic suffering for the sake of that millisecond which propels an engaging film.
Thriller - 110 Minutes
Wonder Park
Behind the scenes turmoil nearly sunk Wonder Park even before it had the chance to underwhelm everyone. Take the ride or don’t, you won’t remember it either way.
Animation/Adventure/Comedy - 85 Minutes
Behind the scenes turmoil nearly sunk Wonder Park even before it had the chance to underwhelm everyone. Take the ride or don’t, you won’t remember it either way.
Animation/Adventure/Comedy - 85 Minutes
Gloria Bell
Take a look at Julianne Moore completely lose herself to Laura Branigan’s eponymous tune and I dare you to not only admire that, but wish you were on the dance floor as well. “Gloria (Gloria), I think they got your number (Gloria) - I think they got the alias (Gloria) - that you've been living under (Gloria)!” You’re welcome for the ear worm.
Drama/Romance - 102 Minutes
Take a look at Julianne Moore completely lose herself to Laura Branigan’s eponymous tune and I dare you to not only admire that, but wish you were on the dance floor as well. “Gloria (Gloria), I think they got your number (Gloria) - I think they got the alias (Gloria) - that you've been living under (Gloria)!” You’re welcome for the ear worm.
Drama/Romance - 102 Minutes
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