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Charlie's Angels
Elizabeth Banks does something the last Angel iteration could never do, gives the ladies respect rather than mockery. The plot and dialogue remain second tier, but this is a communal experience with the right amount of gloss its intended audience will eat up.
Action/Adventure/Comedy - 118 min
Elizabeth Banks does something the last Angel iteration could never do, gives the ladies respect rather than mockery. The plot and dialogue remain second tier, but this is a communal experience with the right amount of gloss its intended audience will eat up.
Action/Adventure/Comedy - 118 min
The Report
A classic political thriller made all the more unsettling because of how recent and true it all is. Director Scott Z. Burns champions the untested crusader vs. powerful vested interests more concerned with protection rather than any sort of truth seeing the light of day.
Drama/Thriller - 119 Minutes
A classic political thriller made all the more unsettling because of how recent and true it all is. Director Scott Z. Burns champions the untested crusader vs. powerful vested interests more concerned with protection rather than any sort of truth seeing the light of day.
Drama/Thriller - 119 Minutes
Midway
Refreshing the who and how regarding Midway for new audiences is a worthy goal, especially for a Veteran’s Days release. However, Emmerich is more concerned with archetypes and fireballs. He opted for the Saturday matinee ‘golly gee’ version instead of a more sober accounting - Starship Troopers instead of Saving Private Ryan.
Action/Drama/History - 138 Minutes
Refreshing the who and how regarding Midway for new audiences is a worthy goal, especially for a Veteran’s Days release. However, Emmerich is more concerned with archetypes and fireballs. He opted for the Saturday matinee ‘golly gee’ version instead of a more sober accounting - Starship Troopers instead of Saving Private Ryan.
Action/Drama/History - 138 Minutes
For Sama
A gut-wrenching masterpiece - a first person cinematic conscience of what the world is willing to tolerate in Syria.
Documentary - 100 Minutes
A gut-wrenching masterpiece - a first person cinematic conscience of what the world is willing to tolerate in Syria.
Documentary - 100 Minutes
Terminator: Dark Fate
Erasing history should only be accomplished by qualified DeLorean-driving teenagers, not re-make sequels pretending three other films never happened. Dark Fate is a by the numbers boredom machine, but Linda Hamilton and her bazooka extravaganza is a campy delight at times.
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi - 128 Minutes
Erasing history should only be accomplished by qualified DeLorean-driving teenagers, not re-make sequels pretending three other films never happened. Dark Fate is a by the numbers boredom machine, but Linda Hamilton and her bazooka extravaganza is a campy delight at times.
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi - 128 Minutes
Frankie
The new family drama from Ira Sachs is so stale, any melodramatic wail, or even a sniffle, would be a welcome break to the introspection.
Drama - 98 Minutes
The new family drama from Ira Sachs is so stale, any melodramatic wail, or even a sniffle, would be a welcome break to the introspection.
Drama - 98 Minutes
Jojo Rabbit
Director Taika Waititi sees warning signs, and in the shadow of Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers, confronts the uncomfortable and malign with humor, winks, and farce. Jojo Rabbit is a remarkable achievement of wit and wariness - truly one of the best films of the year.
Comedy/Drama/War - 108 Minutes
Director Taika Waititi sees warning signs, and in the shadow of Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers, confronts the uncomfortable and malign with humor, winks, and farce. Jojo Rabbit is a remarkable achievement of wit and wariness - truly one of the best films of the year.
Comedy/Drama/War - 108 Minutes
2019 Middleburg Film Festival
A haunted farmhouse, a masterpiece, good friends, and movie addiction are the ingredients for this year's festival.
A haunted farmhouse, a masterpiece, good friends, and movie addiction are the ingredients for this year's festival.
Midnight Traveler
Meet the Fazili family. They're on the run from the Taliban, no country will take them in, yet there are two little girls who just want to dance to Michael Jackson and settle down some place where the locals don't throw rocks at them.
Documentary/War - 87 min
Meet the Fazili family. They're on the run from the Taliban, no country will take them in, yet there are two little girls who just want to dance to Michael Jackson and settle down some place where the locals don't throw rocks at them.
Documentary/War - 87 min
Gemini Man
Fresh Prince versus AARPrince. Gemini Man is an example of a proven director stuck in a technology phase. Lee is more gadgets and gizmos right now than plot and character.
Action/Drama/Sci-Fi- 117 min
Fresh Prince versus AARPrince. Gemini Man is an example of a proven director stuck in a technology phase. Lee is more gadgets and gizmos right now than plot and character.
Action/Drama/Sci-Fi- 117 min
Joker
Watching Joaquin Phoenix become that anarchic swirl of chaos, shoved into it by forces beyond his control, may shock you at how much you find yourself empathizing with a bad guy. Joker will challenge your black and white view of the world with a, “But it’s not his fault” excuse you would normally toss aside in the real world.
Crime/Drama/Thriller - 121 Minutes
Watching Joaquin Phoenix become that anarchic swirl of chaos, shoved into it by forces beyond his control, may shock you at how much you find yourself empathizing with a bad guy. Joker will challenge your black and white view of the world with a, “But it’s not his fault” excuse you would normally toss aside in the real world.
Crime/Drama/Thriller - 121 Minutes
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Even though Cohn died more than 30 years ago, his stain on American culture remains and was revived with Trump’s election; therefore, here is a new documentary to remind us who he was, the crimes he committed, and to piss everyone off all over again.
Documentary - 97 Minutes
Even though Cohn died more than 30 years ago, his stain on American culture remains and was revived with Trump’s election; therefore, here is a new documentary to remind us who he was, the crimes he committed, and to piss everyone off all over again.
Documentary - 97 Minutes
Downton Abbey
You have either put in the work and will be rewarded with a feature-length trip to an era you believe superior to most, or you are a Downton pagan and will be treated like the barbarian you are with minimal clues on who is related to whom, who is dead, who is beloved, and who is loathed.
Drama - 122 Minutes
You have either put in the work and will be rewarded with a feature-length trip to an era you believe superior to most, or you are a Downton pagan and will be treated like the barbarian you are with minimal clues on who is related to whom, who is dead, who is beloved, and who is loathed.
Drama - 122 Minutes
Hustlers
Through an overly familiar three act structure of rise, peak, and fall, Hustlers will excite many for its behind the scenes look at the exploitation of strip club dancers, the greasy men who slither through the door, and Jennifer Lopez putting on a show, but the pacing drags after the shock and awe wears off and the story is not as audacious and mind-blowing as you’re led to believe.
Comedy/Crime/Drama - 109 Minutes
Through an overly familiar three act structure of rise, peak, and fall, Hustlers will excite many for its behind the scenes look at the exploitation of strip club dancers, the greasy men who slither through the door, and Jennifer Lopez putting on a show, but the pacing drags after the shock and awe wears off and the story is not as audacious and mind-blowing as you’re led to believe.
Comedy/Crime/Drama - 109 Minutes
The Goldfinch
Crowley went out and scored one of Hollywood’s best cinematographers and signed on the likes of Nicole Kidman, Jeffrey Wright, Sarah Paulson, and a stable of young up-and-comers. Even these moves cannot save The Goldfinch. It is stale, off-putting, awkward at the best of times, and a thorough chore to sit through at a glacial two-and-a-half hours.
Drama - 149 Minutes
Crowley went out and scored one of Hollywood’s best cinematographers and signed on the likes of Nicole Kidman, Jeffrey Wright, Sarah Paulson, and a stable of young up-and-comers. Even these moves cannot save The Goldfinch. It is stale, off-putting, awkward at the best of times, and a thorough chore to sit through at a glacial two-and-a-half hours.
Drama - 149 Minutes
It Chapter Two
The episodic "face your inner demon" scenes needlessly extend the story diluting the horror in the process. Muschietti stills knows how to cinematically murder children, but Pennywise and company lack the spit and vigor from Chapter 1.
Horror - 169 Minutes
The episodic "face your inner demon" scenes needlessly extend the story diluting the horror in the process. Muschietti stills knows how to cinematically murder children, but Pennywise and company lack the spit and vigor from Chapter 1.
Horror - 169 Minutes
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