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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
Transit
Capping his "Love in Time of Oppressive Systems" trilogy, Petzold creates a latter day Casablanca roiling with bureaucracy, paranoia, and hints of heroism. Caught in between the land and the sea and even during time periods of the past and present, Transit is a bittersweet tale harboring connections to our own time.
Drama - 101 min
Capping his "Love in Time of Oppressive Systems" trilogy, Petzold creates a latter day Casablanca roiling with bureaucracy, paranoia, and hints of heroism. Caught in between the land and the sea and even during time periods of the past and present, Transit is a bittersweet tale harboring connections to our own time.
Drama - 101 min
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel transcends traditional boundaries like gender as much as Black Panther traversed race. Both films deliberately confront what makes them different and then they move on to display in no uncertain terms that superheroes not cut from the same cookie cutter cloth as all the rest can still save the Earth, spin a quip, and make the audience root for the good guy...or girl.
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi - 124 min
Captain Marvel transcends traditional boundaries like gender as much as Black Panther traversed race. Both films deliberately confront what makes them different and then they move on to display in no uncertain terms that superheroes not cut from the same cookie cutter cloth as all the rest can still save the Earth, spin a quip, and make the audience root for the good guy...or girl.
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi - 124 min
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Hidden World employs the crutch of a recycled story to carry the series toward a satisfying end, thereby cementing its legacy as a noted animated franchise, rather than a ground-breaking, genre-defining film set.
Animation/Action/Adventure - 104 Minutes
The Hidden World employs the crutch of a recycled story to carry the series toward a satisfying end, thereby cementing its legacy as a noted animated franchise, rather than a ground-breaking, genre-defining film set.
Animation/Action/Adventure - 104 Minutes
Isn't It Romantic
Make fun of rom-coms all you want, but your film is as standard as they come; specifically, you’re a Metaphysically Impossible premise with two extra ingredients, a love triangle and a wedding. In other words, Isn’t It Romantic is 13 Going on 30 with a dash of My Best Friend’s Wedding and Bridget Jones’s Diary. Rather than separating itself from its Pretty Woman forefathers, Isn’t It Romantic is as basic a Mamma Mia as they come.
Comedy/Fantasy/Romance - 88 Minutes
Make fun of rom-coms all you want, but your film is as standard as they come; specifically, you’re a Metaphysically Impossible premise with two extra ingredients, a love triangle and a wedding. In other words, Isn’t It Romantic is 13 Going on 30 with a dash of My Best Friend’s Wedding and Bridget Jones’s Diary. Rather than separating itself from its Pretty Woman forefathers, Isn’t It Romantic is as basic a Mamma Mia as they come.
Comedy/Fantasy/Romance - 88 Minutes
Happy Death Day 2U
A gelatinous mess – the cinematic equivalent of if a bag of those “Be Mine” candy hearts melted in the heat and formed a clumpy blob of goo.
Horror/Mystery/Thriller - 100 Minutes
A gelatinous mess – the cinematic equivalent of if a bag of those “Be Mine” candy hearts melted in the heat and formed a clumpy blob of goo.
Horror/Mystery/Thriller - 100 Minutes
Alita: Battle Angel
From the combined creative energies of two master world-builders, Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron, Alita: Battle Angel is that rare sci-fi story whose inhabited world feels believable, original, and one you want to dive into and are sad to leave behind. Cutting edge visual effects and performance-capture laced with empathetic human performances create an absorbing, enigmatic, and exciting world both action thriller-seekers and sci-fi aficionados will devour with relish.
Action/Romance/Sci-Fi - 122 Minutes
From the combined creative energies of two master world-builders, Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron, Alita: Battle Angel is that rare sci-fi story whose inhabited world feels believable, original, and one you want to dive into and are sad to leave behind. Cutting edge visual effects and performance-capture laced with empathetic human performances create an absorbing, enigmatic, and exciting world both action thriller-seekers and sci-fi aficionados will devour with relish.
Action/Romance/Sci-Fi - 122 Minutes
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Where The LEGO Movie presented a true adventure tale with more than a spice of existentialism, the sequel trades it in for kitsch and a lower common denominator. *Checks director's resume - Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and Shrek Forever After. Oh, I see.
Animation/Action/Adventure - 106 Minutes
Where The LEGO Movie presented a true adventure tale with more than a spice of existentialism, the sequel trades it in for kitsch and a lower common denominator. *Checks director's resume - Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and Shrek Forever After. Oh, I see.
Animation/Action/Adventure - 106 Minutes
What Men Want
It seems all the writers’ ideas got through when a no-nonsense editor should have been ready with the delete button. Nobody, not the writers nor the director, considered the film would punch harder with a more composed, thoughtful humor instead of its whoopee cushion equivalent.
Comedy/Fantasy/Romance - 117 Minutes
It seems all the writers’ ideas got through when a no-nonsense editor should have been ready with the delete button. Nobody, not the writers nor the director, considered the film would punch harder with a more composed, thoughtful humor instead of its whoopee cushion equivalent.
Comedy/Fantasy/Romance - 117 Minutes
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