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FILM REVIEWS
- Nov 25, 2023
NAPOLEON
Ridley Scott stages exciting epic battles in Napoleon but he fails to build a compelling movie around them, mostly because he sees the...
- Nov 20, 2023
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Goofy but inventive, silly but made with great cinematic flair: Little Shop of Horrors is a wonderfully enjoyable musical that overcomes...
- Nov 19, 2023
L'ULTIMA NOTTE DI AMORE
As a classic tale of crime and punishment this Italian cop thriller keeps you entertained with polished direction and a pulsating synth...
- Nov 18, 2023
RUSTIN
Coming on the heels of a glut of Civil Rights movies in the past decade Rustin doesn’t tell a tale you don’t already know, nor does it do...
- Nov 10, 2023
THE MARVELS
I was less annoyed and more entertained by The Marvels than by other recent Marvel movies but that doesn’t make the film any less of a...
- Nov 8, 2023
NYAD
Based on a true story about human endurance, Nyad requires quite a bit of endurance to sit through itself: the picture is bland, has zero...
- Nov 6, 2023
QUIZ LADY
There are many moments in Quiz Lady that are way too manic and broadly comedic for my taste, but the movie builds towards a poignant...
- Nov 5, 2023
THE OLD OAK
In The Old Oak director Ken Loach brings his career to a close as you’d expect him to: with a story that highlights social injustice with...
- Nov 4, 2023
WHEN IT MELTS (HET SMELT)
Building up excruciatingly long to a pivotal scene you see coming a mile off, Flemish literary adaptation When It Melts is as predictable...
- Nov 2, 2023
BEAU IS AFRAID
Ari Aster seems to be mostly exorcising his own demons in Beau is Afraid, a movie whose opening hour is not without merits but then...
- Nov 1, 2023
INFINITY POOL
Brandon Cronenberg’s laboured satire of a bored wealthy class, isn’t half as clever as it wants to be nor nearly as horrifying or...
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