movie_title string | publisher_name string | critic_name string | review_content string | review_score string | grade_type string | orig_num float32 | orig_denom float32 | includes_zero bool | label uint8 | scale_points uint8 | multiplier uint8 | group_id uint32 |
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Little Woods | CC2K | Fiona Underhill | It is the performances which really make Little Woods work, particularly Tessa Thompson's. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
Madeline's Madeline | CC2K | Fiona Underhill | Helena Howard is a sensational find. Decker is one-to-watch for the future. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
Making Montgomery Clift | CC2K | Fiona Underhill | A fascinating exploration, but not of the man himself. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | CC2K | Kimberly Pierce | Ultimately, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again is a pleasant and entertaining surprise. Coming ten years after the first film, the sequel is as fun and toe-tapping as the last. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
Mary Queen of Scots | CC2K | Fiona Underhill | A well-directed, risk-taking, unusual period film which makes some bold choices and mostly pulls them off. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
Night Hunter (Nomis) | CC2K | Fiona Underhill | There is such little meat for any of the actors to sink their teeth into, they are hampered in their attempts at characterization from the start. Audiences may expect a mediocre thriller, but unfortunately this is even worse than that. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
On the Basis of Sex | CC2K | Fiona Underhill | If you were not already full of respect and admiration for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this film will make you truly appreciate her. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
Operation Finale | CC2K | Kristen Lopez | Operation Finale is a film perfectly suited for the beginning of September. It'll keep you engaged in the moment, yet will disappear completely by the time the real awards contenders pop up in a few weeks. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
Searching | CC2K | Fiona Underhill | Searching for a smart take on the internet? Look no further. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | CC2K | Fiona Underhill | A delicious mouthful - if you enjoyed 'Their Finest', you will lap this up. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
The Happy Prince | CC2K | Kristen Lopez | Everett is a massive Wilde fan, and knowing his appreciation for the material makes up for its deficiencies in style. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
The Little Stranger | CC2K | Kimberly Pierce | Domhnall Gleeson absolutely shines as the complicated Farraday. The talented actor very much carries the story on his shoulders and brings a deeply structured portrayal | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
To All the Boys I've Loved Before | CC2K | Fiona Underhill | A teen rom-com success for Netflix. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
Venom | CC2K | Kimberly Pierce | Parts of this movie should appeal to Venom fans, but it's difficult to argue this as a solid feature. Unless you're dying to see this, skip it until its available to stream. | 1.5/5 | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | false | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1,178 |
A Star Is Born | CC2K | Valerie Kalfrin | The third remake of this decades-old Hollywood tale has a lot on its mind about art and fame in the modern age. Yet it also crafts an old-fashioned, touchingly tragic love story. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,179 |
BlacKkKlansman | CC2K | Nguyen Le | While BlacKkKlansman may unfold as a triptych of rage, fun and pride, what it is is a call to fly at full-staff the willingness to preserve good. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1,179 |
Creed II | CC2K | Valerie Kalfrin | [T]he film explores well enough how much of the past shapes who we become, and with Jordan, Thompson, and Stallone, it creates an endearing onscreen family. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,179 |
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | CC2K | Valerie Kalfrin | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is a flight worth taking that ends on a beautiful note. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,179 |
Kin | CC2K | Nguyen Le | Kin lays out a lot of half-baked baggage and outright fog instead of the promised artful understatement. | D | long_letter | null | null | false | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1,179 |
The Nun | CC2K | Nguyen Le | The deeper The Nun proceeds to its plotted heart of evil the less it conducts itself as a genre entry. | D- | long_letter | null | null | false | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1,179 |
Promised Land | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | Promised Land is harmless but not compelling enough to warrant major attention. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | There's probably a really fresh and fun movie a rewrite or edit away. It's just not here. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Broken City | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | Not meaty enough or unique enough to register as anything other than a couple of hours of unspectacular cinema. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Captain America: The First Avenger | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | The production design is fantastic, the period setting works, and there's enough charm to allow the film to feel unique enough to justify its existence. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Conan the Barbarian | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | It's not a legit pulp movie. It's not a legit genre movie. It's not even a guilty pleasure. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Drive Angry | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | Bats--- insanity is a virtue in the case of this movie | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Fast Five | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | It's the PG-13 Bad Boys 2. Coming from me that's a big compliment. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Gangster Squad | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | Sean Penn's performance alone makes the film worth seeing. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
John Dies at the End | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | Trained eyes will see the great movie a few million bucks away from reality | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
The Last Stand | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | The Last Stand is fun. And that's enough. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Limitless | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | It's well made, filled with interesting ideas, and just odd enough so that it'll once again prevent Neil Burger from becoming a Hollywood darling. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Moneyball | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | Moneyball secretly injects the magic of baseball by way of laughs, tension, and really great dialogue. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Phantom | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | Here's the big ugly secret about Phantom. It's good. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Rampart | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | Rampart is the Shame of police movies. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Skyfall | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | Though there are a few hiccups Skyfall is a beautiful and mature 007 film. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Texas Chainsaw | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | Leatherface is a loser. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
The Amazing Spider-Man | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | A messy collection of ideas. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
The Hunger Games | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | The Hunger Games is a mess. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
The Impossible | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | The tsunami is easily more effective than anything to come out of a Roland Emmerich disaster sequence. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
The Thing | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | It's not a prequel as much as it is a lamprey, trying its best to nuzzle up to greatness. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Thor: The Dark World | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | See it with your kids. See it with your friends. See it with your parents. There are few surer bets at the multiplex. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
Total Recall | CHUD | Nick Nunziata | The amount of lens flares in this movie is awe inspiring. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,180 |
A Star Is Born | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | [The ending] will weigh on you the same way it weighs on the characters. That's a powerful testament to both Cooper's treatment of the material as it is the performances ... | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
Avengers: Infinity War | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | Now in their nineteenth endeavor, the Joe and Anthony Russo-directed Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel Studios demonstrates, not with a bang but with a whisper, that they are mighty. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
Booksmart | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | Beautifully executed from top to bottom, Booksmart is more than a riotous teen comedy as it explores the complex ideas of friendship, falling in love, and growing up through various forms of self-realization and actualization. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
Breakthrough | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | Like all good stories, inspired by truth or not, the underlying message here is that what brings us together is far more important than what separates us. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
Captain Marvel | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | When all is said and done, Captain Marvel is a damn fun film which gives audiences much of what we need, even if it's not what we want. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
Creed II | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | From the ding of the first bell to the echo of the last, Creed II is ... a stirring drama that utilizes every inch of emotional real estate to enormous effect. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | ... Dean DeBlois captures our imagination once more, weaving within his tale layers upon layers of thematic material ... making the whole of the film a meditation on growing up. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
It | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | What makes [director Andy] Muschietti's adaptation stand-out is the way it manipulates the audience by using older horror techniques to cultivate deliciously appalling anticipation. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
Logan | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | Logan elevates itself beyond superhero tropes by examining the man well known for his healing ability, sharp claws, and short temper through themes of finality and family. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
Once Upon a Deadpool | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | Frankly, if Once Upon A Deadpool had just gone all in ... instead of just fast cuts and terrible ADR, OUAD could've been something truly special. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
Pete's Dragon | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | Director David Lowery shoves off the seafaring locale, the songs, and the majority of the original story and successfully modernizes it while staying true to its heart. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | CLTure | Douglas Davidson | Some are already hailing Spider-Man: Far From Home as the best live-action Spider-Man film yet, which is a strong statement. At the very least, it's the best representation of Spider-Man in the MCU ... | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,181 |
Upgrade | CNET | Connie Guglielmo | Adds up to a silly techno-thriller or a clever, prescient riff on the man-machine merger first made famous in Robocop. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,182 |
The Waterboy | CNN.com | Paul Tatara | As a whole, it's not so much stupid as it is boring. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1,183 |
The Lovely Bones | CNN.com | Tom Charity | Jackson seems more at home in the afterlife than in this one, rendering this off-kilter project creepy and pretentious. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,184 |
Halloween H20 | CNN.com | Paul Tatara | I'm currently stuck watching the revival of a movie form that appalled me the first time around, then disappeared from view after a torrent of thoughtless re-workings that resembled bloody tape loops. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1,184 |
Very Bad Things | CNN.com | Paul Tatara | It's extremely lousy material, but these guys make the most of it. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,184 |
Freedomland | CNN.com | Owen Gleiberman | The complication in Freedomland arises out of Brenda's hysteria, which is so extreme that we doubt her story even before we've bought into it, and from the movie's dogged, booby-trapped demonstration of the sins of racism. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1,185 |
Super 8 | CNNRadio | Paul Chambers | What we need is a good summer movie. "Super 8" is pretty close. Never mind the plot holes,dozens of unanswered questions and the abandonment of logic. Paul Chambers, CNN. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1,186 |
Alita: Battle Angel | CTV's Your Morning | Radheyan Simonpillai | Alita is powered by James Cameron's visionary world-building. But the last thing you want to use to sell something is "written by James Cameron". | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,187 |
Avengers: Endgame | CTV's Your Morning | Radheyan Simonpillai | Endgame is the participation trophy you get after committing 11 years to these characters. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,187 |
Freaks | CTV's Your Morning | Radheyan Simonpillai | Working with limited sets and a tight scope, Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein conjure a movie that's fresh, fun and feels epic. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,187 |
Downton Abbey | CTV's Your Morning | Radheyan Simonpillai | Serves a fond nostalgia for the British monarchy in the same way that Gone With the Wind served the Old South. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1,188 |
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | CTV's Your Morning | Radheyan Simonpillai | The pettiness is strong with this one. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1,188 |
Pavarotti | CWEB.com | Tony Medley | Howard's whitewashed version is entertaining enough, but it would have been better had it told the whole story, the negative with the positive. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1,189 |
Tolkien | CWEB.com | Tony Medley | Burdened by lots of scenes of dubious authenticity and a ghastly slow pace, the acting is good, and it's an interesting take on someone of whom most know very little. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1,189 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Cairo360 | Marija Djurovic | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 still manages to pack enough charm and wit to warrant a second visit to the Portokalos family, who are still just as charmingly quirky as they were fourteen years ago. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,190 |
Star Trek Beyond | Cairo360 | Marija Djurovic | The story is solid and the execution even more so with Lin taking successfully taking the franchise the exciting new direction that Star Trek into Darkness scratched the surface of. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,190 |
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile | Calgary Movies | Katrina Olson | The casting in this film was perfect, the story was enrapturing and created just a subtle inkling of the actual facts of the Bundy murders | 6.5/10 | 10 | 6.5 | 10 | false | 11 | 19 | 2 | 1,191 |
Emma. | Cambridge Day | Tom Meek | However you take it, [Autumn] de Wilde's vision of 19th century English countryside is a rich one, rooted in details, period dress and the title character's ever alluring array of earrings | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,192 |
Resistance | Cambridge Day | Tom Meek | The film's told with a Holocaust thriller edge, yet it never quite thrills nor enlightens, especially given the rich historical material at hand. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,192 |
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael | Cambridge Day | Tom Meek | "What She Said" may not be the most tightly composed bio-doc, but it is a near must-see for cinephiles and fans of Kael's impressive career. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,192 |
The Mechanic | Canada.com | Jay Stone | People who think they don't make movies like they used to should check out The Mechanic, a persuasive replica of a 1970s B-film with much of the same genre splatter. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,193 |
The Lion King | Canada.com | Katherine Monk | It's the stuff of classics, and every shred of this movie matches the intent and soulful message of personal growth and evolution, which is why it remains the emotional triumph it is. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,193 |
X-Men: First Class | Canada.com | Katherine Monk | That First Class also offers up a decent narrative about the importance of self-love, family bonding and friendship gives it extra dimension -- even if the overall dramatic range only goes X to Z. | B | short_letter | null | null | false | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,194 |
The A-Team | Canwest News Service | Katherine Monk | If you walk into this movie expecting anything more than a chunk of deep-fried cheese poured over steaming links of sausage, you'll suffer a bad case of cinematic indigestion. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,195 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still | Canwest News Service | Katherine Monk | Keanu Reeves was clearly born to play Klaatu, the alien from another planet who visits Earth with a dire warning. The actor's blank facial expressions ensure he's a believable ET, and make this Scott Derrickson remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic a worthy r | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,195 |
We Live in Public | Canwest News Service | Katherine Monk | Ondi Timoner gives us a front row seat to emotional disintegration of dot-com millionaire and disgraced internet pioneer Josh Harris. Watching the social network short-circuit and the entire fabric of civility shred before your eyes can be very compelling | A | short_letter | null | null | false | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1,196 |
A Serious Man | Canwest News Service | Katherine Monk | A Serious Man buckles and cleaves and tugs at the buttons like a badly tailored suit, and really, what better metaphor could there be for the plight of the downtrodden Everyman? | A | short_letter | null | null | false | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1,196 |
Michael Jackson's This Is It | Canwest News Service | Katherine Monk | Serving as an ethereal signal delay, this cobbled-together rehearsal footage brings the echoing presence of Jackson back into his body, and back on stage, where we came to know and love the man as a gifted performer and a musical genius...It's authentic. | A | short_letter | null | null | false | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1,196 |
Superman Returns | Cape May Beachcomber | Kam Williams | The Man of Steel as a morally-compromised and ethically-challenged figure has the potential to be quite compelling, but if and only if he is portrayed as confronting his demons in a more meaningful way. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | false | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1,197 |
Crimson Peak | CatchNews | Rahul Desai | The director commits to a full-bodied re-visualisation of the haunted-house genre. And fittingly, he succeeds, somewhat, in creating a gothic cathedral amidst an overpopulated landscape of modern skyscrapers. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,198 |
The Witch | Catholic Digest | Steven D. Greydanus | The stakes are real. The Devil is real. All roads do not lead up the mountain. Some lead to the heart of darkness, to the depths of a witch-haunted wood. | A | short_letter | null | null | false | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1,199 |
About a Boy | Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) | Boo Allen | [Grant] goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,200 |
Black Swan | Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) | Boo Allen | Silly, loopy fun | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,201 |
Blue Valentine | Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) | Boo Allen | Jumbled editing does not hide that this is little more than recycled relationship navel-gazing. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,201 |
GasLand | Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) | Boo Allen | A horror story that turns out to be unfortunately real. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,201 |
Hereafter | Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) | Boo Allen | Skeptics and scoffers will find "Hereafter" the funniest film of the year. Others, however, might simply yawn at its pretentious cravings, funereal pace, and murky intentions. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,201 |
Morning Glory | Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) | Boo Allen | Pretty standard material is enlivened enough by McAdams to supersede the cliches. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,201 |
Tamara Drewe | Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) | Boo Allen | Frears Interview | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,201 |
The King's Speech | Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) | Boo Allen | Brilliantly observed, thoughtful, intellifent. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,201 |
Wuthering Heights | Cedar Hill Sentinel (TX) | Boo Allen | Perfectly ridiculous adaptation of Emily Bronte's novel. Shaky-cam nausea combines with amateur acting and sloppy editing to render an unpleasant experience. | 1.5/5 | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | false | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1,201 |
18 Presents (18 Regali) | Celluloid Dreams | Peter Canavese | Very loosely based on a true sad story, this fantasy drama allows an angry child to have a breakthrough of empathy for her parents. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,202 |
A Secret Love | Celluloid Dreams | Peter Canavese | Enough elements kicking around in it to keep it pretty interesting for its whole running time. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,202 |
Bad Education | Celluloid Dreams | Peter Canavese | A sharp, brilliant exploration of entitlement run amok. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,202 |
Becoming | Celluloid Dreams | Peter Canavese | This slickly produced companion piece to Michelle Obama's 2018 memoir takes you inside her rock-star world, with an asterisk. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,202 |
Blue Story | Celluloid Dreams | Peter Canavese | A theatrical, rap-infused standard-issue issue melodrama [that's also vaguely] reminiscent of classic '30s gangster films. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,202 |
Bull | Celluloid Dreams | Peter Canavese | Low-key, naturalistic drama with a lot of familiar beats whose strength is in depicting a child at the crossroads. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,202 |
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