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Capone
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
In no way deep but a compelling exercise in style over substance.
2.5/4
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2.5
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Castle in the Ground
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Searing performances elevate this ostensible crime story to dramatic, thematic and even Freudian heights.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
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5
7
2
1,202
Circus of Books
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
An interesting story about not only gay life in America and the story of a small business, but also what's going on in [a] family that runs this extremely unusual small business.
3/4
4
3
4
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4
7
2
1,202
Dangerous Lies (Windfall)
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Cheesy and ridiculous.
1.5/4
4
1.5
4
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1
7
2
1,202
Driveways
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Done so well and so delicately...unforced, beautifully performed, understated and quite lovely...I liked the feel and texture of this movie...the intimacy of it.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
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5
7
2
1,202
End of Sentence
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
An expertly performed character drama about the ways, large and small, that family can hurt one another and unexpectedly heal the wounds.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
Extraction
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A bloody, violent, preposterous movie. Chris Hemsworth is convincing even when the story isn't.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
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3
7
2
1,202
First Cow
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Convincingly transports us to 19th century frontier America while keeping one foot firmly planted in our not-so-evolved 21st century landscape.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Frank and therefore fascinating drug anecdotes (and advice) from professional storytellers.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
How to Build a Girl
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A substantive, whimsical and funny teen-driven story.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
Irresistible
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Pitched somewhere between Capra and 'Primary Colors', Stewart's tart political satire entertains as it wishes on a fix to our broken electoral machinery."\
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A living legend of the American civil rights movement gets his documentary spotlight, and the results cannot help but inspire despite a surface-skimming feel.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
Judy & Punch
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A feminist revenge drama with black comedy overtones and social satire.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
The fifteenth and final film in the DC Animated Movie Universe, an R-rated epic with sky-high stakes, will have DC fans entirely in its thrall. [4K Blu-ray]
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
Military Wives
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Corny and predictably formulaic...but it's buttressed by two skilled performances and, let's face it, it's nice.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
false
3
7
2
1,202
Miss Juneteenth
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A heartfelt account of tough-minded mothering and the never-say-die pursuit of the American Dream.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A sober and interesting look at the justice system.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
On a Magical Night (Chambre 212)
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A terrific, strange, new spin on a relationship comedy--what you'd get if you were to cross 'A Christmas Carol' with a sex farce.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
Onward
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Disney-Pixar's magic-themed fantasy adventure delivers big laughs and little tears within its tale of fraternal love and moving beyond grief. [4K Blu-ray]
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
Proximity
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A commercially ambitious nouveau B movie pieced together from recycled materials from the Spielberg catalog.
1.5/4
4
1.5
4
false
1
7
2
1,202
Relic
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
James summons a dark beauty for this landscape painting of inter-generational conflict and the horrors of aging.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
Rewind
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Rough, tough, complicated and hard to talk about...ultimately [a] story about the heroism of the filmmaker.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
Run with the Hunted
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Feels like a TV season's worth of script had to be hacked down to 90m, resulting in incoherent near-pointlessness.
1/4
4
1
4
false
0
7
2
1,202
Scoob!
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A big, loud, dumb crossover event that's considerably less than the sum of its parts.
1.5/4
4
1.5
4
false
1
7
2
1,202
Shirley
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A shrewd and complex psychodrama that both understands and wickedly exaggerates the writing process while maintaining a thoughtful ambiguity.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
Spaceship Earth
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
In its own right it's a pretty fascinating look at a story that hasn't been told in this depth before.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
Tammy's Always Dying
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Script-y but it has a good lived-in quality to it. The characters are strong. [Felicity] Huffman and [Anastasia] Phillips are fantastic. An interesting and potent comedy-drama.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A highly unusual personal essay about a film-production disaster and a friendship colored by insanity.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
The Half of It
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A cut above your average teen romance: genuinely interested in the nature and complexities of love...funny and witty with a literate script and charming performances.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
The High Note
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A hokey middle-of-the-road light drama about Hollywood's version of the L.A. music scene.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
1,202
The King of Staten Island
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
The lazy script is like a new Taco Bell recipe that uses all the same old ingredients: in other words, a heavily promoted product for suckers.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
1,202
The Outpost
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Camaraderie and carnage...honors military sacrifice while acknowledging the waste of human life in service of a murky mission.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
The Surrogate
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Chooses an uncomfortable subject and forces its characters to reckon with it, heart and soul.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
The Swerve
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
An intense, intimate and moving internal drama...a worthy beneficiary of the hunger for content brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
The Trip to Greece
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Foodie undertones, tony-tourism overtones, gorgeous locales and fun allusions to Ancient Greek culture as Brydon and Coogan reach the end of their own ten-year odyssey.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
false
3
7
2
1,202
The Willoughbys
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Very much in the style of Roald Dahl, this is a decent kids movie with witty, wall-to-wall sight and sound gags.
3/4
4
3
4
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4
7
2
1,202
The Wrong Missy
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Strictly for fans of the stars or anyone craving some cinematic junk food.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
1,202
Tommaso
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Both character study and confession...film as self-therapy, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't find it fascinating.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,202
Valley Girl
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Disney Channel style musical numbers give the story a propulsive energy but the artificial, generic tone also threatens to make the story weightless.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
false
3
7
2
1,202
Vanilla
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A lot better than it sounds on paper...a funny, moving, and charming independent debut.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire?
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
Staggering...a vital snapshot of African American life as it's being lived on the margins of society...one of the best films I've seen by far this year.
4/4
4
4
4
false
6
7
2
1,202
You Don't Nomi
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
An object lesson in what a Rorschach test any film--and certainly one as purely campy as 'Showgirls'--can be.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,202
You Should Have Left
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
This visually stylish creep show effectively employs practical tactics, such as a swinging light bulb or a forced perspective, even as its familiar story line stagnates.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
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3
7
2
1,202
Blue Ruin
Central Track
Chase Whale
Blue Ruin is violent but it impressively avoids the glorification of bloodshed; instead, [director Jeremy] Saulnier deftly shows just how terrifying, unnerving, sad and awful it is to take a life.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
1,203
Inherent Vice
Central Track
Chase Whale
Wacky, wild and just as loony as Thomas Pynchon's novel it's based on.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
1,203
Going the Distance
Channel 10 Australia
Marc Fennell
A raunchy rom-com that is surprisingly authentic in its emotions and hilariously obscene.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,204
The Kids Are All Right
Channel 10 Australia
Marc Fennell
A smart, funny, insightful take on the dynamics of Modern Families. It taps into both the universal and specific dynamics of the family unit. Bening gives a career best performance.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,204
Boy
Channel 10 Australia
Marc Fennell
A sweet, charming flick where the humour reverberates with authenticity. A case of plot drift and abandoned subplots hold it back, though.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,204
The Last Airbender
Channel 10 Australia
Marc Fennell
Unspeakably bad dialogue delivered by excruciatingly bad actors in a plot so illogical and stupid it kills unicorns.
1/5
5
1
5
false
0
9
2
1,204
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Channel 10 Australia
Marc Fennell
In spite of Nic Cage's 'Hobo-with-a-leather-fetish' chic there are some inventive effects sequences. Feels likes like a watchable-but-unremarkable patchwork quilt of every fantasy flick ever made.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,204
Alita: Battle Angel
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
One of the best live action anime adaptations I've ever seen.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,205
Antebellum
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
If you're looking for the left's equivalent of Pure Flix, this would be a great double feature with the remake of Black Christmas .
1.5/4
4
1.5
4
false
1
7
2
1,205
Avengers: Endgame
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
A good movie with a breathtaking third act for any comic book fan.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,205
Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
While I can't say it takes itself seriously, it takes itself at the exact appropriate tone. I had a ball!
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,205
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
Not the most excellent adventure, but semi excellent enough.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,205
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
It's always one step away from being amazing, but the other steps they take are pretty entertaining.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,205
Captain Marvel
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
The direction is boring, the acting is boring, the writing is boring...this is pretty boring.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
1,205
Cats
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
What did I just watch?
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
1,205
Dark Phoenix
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
One or two entertaining moments, but there's nothing new left for this reboot.
1.5/4
4
1.5
4
false
1
7
2
1,205
Frozen II
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
They try to throw a lot at you, but very little is focused.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
1,205
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
A few small problems that do start to add up, but still a strong finish to a great trilogy.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,205
It Chapter Two
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
The bad news is this movie's terrible, the good news is it's SO entertaining.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
1,205
Joker
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
Well I just saw the feel-good movie of the year. Yikes!
4/4
4
4
4
false
6
7
2
1,205
Midsommar
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
If this was maybe 40 minutes shorter, it might have worked. As is, everything you think is going to happen happens and it's not worth the wait.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
1,205
Onward
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
A slow burn, but well worth it.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,205
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
A very good Goosebumps movie, not a very good Scary Stories movie.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
1,205
Scoob!
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
This is what the live action Scooby Doo movies should have been.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,205
Shazam!
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
I'm very amused with DC's interpretation of the Monster Squad. I had a blast.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,205
Sonic the Hedgehog
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
A slow road-trip is not what's fun about Sonic.
2/4
4
2
4
false
2
7
2
1,205
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
A standard superhero movie, but introduces a few new elements I haven't seen in a Spider-Man film and would like to see explored more.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,205
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
The best Spider-Man movie I've ever seen, period.
4/4
4
4
4
false
6
7
2
1,205
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
So much thrown at you with so little character reaction that it feels more like fanfiction.
1.5/4
4
1.5
4
false
1
7
2
1,205
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
I'm dumbfounded by how much fun I had.
3/4
4
3
4
false
4
7
2
1,205
The Lion King
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
A line for line remake except it's longer, boring, and has acting similar to community theater.
1/4
4
1
4
false
0
7
2
1,205
Toy Story 4
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
Competently done, but is that all you expect from Toy Story?
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
false
3
7
2
1,205
Us
Channel Awesome
Doug Walker
There's a lot you can open up and analyze, but you can just watch it as a straight forward horror film too.
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,205
Amityville: The Awakening
Channel24 (South Africa)
Grethe Kemp
She (Bella Thorne) is the clichéd Goth girl incarnate, made even more laughable by the fact that almost no teenager in 2017 still wears the studded belts and corset tops that is Belle's "sad girl" costume.
1/5
5
1
5
false
0
9
2
1,206
Avengers: Infinity War
Channel24 (South Africa)
Phumlani S Langa
Infinity War challenges aspects of this genre that we have come to expect and it will leave you stunned.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,206
Blockers
Channel24 (South Africa)
Grethe Kemp
Blockers is a welcome addition to the teen sex comedy genre, and a far cry from the days of American Pie and Varsity Blues.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,206
Captain Fantastic
Channel24 (South Africa)
Lindsey Bahr
It's a single, beautifully realised vision with edge and a true heart.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,206
Deadpool 2
Channel24 (South Africa)
Grethe Kemp
There are gleefully over-the-top fight sequences (often hyperviolent to suit the R rating), too many pop culture references to count, colourful and lovable characters and quips that come at you every second.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,206
It
Channel24 (South Africa)
Grethe Kemp
Despite having plenty of gore, It works because it retains a sense of decency.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,206
Pitch Perfect 3
Channel24 (South Africa)
Phumlani S Langa
Apparently the actors are actually singing - that's impressive. But it doesn't save the movie from its high level of lameness though.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
1,206
The Disaster Artist
Channel24 (South Africa)
Grethe Kemp
The Disaster Artist is unique, off kilter and strangely inspiring in the end. To his credit, it's a movie only a fellow wierdo like James Franco could make. Go see it.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
false
7
9
2
1,206
The Post
Channel24 (South Africa)
Grethe Kemp
The Post should be a clarion call for the US media to do better, instead of an ode to its apparent infallible nobility. I found that the film was undone by its self-congratulatory message.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,206
Hostage
Charleston City Paper
Joshua Tyler
Takes a kitchen sink approach to the thriller genre, throwing in elements from all types of similar films.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,207
Kinsey
Charleston City Paper
Joshua Tyler
Kinsey isn't just about the man, it's a movie about sex, the only thing more controversial than movies about beating Jesus.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,207
National Treasure
Charleston City Paper
Joshua Tyler
An exciting little adventure movie differentiating itself from the pack by focusing more on its string of clues than it does on setting up the next big piece of stunt work.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,207
Robots
Charleston City Paper
Joshua Tyler
Shares more in common with an average episode of Scooby Doo than it does with Monster's Inc.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,207
10 Cloverfield Lane
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Abrams has tried to produce a film that stands on its own yet ties into a universe that has yet to fully reveal itself. "10 Cloverfield Lane" manages to do both - yet in retrospect, the first would have been enough.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,208
Happy-Go-Lucky
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Scenes that would be throwaways in most films -- girls gabbing on their night out, a walk by the seaside -- have been set up to tell us a lot about the people in them, if we'll only pay close attention.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,208
45 Years
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Rampling carries the film, appearing in virtually every scene.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,208
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas)
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Those problems won't concern anyone caught up, perhaps for the first time, in a story that has the potential to rend any hearts that remain open to it.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,208
Captain America: Civil War
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
"Captain America: Civil War" appeals to me more strongly than any superhero movie of the last decade.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,208
Deadpool
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
"Deadpool" gives the superhero genre a kick in its pearly white teeth - and, for good measure, every other square inch of its pumped-up body.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,208
Demolition
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
This story could potentially move us deeply, if only the filmmakers didn't shatter the illusion of reality every five minutes.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
1,208
Eddie The Eagle
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Egerton ... understands his role perfectly. He wears a look of stubborn worry tempered with unquenchable optimism, because he's dead sure that finishing dead last would be a triumph.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,208
Elvis & Nixon
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Johnson keeps us in the right period in the usual ways - hairstyles, music, clothes, cars - but also captures the anxiety that hovered over America during the Civil Rights Era.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,208
Everybody Wants Some!!
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
If this project is some kind of huge in-joke, I'm willing to admit I didn't get it. But if I did get it (and I'm afraid I did), it's a huge disappointment.
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
false
1
9
2
1,208
Eye In The Sky
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Nobody has made a "how-we-chase-'em" story this gripping since "Zero Dark Thirty."
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,208