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Coraline | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | Coraline is equal parts funny and frightening. This isn't a cute story for kids... but one of the most sophisticated, rewarding works of American fantasy cinema. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Days of Heaven | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | It has a visual syntax so eloquent -- its fields of gold cause its quiet characters to stand out like mythic figures -- it would play powerfully as a silent film. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 16 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Inglourious Basterds | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | Tarantino is at times like a flamboyant, egomaniacal orchestra conductor, gesticulating wildly and turning to the audience to make sure we know that the show's about him. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Jane Eyre | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | The colors and compositions recall the haunting beauty of Jane Campion's The Piano, which found a similar tension between the wilderness and a highly mannered society. | 7.5/10 | 10 | 7.5 | 10 | false | 13 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Let the Right One In | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | For every moment of bloodshed [and] special effects ... there are subtleties and surprises that transcend this exhausted genre. | 8.5/10 | 10 | 8.5 | 10 | false | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
The Limits of Control | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | By surprising us with repetitions, Jarmusch suggests that we shouldn't take these events as literal, traditional storytelling. This is play -- serious play. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Munyurangabo | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | Chung's film feels 'organic.' ... Rather than giving Western viewers a guilt trip by exploiting Rwanda's pain, he makes a movie by Rwanda for Rwanda. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 16 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Penelope | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | Penelope suggests that peace comes through character, not cosmetic surgery. In this, it's smarter than Twilight... | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Playtime | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | This film delivers exactly what its title promises. It's a panoramic frenzy of elaborate sights and sound design. | 8.5/10 | 10 | 8.5 | 10 | false | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Politist, adj. (Police, Adjective) | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | It moves at a snail's pace. And it's visually dispiriting. Have I talked you into seeing it yet? ... It's worthwhile -- especially for those interested in how words can become instruments of power. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 14 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
L'Heure d'été (Summer Hours) | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | The film resonates with emotions as authentic as the details. ... And it asks us to ponder what makes the objects in our lives meaningful. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 16 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
The Tree of Life | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | Those occasional moments in Days of Heaven that inspired a catch in the breath ... are the building blocks of this film. Grace notes are now the primary element. | 8.5/10 | 10 | 8.5 | 10 | false | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
The Wind Will Carry Us | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | Kiarostami could have just made a documentary, and it would have been fascinating. But his narrative is a way of humbly questioning his own ethics and methods. | 8.5/10 | 10 | 8.5 | 10 | false | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Tokyo Story (Tôkyô monogatari) | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | These characters never surprise us with anything showy, lurid, or sensational. They're ordinary human beings, treated with fierce attention that feels like deep respect. | 9.5/10 | 10 | 9.5 | 10 | false | 17 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Two Lovers | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | I can't stop thinking about Leonard, how I want him to be free, living an authentic life ... but also to to remain under supervision so he won't mess himself up. Phoenix is brilliant here. | 7.5/10 | 10 | 7.5 | 10 | false | 13 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Up | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | Up has much to offer kids but more to offer adults. We're so entertained we don't realize we're exploring tough questions. How faithful are we in the promises we make? | 8.5/10 | 10 | 8.5 | 10 | false | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Win Win | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | How often is my 'generosity' inspired by self-serving possibilities? Win Win is going to aggravate me for the rest of this year. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1,775 |
Fight Club | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | In the future, all manner of society's ills in the future will be blamed on this movie. [But] this is a film that exposes evil, not one that glorifies it. | 77/100 | 100 | 77 | 100 | false | 76 | 100 | 1 | 1,776 |
Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | Anchorman establishes Ferrell as a formidable comic force reminiscent of Steve Martin when he was The Jerk or Chevy Chase when he was Fletch. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | true | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,777 |
Catwoman | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | The summer that gave us what is arguably the best comic book movie of all time -- Spider-Man 2 -- has now choked up what is arguably the worst. | 0/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | true | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,777 |
Collateral | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | Foxx's performance is a revelation: he is completely convincing and understated, moving effortlessly through a wide range of ... conflicts both comical and severe. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | true | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,777 |
Hero | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | If you miss Hero, you're missing a peak of cinematic spectacle -- on par with 2001: A Space Odyssey, Apocalypse Now, and The Lord of the Rings. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | true | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,777 |
Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | The closer the Bride gets to her true goal, the more human she becomes. Some scenes near the conclusion have a lot of heart in them. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | true | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,777 |
Miracle | Looking Closer | Jeffrey Overstreet | [It takes] a wonderful story and transforms it into by-the-numbers entertainment that doesn't show us anything new about hockey or this historic event. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | true | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,777 |
Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Looking Closer | J. Robert Parks | What works in the theater doesn't always work in the movies. Part of the problem, as mentioned, is with the broadness of the material. But it doesn't help that the script relies way too much on syrupy voiceovers. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,778 |
Starsky & Hutch | Looking Closer | J. Robert Parks | Though the gags aren't always funny, I usually had a smile on my face. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,778 |
Hexed | Los Angeles CityBeat | Andy Klein | Very funny and vastly underrated. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,779 |
Smart People | Los Angeles CityBeat | Amy Nicholson | More false than Ms. Hilton's "accidental" panty-flashings, Noam Murro's dull, meandering dramedy reduces love to a montage and mourning to Quaid's inability to ride shotgun | D | long_letter | null | null | false | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1,780 |
Chaos Theory | Los Angeles CityBeat | Amy Nicholson | Despite its polemic simplicity, Daniel Taplitz's slight parable is charming | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,780 |
Flash of Genius | Los Angeles CityBeat | Amy Nicholson | As Ralph Nader learned, it's tough to make car-safety stimulating. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1,780 |
Fly Me to the Moon | Los Angeles CityBeat | Amy Nicholson | Has two advantages over rival Space Chimps: it's marginally smarter and in 3-freaking-D. These are watery compliments for a pleasant, unassuming film. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1,780 |
What Just Happened? | Los Angeles CityBeat | Amy Nicholson | Even when popping pills, the characters come across about as glamorous as a car salesman with a flask in his drawer | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1,780 |
Young@Heart | Los Angeles CityBeat | Amy Nicholson | Despite the director, the film is damned wonderful | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,780 |
Zombie Strippers | Los Angeles CityBeat | Amy Nicholson | The chicks may be topless, but this horror schlock wears its pretensions on its sleeve. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1,780 |
Fragments | Los Angeles Daily News | Brent Simon | Crash's Best Picture Oscar win helped jump-start a wave of self-deluded ensemble imitators who seem to feel that overt emotionalism ladled over a loosely connected narrative is a surefire sign of Important Filmmaking. Witness Fragments. | D+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1,781 |
Frozen | Los Angeles Times | Sam Adams | This chilly thriller from Adam Green (Hatchet) starts with a nifty premise and goes nowhere from there. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1,782 |
Blank City | Los Angeles Times | Sam Adams | Above all, the film is a poignant valentine to an era when artists could afford to live and work on the island of Manhattan, and the cultural ferment goosed by their low-rent lifestyle. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1,782 |
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie | Los Angeles Times | Amy Nicholson | Despite the shrieking Valkyries on the soundtrack, vocateur is as fair a portrayal as the weak-chinned warrior will get -- and fairer than he deserves. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,782 |
Horrible Bosses | Los Angeles Times | Sam Adams | A lot of low-stakes humor, occasionally brought off by a mostly ingratiating cast. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1,782 |
In the Land of Blood and Honey | Los Angeles Times | Sam Adams | Is it a bad sign when you want a movie to end almost as much as the war it's about? | C- | long_letter | null | null | false | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1,782 |
Just Like A Woman | Los Angeles Times | Amy Nicholson | Like belly-dancing itself, this drama is meant for the soul, not the mind - or as Marilyn's instructor commands, "Brains! Stop using them!" | D | long_letter | null | null | false | 7 | 18 | 1 | 1,782 |
Kaboom | Los Angeles Times | Sam Adams | The fact that the characters spout snappy, profane dialogue while all this is, or isn't, going on around them is more "fun" than fun; Araki's like the too-drunk guy who won't go home when the party's over. | D+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1,782 |
Prometheus | Los Angeles Times | Sam Adams | Unlike any of the sequels between it and the original, Prometheus is a horror movie first and foremost, gnawing at subconscious terrors even as your conscious mind attempts to bat it away. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,782 |
Silver Linings Playbook | Los Angeles Times | Sam Adams | It's clever and cute and never lets you forget it, winning in spite of how much it insists on it. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1,782 |
Larry Crowne | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | Could have been a solid, straightforward rom com coasting on likable leads; half-hearted additions trying to link the movie to economic crisis just detract. | 3/10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | false | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1,783 |
John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | A deliciously campy send-up of everything we love to hate about the Left Coast and the entertainment biz. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1,784 |
Last Night | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | Required viewing for anyone who hasn't yet planned her own last night. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,785 |
American Pop | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | Although cartoonish in the most pejorative sense, American Pop knows its musical lore. This film has little bits of tragedy that just may break your heart. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,785 |
Bottle Rocket | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | Finely observed, fierce, and funny. The early stirrings of genius. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,785 |
Coffee and Cigarettes | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | Arranged in short episodes, each composed entirely of awkward and embarassed conversation between midlevel celebs, Coffee and Cigarettes entertains fitfully. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,785 |
Mr. Wrong | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | Fascinating in retrospect as a lesbian's take on dating men. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,785 |
The Muppet Movie | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | Sure, a pig and a frog are an unlikely couple, but who isn't? This film reminds us that we are loved, regardless of whether we roll in the mud or swallow flies. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,785 |
The Natural | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | The most sentimental movie you needn't be ashamed to love. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,785 |
Reds | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | Hey, hey, I saved the world today. A movie about the burdens that fall on those who take big ideas seriously. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,785 |
Thelma & Louise | Low IQ Canadian | Martin Scribbs | Super-charged, Amazonian feminism hijacks the caper, buddy, revenge, and road trip genres. One hell of a ride. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,785 |
1917 | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | Although the word is thrown around a lot, I would certainly consider 1917 to be a masterpiece in every sense of the word. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | Farmageddon is the family film of the year, due to its incredible ability to connect with and amuse audiences of all ages. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
Brightburn | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | Jackson A. Dunn is undoubtedly the star of the show here, and a young actor that I'm incredibly impressed with. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
Crazy Rich Asians | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | If this is the future of rom-com, consider me converted. I was so impressed by the overall film and would recommend it to anyone. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
Fighting with My Family | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | Fighting With My Family has classic British humour and a familiar grittiness to it, reminding me why I adore British cinema so much. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
Greta | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | Whilst it isn't the strongest thriller I've seen, it is entertaining throughout and doesn't need to rely on excessive violence in order to make its point. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
King of Thieves | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | King of Thieves feels a lot like a straight-to-DVD crime film that you might watch on a lazy Sunday afternoon when you're a bit tired or hungover. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
Marriage Story | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | If you want a very honest look at what it's like to go through a divorce, then Marriage Story is just that. This isn't the kind of film that sugarcoats anything and instead takes its audience on an emotional rollercoaster from start to finish. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
Mary Queen of Scots | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | As many people have pointed out, this film is certainly not historically accurate so if you're the kind of person who needs that you'd leave feeling disappointed. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
Richard Jewell | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | Richard Jewell is a slow burner, and a compelling watch for those who like intense crime dramas that show what actually goes on behind the scenes. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
Rocketman | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | In the leading role, Taron Egerton absolutely shone as Elton. The fact he actually sang so many of his iconic songs, and did them well, is something that should be celebrated for years to come. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
Shazam! | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | Shazam! is not a brilliant film, but it's also way better than I was expecting. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
The Girl in the Spider's Web | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | The Girl In The Spider's Web is nothing like the complex thriller I was expecting it to be, cramming far too much into its runtime and leaving me feeling dissatisfied. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | I was surprised at how well-written and clever the script was. Because of this, I believe audiences of all ages can enjoy it due to the array of cultural references and adult humour. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
The Meg | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | The Meg makes no effort to try and explain anything which was frustrating to me. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
Vice | Lucy Goes to Hollywood | Lucy Buglass | If you want to learn how to completely and utterly fail at satire, look no further than Adam McKay's Vice. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,786 |
2 Fast 2 Furious | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | It makes you wonder if this trip was really necessary. | 4/10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | false | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
The Core | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Instead of whisking viewers to a previously unseen environment that can't yet be explored outside of a movie theater, The Core proves that the computer-generated images can be just as dull as the people who inhabit the film. | 4/10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | false | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del diablo) | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | The Devil's Backbone is a ghost story that would probably be scary even if the phantoms who inhabit it weren't around. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
Die Another Day | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Die Another Day, the latest entry in the series, almost rejuvenates the franchise because it jettisons Bond's safety net early on. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
Finding Nemo | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Thanks to a solid script by director Andrew Stanton (a Pixar regular), many of the human actors who give voices to the computer-generated fish wind up becoming more engaging than when they appear in flesh-and-blood. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
The Italian Job | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Still, when it's working, the current film is as sweet as a plate of cannoli. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
Narc | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Carnahan deserves credit for keeping gloom and hopelessness from getting dull. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
Super Troopers | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | . Curiously, Super Troopers suffers because it doesn't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length. | 4/10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | false | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | What starts as familiarity in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines quickly becomes diminishing returns. | 4/10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | false | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
Three Kings | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Three Kings is the rarest sort of action movie. It offers the expected adrenaline jolt, but it also has a surprising amount of heart and intelligence. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
The Trials of Henry Kissinger | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Jarecki and Gibney do find enough material to bring Kissinger's record into question and explain how the diplomat's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1,787 |
Battlefield Earth | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Legions of science-fiction fans will feel compelled to approach the ticket booth and scream for a refund. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | false | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1,788 |
Chicken Run | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | When Mel Gibson passes on to that big screen in the sky, don't be surprised if he's best remembered for playing a flirtatious rooster. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,788 |
Gladiator | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Thanks to a combination of real locations and convincing computer-generated effects, Scott can create sweeping vistas and that Cecil B. DeMille would envy. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1,788 |
Waking the Dead | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | The result Keith Gordon's gamble is a movie that intrigues and occasionally frustrates anyone willing to take a chance on it. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1,788 |
Death of a Salesman | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Schlndorff's artificial settings and some amazing performances help keep this from looking like a typical "filmed play." | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,789 |
Julius Caesar | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | Brando shows some surprising flair with the Tudor dialogue, but this adaptation needs a little brushing up. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,789 |
Battling Butler | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | One of the Great Stone Face's lesser vehicles but still worth a look. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,789 |
Darkman | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | A creative, if somewhat incoherent, flick. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,789 |
Vanya on 42nd Street | Lybarger Links | Dan Lybarger | A lively and intriguing adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya." | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,789 |
Everything Must Go | MSN Movies | Kathleen Murphy | Reaching for the funny as well as dramatic pathos, Ferrell is acting on a high wire. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1,790 |
Aladdin | MTR Network | Joi Childs | The live-action remake of Aladdin isn't "a whole new world" of storytelling, but it still makes for an overall enjoyable watch | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1,791 |
I Will Make You Mine | MTR Network | Joi Childs | I Will Make You Mine is a fresh, nuanced end to the world Boyle began in 2011. | 7.5/10 | 10 | 7.5 | 10 | false | 13 | 19 | 2 | 1,791 |
Joker | MTR Network | Joi Childs | Joker desperately searches for something to make it distinctive - and it doesn't succeed. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1,791 |
Luce | MTR Network | Joi Childs | LUCE is a disturbing turn of events when societal pressures mount up. That's not excusing the malicious actions that Luce caused - but rather, brings layers of complexity to what it is to live up to Black Excellence. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 16 | 19 | 2 | 1,791 |
Saint Frances | MTR Network | Joi Childs | A story as messy and unclear as the protagonist, Saint Frances gives an honest portrayal of a life in flux. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 16 | 19 | 2 | 1,791 |
See You Yesterday | MTR Network | Joi Childs | See You Yesterday doesn't sacrifice the child-like wonder of adventure for a grounded story. For a film in this genre, the stakes are higher than ever before. | 8.5/10 | 10 | 8.5 | 10 | false | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1,791 |
The Farewell | MTR Network | Joi Childs | The Farewell explores the messiness of grief, secrets and family through the lens of east vs. west cultural differences, striking the best balance between comedy and drama. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 16 | 19 | 2 | 1,791 |
The Lion King | MTR Network | Joi Childs | This Jon Favreau-directed adventure aims to bring the much-loved animated world into the new age. And while it succeeds in that objective with transformative animation, it fails to have the emotional weight of the OG. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1,791 |
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