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Onward | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | The adventure and world building in Onward are utterly delightful with an especially effective balance of playfulness and depth. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Ready or Not | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | Who knew a big screen version of "hide and seek" could be such a blast? Ready or Not is an extremely well crafted thrill with a clever mythology, a slew of colorful characters and a stand-out lead performance from Samara Weaving. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Relic | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | Relic is a pretty expertly crafted film and an excellent example of how genre storytelling can get at some very hard truths. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Rim of the World | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | For those with a soft spot for coming-of-age adventures, Rim of the World is just passable, but it's riddled with logic leaps, tonal inconsistencies and out of touch humor. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Scoob! | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | If you're a long time fan of the brand, there might not be enough fun and also depth here to really make it satisfying. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | Successfully embraces the weight of the events of Endgame but still turns on the charm as a coming-of-age adventure. Jon Watts is juggling a lot and manages to do so while giving the film a refreshing flavor and teeing up promising things for the future. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Terminator: Dark Fate | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | I really enjoyed this return to the franchise, I really dug the characters, and I do think Tim Miller had the right eye for this one. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
The Book of Eli | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | Having to put your brain on cruise control to appreciate a movie is never a good sign, but in this film's case, letting yourself go for two hours is well worth it. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
The Happytime Murders | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | It's off-putting, tone deaf, and has zero clever concepts or jokes beyond the trailer. A colossal disappointment and missed opportunity. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | Jack Black and Cate Blanchett are a delightful duo, but a sense of wonder never takes hold here. It's a movie about magic that's disappointingly dull. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
The Hunt | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | It's a really energetic, bloody romp that still gives you some worthwhile food for thought. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
The King of Staten Island | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | Apatow builds a world and a group of characters that you genuinely want to spend more time with. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
The Peanut Butter Falcon | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | This movie is one heaping dose of kindness and support. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
The Perfection | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | Bold, stylish storytelling that takes big chances and rocks two extremely strong lead performances from Logan Browning and Allison Williams. Good luck shaking off the imagery in this one! | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
The Rental | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | It is a solid watch. it plays with how crazy the idea of renting a home from a complete stranger is. It's got a great ensemble and it uses them well... but it does stop short of having something really groundbreaking to say. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Uncorked | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | The general idea of Elijah pursuing this really unique dream played well enough to keep me engaged and also to truly have me care about the outcome of the movie. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Uncut Gems | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | This felt like a one-of-a-kind experience thanks to the Safdie brothers' style. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Upgrade | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | Leigh Whannell absolutely crushes his second directorial effort with an original, exciting story that shows off A+ world-building and a fantastic performance from Logan Marshall-Green. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | Tons of fun, but far too childish to be taken seriously. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Wild Rose | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | Wild Rose features one of the best lead performances of the year, Jessie Buckley as Rose-Lynn. This one is absolutely brimming with energy and heart, and rocks one particularly unforgettable original song that better get some love this awards season. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Yes, God, Yes | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | A charming and highly engrossing feature debut from Karen Maine with a standout nuanced performance from Natalia Dyer. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Youth in Revolt | Perri Nemiroff | Perri Nemiroff | The movie doesn't pack the same punch as the book, but still manages to create a wildly entertaining blend of teen love, awkwardness and vulgarity. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,000 |
Shakespeare in Love | Phantom Tollbooth | Jeffrey Overstreet | It has powerful language and a wealth of talent as its distinguishing marks, but it shies away, curiously, from poetry, subtlety, and art whenever the lovers embrace, and we're left with no heroes or heroines worth swooning for. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,001 |
Knives Out | Phawker | Dan Tabor | Rian Johnson has crafted an edge of your seat mystery that is bitingly relevant as it is clever. Armed with a stellar cast and an irreverent, meticulously-paced script, Johnson has crafted a new genre classic. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,002 |
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Phawker | Dan Tabor | The crux of this dense narrative is a string of reveals that work at the cost of coherence and continuity with everything that has come before. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,002 |
Uncut Gems | Phawker | Dan Tabor | Uncut Gems is tense, sleaze-filled trip through the dark underbelly of New York's Jeweler's Row. Sandler is gloriously unhinged on screen in what is hands-down the performance of his lifetime. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2,002 |
Halloween H20 | Philadelphia City Paper | Cynthia Fuchs | The showdown is grueling, long, with too many climaxes and improbable events, but Laurie's up for it. And that's what you love about her. She does not quit. She's bound and determined to decapitate his ass. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,003 |
Pennies From Heaven | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | It's a mix of a pathetic, soft-core potboiler and a musical extravaganza of yore that leaves a sour taste at its conclusion. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Prom Night | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | [Leslie Nielsen and Jamie Lee Curtis] perform well. In fact, Curtis (an alumna of Halloween and The Fog, and soon to be seen in Terror Train) is very good... it would be great to watch her perform in a riproaring comedy or a searing drama. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Scanners | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | What could have been a dandy super-thriller instead becomes a mediocre display of gruesome special effects in Scanners. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Absence Of Malice | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Director Pollack does a fine job at keeping this tense and emotionally charged story on the right track throughout. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Altered States | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Exciting, powerful and frightening, this sci-fi action flick is a near-masterpeice. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
The Beast Within | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | The Beast Within is a real loser and not worth mentioning except to say don't waste your money. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | false | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
The Big Red One | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | It's an adventure film as refreshing in content and style as The Deer Hunter was horrifyingly realistic and Apocalypse Now was terrifyingly philosophical. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Chariots of Fire | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | [Ian Charleson and [Ben Cross] bring an unrestrained passion to their roles that is both refreshing and invigorating to watch. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Cinderella | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | A fresh and unique interpretation of an age-old tale. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Deathtrap | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Ira Levin's mystery thriller Deathtrap is beginning its fifth year on Broadway -- a certified hit. The movie version, adapted by Jay Presson Allen, is more of a hit and miss. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Evil Under the Sun | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Evil Under the Sun, the latest Agatha Christie murder mystery adapted for the silver screen, offers the escapist moviegoer a hell of a good time. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
The Exterminator | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | How people can conceive of such trash, let alone commit it to film, is beyond the imagination, but movies like The Exterminator deserve to be visited by the Terminix Man. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | false | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Ghost Story | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Director John Irvin opts for cheap thrills instead of sustaining the suspense of the story. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
The Great Santini | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | By all means, see The Great Santini, one of the most rewarding film experiences this or any other year. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Halloween II | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | The suspense generated by the Carpenter/Hill screenplay, which begins with the end of Halloween, builds nerve wrackingly to a satisfying conclusion. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
History of the World---Part I | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | As written and directed by Brooks, the movie's overreliance on sex, scat and Semitic jokes wears painfully thin halfway through the picture. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
The Howling | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | The monster movie is back! | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
La Cage aux Folles II | Philadelphia Gay News | Jack Veasey | After monstrosities like Cruising and Windows, it's a delight to see an upbeat gay movie with loveable characters and a happy ending. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Looker | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Looker is the worst Michael Crichton concoction to date. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Maniac | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Maniac doesn't deserve the paper and ink it takes to print this review. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
My Bodyguard | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | My Bodyguard is one of those movies that is a sheer delight to watch and. a joy to behold when finished. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Quest for Fire | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Quest For Fire is thrilling and awesome in its individual and collective achievements. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Raging Bull | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Scripters Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin would have you believe LaMotta spent most of his life either throwing punches or yelling his head off at whoever was nearby. In short, La Motta's life hardly warrants screen treatment. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Ragtime | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Forman's deft handling of Weller's teeming screenplay is a testament to his skill as a filmmaker. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Raiders of the Lost Ark | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Raiders is a cliffhanger in every sense of the word; the action and suspense never let up, aided by a clever script and the exhilarating directorial hand of Spielberg. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Reds | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Given the impeccable production values, first-rate performances and epic proportions, the movie's just not as intriguing or involving as it should have been. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Rollover | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | The movie, once viewed, may seem farfetched, but then so was everything from sliced bread to men in space until it actually came to be. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Smokey and the Bandit II | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Shame on everybody involved. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Taps | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | An ideal script well played out makes Taps one of the more intriguing movies of the season. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Time Bandits | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | For the most part Time Bandits goes its charming, merry way weaving much hilarity as it does, until the movie careens to its twisted, unorthodox ending. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
True Confessions | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Robert DeNiro and Robert Duvall give masterful performances. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Whose Life Is It Anyway? | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Who's Life is one of the year's best films, not to be missed. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
Xanadu | Philadelphia Gay News | Larry Vitacco | Xanadu offers a wealth of special effects entrancingly strung out along a rather impoverished screenplay. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,004 |
A Bad Moms Christmas | Philadelphia Inquirer | Gary Thompson | Fans can best enjoy the movie the way the bad moms make the best of the holiday: lots of alcohol, lots of forgiveness. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2,005 |
Changing Lanes | Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey | A seething, searing tragedy of unmannerliness. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2,005 |
The Hangover | Philadelphia Inquirer | Gary Thompson | I'm going to say, at the risk of doing time in the blurbitentiary, that The Hangover is the Citizen Kane of bachelor party movies. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,006 |
Catch a Fire | Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea | Luke is fine in the lead, proving that his good work in Antoine Fisher was no fluke. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,006 |
The Good German | Philadelphia Inquirer | Gary Thompson | The Good German doesn't look like a period movie, and it doesn't feel like one. The black-and-white images are thin and garish, with blinding whites that destroy whatever Soderbergh is trying to do with shadow and contrast. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2,006 |
Midnight in Paris | Philadelphia Inquirer | Gary Thompson | There is breezy comedy to be made of a YouTube-age writer meeting the icons and idols of a bygone, classical era, but Allen goes deeper, expanding on his time-travel device to make unexpected and unexpectedly generous observations. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,006 |
Night at the Museum | Philadelphia Inquirer | Gary Thompson | All attempts at non-effects storytelling fall completely flat. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2,006 |
The Spiderwick Chronicles | Philadelphia Inquirer | Carrie Rickey | The director does a nice job of juggling and blending the movie's tricky tones and storylines, which could have gone badly wrong at any juncture. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,006 |
American Factory | Philadelphia Weekly | Stephen Silver | Tells a fascinating story about America today, one that doesn't fit so neatly into any ideological box. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,007 |
Blinded by the Light | Philadelphia Weekly | Stephen Silver | It's all ridiculously, relentlessly corny, but it's joyous enough that I didn't quite mind. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,007 |
The Great Hack | Philadelphia Weekly | Stephen Silver | In a film in which Steve Bannon, Nigel Farage, and various cybercriminal types make appearances, there's a good argument that the biggest villain of the piece is Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,007 |
Un Conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale) | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | Not since, well, Kings & Queen has calling something overstuffed been such a compliment. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Crash | Philadelphia Weekly | Dan Buskirk | Watching the talented cast in Crash hurl venomous racial invective in their interlocking dramas may give the film a consistently charged atmosphere, but it's ultimately no more insightful than an hour of talk radio. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
The Princess and the Frog | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | The Princess and the Frog is never boring, and that's a bad thing. Once it gets going, it rarely slows down, as though doing so would mean parting ways with kids' attention spans -- or shine light on what's a pretty thin storyline. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Arthur Christmas | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | What results has its moments of wily inspiration. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Burlesque | Philadelphia Weekly | Sean Burns | Just terrible enough to make you wish it was even worse. | D+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Centurion | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | Even for the seasoned gorehound, Marshall's films hack off body parts you've never seen hacked off before -- or ever thought you'd want to. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Coraline | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | It would be difficult for any filmmaker to mimic Gaiman's seductively amusing and imaginative writing, and Selick, who also wrote the script, should be commended for not falling back on some golden-tongued narrator. But his Coraline could use more spunk. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Dare | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | I've rarely seen a more rabidly inconsistent film -- astute one moment, stupid the next. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
The Girlfriend Experience | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | Grey is no grand thespian, but she's an incredible presence: Her face projects an inner confidence while also radiating a subtle but unmistakable fragility. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2) | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | Hellboy II is all visuals. With little attempt to organically implement them into the plot, it's essentially nothing more than one awesome creature after another. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Meet Joe Black | Philadelphia Weekly | Zaki Hasan | Meet Joe Black marks the latest in a succession of strong turns by Anthony Hopkins. More than even [Brad] Pitt, the film serves as a showcase for the versatile and talented Oscar winner. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
My Way | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | The twisty narrative resembles a trashy, brain-drained version of the Japanese mega-epic The Human Condition -- at a fifth the length -- that's been crossed with The Fox and the Hound. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Orlando | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | Credit where credit is due: Potter more or less successfully converted a crazy, overflowing tome into something simple and attractive. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Pan's Labyrinth | Philadelphia Weekly | Angelina Conti | With strong performances by much of the cast, particularly the young Baquero, and almost-seamless special effects, the praise is well earned. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
The Simpsons Movie | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | Why do I still feel a bit jilted? Because the premise is actually kind of promising. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Slumdog Millionaire | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | The moony romance is considerably less involving than what preceded it, and that's not even factoring in a climax that literally becomes an episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Tangled | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | The action that follows her escape is more frenetic than inventive, but the character of Rapunzel is a Disney masterpiece unto herself. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
The Hurt Locker | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | The Hurt Locker is amazing as a thoughtful action movie but merely really, really darn good as a character study. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
The Secret World of Arrietty | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | It's the kind of children's film that's easy to overrate, simply for not treating the younger contingent of its audience like ADD-addled freaks, but far easier to enjoy as the handiwork of a relaxed master filmmaker. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Wendy and Lucy | Philadelphia Weekly | Matt Prigge | Reichardt does her best to make the grim story feel organic, bringing a muted, hypnotic stillness echoed by her marquee star. But given our nation's woes, it's likely viewers will cut Wendy and Lucy the teensiest bit of slack that it needs. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,008 |
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood | Philly Voice | Stephen Silver | It's Tarantino at his Tarantino-est. It's just about everything the director has done throughout his career, only more of it. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,009 |
The Lion King | Philly Voice | Stephen Silver | A dull, ponderous affair, which wastes the considerable talents of Donald Glover, Beyonce, and hundreds of skilled CGI engineers. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2,009 |
Yesterday | Philly Voice | Stephen Silver | Enjoyable, if you can get past its unbelievably silly conceit, some flaws in the execution, and the nearly infinite amount of questions its premise opens up | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,009 |
Rocket Science | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Barry Paris | The quality and impact of this charming film are not debatable. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,010 |
Die Hard 2 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | George Anderson | In a summer of wildly violent action films, 'Die Hard 2' stands out. It is the best action movie since 'Lethal Weapon II,' as vastly entertaining, exciting and improbable. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,011 |
Y Tu Mama Tambien | Planet S Magazine | Jon Popick | The pedigree is much stronger than what you'd find in a typical teen rank-out comedy. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,012 |
Ran | PlanetOut | Brandon Judell | But is an Eastern drag performer also homosexual? Or are our Western minds tingeing other cultures with our need to find gays in every closet? | 10/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | false | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2,013 |
Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Playboy Online | Stephen Rebello | Unpredictable, richly detailed, terrifically acted, biting and funny as hell. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,014 |
Rocketman | Playboy Online | Stephen Rebello | The movie soars with its honest portrayal of Sir Elton, anchored by a show-stopping, where-did-that-come-from lead performance from Egerto. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,014 |
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