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A Serious Man
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Lebowski, meet Gopnik.
4/4
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Arbitrage
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Inadvertently pandering on just about every level, except for the end credits, which are quite likely intended to rapidly vacate the theater for the next screening.
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Argo
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Better to watch it as a meta cinema commentary than a historical thriller. Either way, Argo is both smart and fun but ultimately lightweight. Star Wars fans may well cry before the credits roll.
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Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
The Bad Boys II of ****ty propaganda films, morally and aesthetically corrupt yet compulsively watchable in the broad strokes. Somewhere, in heaven, Eisenstein is laughing. Hard.
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Battleship
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
This cheap-looking dung heap doesn't even bother hiding its contempt for paying audiences, and the lack of pretension almost justifies the cynicism on display.
1/4
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Beyond The Black Rainbow
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
If 2001: A Space Odyssey had an evil twin masquerading as a horror film, this would be it. Beyond the Black Rainbow culls from untold volumes of film history even as it delivers its own uniquely brilliant freak-outs.
3.5/4
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Cloud Atlas
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
But for an unnecessary insistence on reinforcing its own themes and motifs, this might have been a great film. I'm still pleased it exists at all.
3/4
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Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Becomes full-on parody without even necessarily recognizing it.
1.5/4
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Haywire
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
"Don't think of her as a woman. That would be a mistake," says an s.o.b. late in this sexy, jazzy exercise, and he couldn't be more wrong. The action film as a love letter to a lethal goddess.
3.5/4
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Killer Joe
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
The humor magnifies the horror, and vice versa. Like the inflammatory Dr. Strangelove, we've sewn these seeds, and we deserve whatever is reaped from them.
3.5/4
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Lawless
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Appropriately solemn and violent, yet strangely lifeless. I imagine a better film was lost in the editing room, and will hopefully be found on Blu-ray.
2.5/4
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Lockout
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Lean, fun, smart without overthinking things and always equipped with a one-liner, Lockout is refreshingly free of the bull**** that plagues so many genre films.
2.5/4
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Moonrise Kingdom
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
So precise it could be alien, so raw and aching it has to be human. Competes with the best of Anderson. A film to be celebrated.
4/4
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Phyllis and Harold
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Sports a talented eye for cinematic images but forgoes much documentarian value in its general refusal to address these matters from a more naturally candid state.
2/4
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Prometheus
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Insulting lip service to 2001 notwithstanding, Prometheus shocks and awes with more than sufficient technical bravura. If only it was as smart as it clearly thinks it is.
2.5/4
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Samsara
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Fantasia, with dead chickens.
3/4
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Savages
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Essentially stupid, but stylistically invigorating, like watching a genius muck about with finger paints like a child on a sugar high. And then it throws it back in your face.
3/4
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Skyfall
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
What propels this grisly chapter is the characters' keen sense of agency.
3.5/4
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Take This Waltz
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Polley's sophomore feature fumbles between reality and fantasy, often insightful but frequently ungrounded. Dig that carnival ride, though.
2.5/4
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The Desert Of Forbidden Art
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
One of the paintings featured herein is currently my Windows desktop image.
3/4
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
If [the film] ultimately resolves without quite plumbing its own depths as much as I'd have preferred, I'm still more than impressed with where it opts to go in the first place.
3/4
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The Dark Knight Rises
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
There's enough that works in The Dark Knight Rises that I can overlook most of the more glaring flaws, but it remains to date the most disappointing film I've seen from 2012.
3/4
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The Deep Blue Sea
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
As rumbling and tremendous a meditation on self and suicide as there's ever been onscreen. Director Terence Davies has now made masterpieces across four decades.
4/4
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The Expendables 2
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Enjoyable, but disappointingly tame compared to its ferocious predecessor. The Expendables 2 is disposable.
2.5/4
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Walks a thin line between the convenient and the absurd.
3/4
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The Possession
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
While frustratingly vague in terms of character and motivation, The Possession is among the more competent of recent studio horror efforts. If only that wasn't the best thing I could say about it.
2.5/4
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This Is Not a Film
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
The truth of what is and isn't lies deep between the lines of this brilliantly elusive meta-commentary, arguably the greatest Iranian film since Abbas Kiarostami's masterpiece Close-Up.
4/4
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Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
I laughed, and frequently. There are also images I can now never forget, and kind of want to. Is this what it was like for all those people I introduced, kicking and screaming, to Aqua Teen Hunger Force?
2.5/4
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Rage
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
It's sobering conclusions are heartfelt, but ultimately unearned.
2/4
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Total Recall
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
While far from terrible, this retread forgoes any qualities to justify its existence in the first place. It will be justly forgotten before long.
2/4
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Under the Skin
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Under the Skin doesn't just affirm the movies' ability to draw us out of our worldview: it raises the bar. I can't wait to watch it five or six more times, at least.
4/4
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The Usual Suspects
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Bryan Singer's poker face is worthless at best.
1/4
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The Wolf Man
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Most horrifying is the potential inability to sway our own innately darker tendencies.
3/4
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Your Sister's Sister
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
What could have been trite male wish-fulfillment is instead beholden to genuinely messy revelations: life as a tattered, living quilt we sew and wear as one.
3/4
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Tron Legacy
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
If only Disney could always be this kinky.
4/5
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Salt
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Streamlining the espionage thriller to its finest essences, Salt efficiently moves its pieces into place and proceeds to knock over the dominoes for a gloriously unrelenting hour.
4/5
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Despicable Me
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
High bar stuff for kids, and pleasant enough for adults.
3.5/5
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127 Hours
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
[James Franco]'s as good to this film as Tom Hanks was to the similar, superior Cast Away.
3/5
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25th Hour
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Finds beauty in the silver linings and embodies the notion that we're stronger than we usually realize we can be.
5/5
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Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
It's nearly perfect.
4/5
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Black Swan
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Retarded ballerina horror.
3.5/5
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Burlesque
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Small potatoes to Verhoeven's masterpiece are still quite good.
3.5/5
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Carbon Nation
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Will the grandchildren of our grandchildren cherish our memory because we rose as one and did the right thing?
3/5
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Casino Jack
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Embodies the apathy of all those bad liberals who talk about how terrible things are and continue about their day.
2/5
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Cop Out
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
As something of a Kevin Smith fan, this mostly hurt to watch.
2/5
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Date Night
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Thank you, Hangover, for making overly calculated screenplay 101's posing as off-the-cuff works of controlled insanity the norm for mainstream middlebrow comedy.
1.5/5
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Disneynature Oceans
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Compactly profound, appropriately humbling, and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
4/5
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Easy A
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Stone elevates the material to the near sublime in its best moments.
3/5
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The Green Hornet
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
With Jäger, it'd probably be a blast.
3/5
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Judging by this first half, this touchstone series is well on its way to getting the sendoff it deserves.
4/5
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Inception
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Only someone who never saw (or appreciated) Dark City would be able to call it visionary.
2/5
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Jurassic Park
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
As an action film, as an auteurist vision, as a blockbuster, as a humanist statement...it's a masterpiece.
5/5
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Legion
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
A few minutes shorter, and an ending that doesn't outright quote the beginning of the movie, and we might have had something here.
3/5
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Let Me In
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Joins Werner Herzog's Nosferatu and David Cronenberg's The Fly as one of the greatest horror movie remakes
4/5
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The Other Guys
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Savory, like wine, but ridiculous as all hell.
4/5
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Pulp Fiction
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Look deeply enough, and the universe emerges in full.
5/5
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Putty Hill
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Whether it's the joyously impromptu screech of a surprised girl or the dead-end escape that concludes the film, Putty Hill's slice of life is bittersweet indeed.
3.5/5
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Repulsion
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
You may feel the urge to laugh out of sheer need to break the tension, and Polanski knows it.
5/5
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Resident Evil: Afterlife
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
The DVD needs to come with a drinking game feature, do you hear me Sony?
3.5/5
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Essentially amounts to a case of what could have been.
3/5
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Tangled
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Leave it to Rapunzel's sidekick chameleon, Pascal, to pick up the slack. Someone give this little guy a movie all his own.
2.5/5
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That Evening Sun
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Forget Up in the Air: That Evening Sun is truly a film for our times.
4/5
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The Social Network
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Almost certainly deliberately indebted to [Citizen] Kane, a quality that wordlessly speaks to Zuckerberg's own inflated ego.
4.5/5
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The Fighter
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Earns its way into your heart with good old-fashioned legwork, Capra-corn lite with a dusting of grit.
4/5
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Witless, suit-and-tie porn posing as Great Art.
1/5
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The King's Speech
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
A scantily used Rorschach device typifies the wasted potential here.
2.5/5
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The Town
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
The cast is uniformly game, restrained, earthy, and will probably prove superior to at least half of those nominated for Oscars next year.
4/5
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True Grit
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
As a nearly-definitive cinematic representation, one doubts it will ever be contested.
4.5/5
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Unstoppable
Projection Booth
Rob Humanick
Promises, and delivers.
4/5
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The Break-Up
Providence American
Kam Williams
Right up there with the best of the revenge genre, and earns praise from this critic for its sophisticated brand of humor which kept me in stitches from start to finish.
4/4
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Bad Lieutenant
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
When I think back on watching this film, two thoughts immediately cross my mind. First, it was a terribly unpleasant experience, and secondly, it was a brilliant.
10/10
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Blade Runner
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
A visually stunning, film, a truly influential masterpiece that has been copied time and time again. Unfortunately, it is also an emotionally vacant and ultimately unrewarding film experience.
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Alita: Battle Angel
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
With all its flaws, I loved Alita: Battle Angel. Maybe because I grew up with this character and I'm biased, maybe because I like science fiction, action, or because I loved Salazar's work as Alita. Probably all together [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
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American Son
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
Kerry Washington is a force of nature. [Full review in Spanish]
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Bad Boys for Life
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
An entertaining combination of action, comedy, madness, with one of the most insane third acts I've seen [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
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Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
Let yourself be carried away by Harley's madness, Helena's attitude, Dinah's strength, Renée's power, and the absolute, perfect, wonderful, lunacy of McGreggor's Sionis. [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
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Bohemian Rhapsody
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
An entertaining movie that sometimes chastise Mercury more than honor him but gets upped by Malik's almost mystical performance (Full Spanish review in link)
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Breakthrough
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
Metz is undoubtedly the main reason Breakthrough works. The actress has an enviable ability to transmit emotions in an organic and raw way, taking the audience emotion through emotion at will [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
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Dark Phoenix
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
The good news is that this is not the worst X-Men movie. The bad news is that that's not saying much, right X-Men Origins? [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
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Dolemite Is My Name
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
Murphy better than ever in a fantastic movie giving tribute to a pioneer, and a loving letter to dreamers, misfits, and outcasts everywhere. [Full review in Spanish]
4/5
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Earthquake Bird
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
A movie that confuses stuffiness with depth [Full review in Spanish]
2/5
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Eli
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
Eli has a couple of tense sequences, and decent jump scares, with an ending I honestly didn't saw coming [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
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Extraction
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
This is not going to win any award for performance, direction or script but you and I don't care, because is ridiculously fun, gritty, absurd and perfect to distract us for its duration. [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
It is not a bad movie, rather frustrating, especially for those who understand the original intention. Efron's performance as Bundy is well worth giving it a watch [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
I can't call it a bad movie but I can't neither praise it as much as I love this magical universe. I'll seat it right in the level of Chamber of Secrets Territory [Full Review in Spanish]
3/5
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Fractured
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
This is the kind of movie we, non-ironically, would've called a "hidden gem" in the video-club days, after finding it on the "straight-to-video" section [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
5
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Gemini Man
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
I liked Gemini Man but I won't defended it against anyone who didn't [Full Review in Spanish]
3/5
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
Dougherty at least recognizes the opportunity he has to throw us into a world of beasts fighting each other, destroying everything on their path, and takes full advantage of it [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
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Halloween
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
Entertaining, with humor from time to time but,serious when it has to be, it's an excellent option for those looking for some decent jump scares at the movies
3/5
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Hustlers
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
I didn't know what to expect from Hustlers, and I found a story of survival, sisterhood, friendship, moral relativity, crime and punishment, and Jennifer Lopez's best work since Out of Sight. [Full review in Spanish]
4/5
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I Lost My Body
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
A wonderful trip like no other, subverting expectations, challenging emotions. A cinematic experience like few dare to do [Full review in Spanish]
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In the Tall Grass
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
What could've been a great 40 minute episode of a Black Mirror type of series, was turned into a painfully long flick that gets lost in the depth of its own ego [Full Review in Spanish]
2/5
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Joker
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
In an era where almost all films look the same, sound the same, and taste same thing, few filmmakers dare to do something like Joker, much less big studios. [Full review in Spanish]
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Klaus
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
One must be brave to re-write the story of an almost universal character like Santa Claus, but Klaus takes on the challenge with cunning, sympathy and humor. [Full review in Spanish]
3/5
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Let It Snow
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
Another production mostly saved by the charisma of its protagonists, that should please those seeking a simple adolescent romantic comedy. [Full review in Spanish]
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Miss Bala
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
It has some few decent sequences, but the Hollywood obsession with creating franchises and sequels barely allows a definitive ending, promising a continuation that probably will never come [Full review in Spanish]
2/5
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Once Upon a Deadpool
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
I would lie if I said that I didn't enjoyed Once Upon a Deadpool but can't give enough reasons to tell anyone to watch it if they're not hardcore fans [Full review available in Spanish]
3/5
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Once Upon a Time In Hollywood
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
With this fairy tale, Tarantino tried to exorcise demons that'd been haunting an industry based on lies, fantasies and dreams, for five decades. It's also his cruelest Prank. [Full review in Spanish]
4.5/5
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Onward
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
An emotional and fun story for the whole family, it made me laugh from beginning to end and then left me tearful and wanting to continue in that world. [Full Review in Spanish]
3.5/5
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Parasite (Gisaengchung)
QiiBO
Jorge Rivera Rubio
The conversation about the gap between social classes is cynical, fun, and exasperating, because Bong doesn't simply talks about rich versus poor, but things that few people dare to talk about. [Full review in Spanish]
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