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Point Blank | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | Director Joe Lynch does a good enough job of keeping the action going without over-extending its welcome and letting Mackie, Grillo and Harden do their thing [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Pokémon Detective Pikachu | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | It is an entertaining adventure for the whole family but, whom will definitely enjoy it more than anyone else are those who have been collecting the 'pocket monsters' for some time [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Ready or Not | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | I loved Ready or Not. Is the kind of movie I'll watch several times and I'll probably use to determine whom I'll allow to be my friend, from now on. [Full review in Spanish] | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Richard Jewell | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | It's not as good as it could've been, but it's still an example of the immense power that institutions have over their citizens and the urgent need to criticize them when they're wrong, and demand greater responsibility [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Rocketman | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | Rocketman is many things: biography, comedy, drama, musical, and theater of the absurd. But above all, it is an honest testimony of the immense power of art in our lives. [Full review in Spanish] | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | It works because is fun. Spider-Man is a fun hero and Far From Home understands it. [Full Review in Spanish] | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Stuber | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | It does not skimp on strong jokes or violence to take advantage of its 90 minutes, and thanks to the high chemistry of its protagonists, it overcomes its deficiencies. [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Terminator: Dark Fate | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | Linda Hamilton proves she was the missing ingredient, and altogether the intense action sequences and humor, makes it the best since Terminator 2 [Full Review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
The Angry Birds Movie 2 | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | With summer ending, and classes starting, The Angry Birds Movie 2 is an excellent choice for one last visit to the cinema with the whole family. [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
The Art of Racing in the Rain | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | This will not win any awards for best film, but all manufacturers of nose napkins will appreciate the increase in sales. [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
The Dirt | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | If this movie were a person, it grabbed my butt, offered me drugs, puked on my shoes and, after apologizing, tried to get on with my wife. I had a blast watching it! [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
The Highwaymen | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | Is not that The Highwaymen is a bad movie, is that it's just... boring. Others would say "reflexive" but, in reality, it never really starts, and the few moments of tension are not enough to justify the time between them | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
The King | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | It starts slow but the last two acts hurry things up, and fans of royalty movies (like me) will probably like it the most. [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
The Laundromat | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | An unfocused hybrid of drama and comedy that never manages to organize enough to tell its necessary story [Full review in Spanish] | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | Lord & Miller once again prove to be masters of dealing with deep and elaborated topics using sensible humor without feeling preachy [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
The Two Popes | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | Catholics should love it, and could please lovers of liturgies and secrets. For the rest of us, it's a good movie about an unlikely friendship of two complicated humans, with two excellent performances. [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Uncut Gems | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | Uncut Gems confronts its audience with the idea that, perhaps deep down, we like to see bad people getting away with it [Full review in Spanish] | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Unicorn Store | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | Unicorn Store deserves a look, even if out of curiosity. Larson shows how much she learned from the directors she has worked with, but also has her own brilliance, and she leaves me waiting to see his next project. [Full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Widows | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | McQueen doesn't reinvent the heist movie but rises the bar for future entries, while Viola Davis should be getting more award-polishing cream [Full review in Spanish in link] | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Zombieland: Double Tap | QiiBO | Jorge Rivera Rubio | The creative force behind the camera seems to believe that people cared more about viscera and humor than the heartfelt story of broken people becoming a family at end of the world [full review in Spanish] | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,040 |
Cats | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Linda Cook | Purr-fectly dreadful. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2,041 |
Daybreakers | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Linda Cook | So over the top you can't help but like at least some of it, 'Daybreakers' is pulsing with gore, mayhem and dark humor | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,041 |
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Linda Cook | Uneven in tone and full of action, "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" is an above-average fever dream of a movie that's a grownup nod to a grim fairy tale. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,041 |
Blush (Imaginary Order) | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Linda Cook | This gives a "Bridesmaids" favorite a chance to flex her dramatic muscles. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,041 |
Lion | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Linda Cook | A beautiful, true-life story about adoption and how connected we all are, regardless of our beginnings or travels. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,041 |
Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation | Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | Linda Cook | There are spies among us. And that's a good thing. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,041 |
22 July | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Greengrass manages to avoid turning the film into an utterly dire, hopeless watch. It's devastating, to be sure, but not defeatist. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
A Star Is Born | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Cooper finds a new voice too, as a director. The actor understands how to stage a scene (as well as stage a literal stage-the concert scenes are stunning) in ways that, like the acting, feel instinctive. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Annihilation | Quartz | Adam Epstein | It's a thrilling, original, relentlessly disquieting existential nightmare of a movie. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Apollo 11 | Quartz | Adam Epstein | It is a depiction of a wondrous human experience, told with startling clarity. It's as close as any of us will ever get to that big gray rock floating far above our heads. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Arrival | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Villeneuve and company change the game right in front of your eyes, and you don't realize it until the exact moment that you need to. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Black Panther | Quartz | Adam Epstein | It's the most formidable Marvel film to date; a cinematic artifact that feels like it shouldn't belong to the corporate superhero apparatus. But it's really exciting to know that it does. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
BlacKkKlansman | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Stallworth's operation is just one small victory in an ongoing struggle, and Lee makes sure we leave the theater knowing that struggle is far from over. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Blade Runner 2049 | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Directed by Arrival maestro Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049 is a film that, like all of us-human and replicant alike- actively wrestles with its own existence. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Bohemian Rhapsody | Quartz | Adam Epstein | It's cautious and inoffensive. And that's exactly why it's so disappointing. The Freddie Mercury biopic is the antithesis of its subject's abundant energy, his fearless artistry. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Dunkirk | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Dunkirk ends on the burning remnants of Tom Hardy's Spitfire, an emblem of the fire of the human spirit that rages wherever injustice might try to put it out. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Eighth Grade | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Beneath the veneer of a quippy teenage dramedy, Eighth Grade is a devastating study of anxiety, depicting with keen insight the crushing weight of the disease. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
First Man | Quartz | Adam Epstein | First Man isn't the giant leap for mankind. It's Armstrong's one small step, and it's all the better for it. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Mid90s | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Without this believable group of kids, Mid90s would have fallen apart. It's a testament to Hill's ability as a writer and director that it didn't, that he was able to elicit such strong performances. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
mother! | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Mother! feels like a terrible dream you had when you were younger-one you thought was about one thing but realize years later that it was actually about something else. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Suspiria | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Guadagnino bounces around from calm to frenetic and back again, instilling each scene with a sense of unpredictability-it can all cohere or implode at any moment. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Despite having only the Western genre and a vague thematic through-line of "death" in common, the stories build on one another, subtly cohering into something greater than the sum of its parts. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
The Disaster Artist | Quartz | Adam Epstein | As a meta commentary on the misunderstood visionary, The Disaster Artist is a triumph. Yes, it's another of Franco's earnest forays, but this one works because it's so deeply personal. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
The Florida Project | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Moonee is somehow relentlessly entertaining without ever, even in the slightest bit, coming across like a child mascot dreamed up solely for our amusement. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
The Shape of Water | Quartz | Adam Epstein | The film proves that intentional ambiguity doesn't necessarily mean a story ends unsettled. That it doesn't explicitly tell you which interpretation to have makes all of them more powerful. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Us | Quartz | Adam Epstein | Us puts a huge, can't-miss spotlight on Peele's acute sense of the iconic moment. Every other scene, line, image, and music cue seem destined to live on in the collective cultural psyche. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,042 |
Kick-Ass | Queer Sighted | Alonso Duralde | While it's by no means a perfect movie, it often feels like the purest distillation of adolescent male power fantasies ever portrayed on screen. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | true | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2,043 |
Alice in Wonderland | Queer Sighted | Alonso Duralde | The episodic nature of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland doesn't really lend itself to traditional three-act plotting, but screenwriter Linda Woolverton puts Alice through her Joseph Campbell reluctant-hero paces, and none of it ever sparks. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | true | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2,043 |
Clash of the Titans | Queer Sighted | Alonso Duralde | To make up for the lack of dramatic oomph in the screenplay, director Louis Leterrier frequently pumps up the volume, particularly on Ramin Djawadi's score, which sounds like cobbled-together outtakes from The Amazing Race. | 0.5/5 | 5 | 0.5 | 5 | true | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2,043 |
Cop Out | Queer Sighted | Alonso Duralde | Whether or not it's a huge hit in its theatrical release, Cop Out will definitely become the kind of movie that will make you drop the remote when it starts popping up on cable. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | true | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2,043 |
Handsome Harry | Queer Sighted | Alonso Duralde | Gay audiences -- and probably straight ones -- will see the twists coming from a mile away, but a cast this strong makes the trip worth taking anyway. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | true | 5 | 11 | 2 | 2,043 |
She's Out of My League | Queer Sighted | Alonso Duralde | And even if League isn't up to the Judd Apatow/Kevin Smith standards of smart-guy rom-coms, it's still funny and charming enough to rate as a lovely little post-Oscar season date movie. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | true | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2,043 |
Bit | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | For women seeking a film that acknowledges the power hungry motives of men, for fans of punk rock vampires and, most significantly, for trans audiences eager for positive and engaging representation, Bit feels like a breath of fresh air. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
Bloodshot | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | The film may be formulaic in a lot of ways, but it's also surprisingly smart. When it delivers, it's good dumb fun. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
Brightburn | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | WhileBrightburn gives its characters short shrift, the filmdeserves praise for its willingness to go dark and gory. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
Countdown | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | ...this is a middling 2019 horror entry that isn't as bad critics made it out to be, but it's exceedingly forgettable. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
Paradise Hills | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | Waddington's direction and the film's female-centric focus are most welcome, but story-wise Paradise Hills doesn't quite meet the mark. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
Pledge | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | At its core, Pledge is an uncomfortable examination of the conflicts that can arise when desire and power intersect in bro-social situations. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | ...Abrams took what he, Terrio and Lucasfilm executives...deemed the least polarizing route, which was to return to the model Abrams used for The Force Awakens and deliver a safe, albeit bland, wrap-up that doesn't offend anyone | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
Terminator: Dark Fate | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | Yes, this is unabashedly a big, dumb action film, but it's also a stunningly progressive film that completely shifts the typical Hollywood narrative to privilege an illegal immigrant POC as the most important woman in the world. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
The Fanatic | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | Sawa is the Gershon of this Showgirls-level debacle; he is the only one in on the joke and when he's onscreen, The Fanatic briefly becomes a Lifetime-worthy guilty pleasure. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
The Forest of the Lost Souls (A Floresta das Almas Perdidas) | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | What the film lacks in substance, however, it more than makes up for in ruthless efficiency. It is a surprisingly cruel film, which is an inherent part of its charm. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
The Owners | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | [T]he film is little more than a series of violent encounters that feel both familiar and desperate to shock. With no characters to root for and a runtime that feels punishingly long for what it's doing, The Owners is a mean, unpleasant slog. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
The Wretched | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | Not only is this the kind of top notch Canadian indie horror that we can be proud of, it's got some pretty amazing creature and sound design. Not to mention the fact that this film is mean. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
Trick | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | ..the shoddy plot, paper thin characters, and poor pacing sinks what could have been a solid slasher. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
Why Don't You Just Die! (Papa, sdokhni) | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | There's something delightful about a film that pits disreputable (but not despicable!) characters against each other and then lets them hack away at each other mercilessly. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
You Might Be the Killer | Queer.Horror.Movies. | Joe Lipsett | Ultimately You Might Be The Killers overstays its welcome and sputters to a (foregone) conclusion that relies too much on unearned audience investment in secondary characters who are little more than types. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,044 |
Burning Dog | Quelle Movies | Alejandro Turdo | Trey Batchelor's directorial debut tmixes a wide array of genres such as action, comedy, buddy cop movies, criminal heist and double crossing scenarios with their matching tropes, resulting in quite a particular and unorthodox blend on screen. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2,045 |
Chameleon | Quelle Movies | Alejandro Turdo | Chameleon's non-linear narrative and slow-paced rythm turns a small crime story into a though-provoking piece that earns some unexpected and well deserved rewatchability value. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2,045 |
Champs | Quelle Movies | Alejandro Turdo | Supported by Tyson, Hopkins and Holyfield's personal journey, Champs delivers a deep analysis of boxing not only as a sport but also as a key social element of the American culture and its desperate need for improvement. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2,045 |
Fame-ish | Quelle Movies | Alejandro Turdo | Writer, director, voice talent and actor Jeff Nimoy decided to make his feature debut a Rom-Com in an actual anime-con. Fame-ish becomes as meta as it gets and ventures into nerd territory with some entertaining screwball extravaganza. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2,045 |
The Bellmen | Quelle Movies | Alejandro Turdo | The Bellmen's comedy riff and deadpan humor follows the beat of its own drum. It might not be everybody's cup of tea, but it sure benefits from a troupe of charming characters and the absurdity of its plot. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2,045 |
Toss It | Quelle Movies | Alejandro Turdo | Toss It works best as a layered story disguised as an anti-romantic comedy. A dark approach at middle-aged single people in current times. You won't get a straight answer. Instead, different points of view on the subject matter unveil. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2,045 |
Fahrenheit 451 | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | Truffaut's movie clearly suffered from a troubled shoot - Truffaut didn't actually know English - so his oddball take on the material succeeds in only fits and bursts. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Adult World | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | It is genuinely funny and surprisingly touching by the end, which is more than can be said for most of Hollywood's efforts of late. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
All Cheerleaders Die | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | [The directors have] way too much fun gruesomely dispatching the female characters who have suddenly lost all of the pluck, humour, and cheerleading spirit they spent the first hour attempting to instill in them. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
American Splendor | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | Like Ghost World before it, Pulcini and Berman have taken an unconventional comic and given it a cinematic make-over. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Ben-Hur | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | At 212 minutes it is far too long, and large swathes of the action appear redundant or unnecessary. "Bigger than Ben-Hur!" they say. That may not be a compliment. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Blue Velvet | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | To watch [Lynch's] 1986 neo-noir masterpiece Blue Velvet is to be plunged headfirst into the mind of an extraordinary filmmaker ... who made one of the finest dissections of the American mythos yet seen. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Charlie Countryman | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | The ugly step-child of In Bruges with none of the class or wit, Charlie Countryman is truly terrible. | F | long_letter | null | null | false | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Endless Love | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | for a younger audience seeking out a serious exploration of teen sexuality, Endless Love will prove to be soporific and - most disappointing of all - sexually tepid and timid. | D | long_letter | null | null | false | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | E.T. remains Spielberg's finest demonstration of his ability to merge the feelings of suburban dissatisfaction - alienation, if you will - that permeates a lot of his work, with a unique sense of childhood wonder and imagination | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Fargo | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | Deceptive in its storytelling choices, economical with its plotting, and sly with its dialogue, this Oscar winner is truly incredible. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | Unless viewed through the prism of psychedelic habituates, it is unlikely audiences will find much to savour in Gilliam's picture. | D+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
How I Live Now | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | The strength of How I Live Now is its refreshingly stripped back aesthetic, committed performances from its young cast, and a screenplay that doesn't sugar-coat its horrors or the way teenagers interact. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
I, Frankenstein | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | Devoid of any appeal that isn't concentrated around star Aaron Eckhart's impeccably-sculpted muscles, this effects-laden lump of cinematic coal is as nonsensical and ill-conceived as it is boring. | D- | long_letter | null | null | false | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Jaws | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | With no superheroes or post-apocalyptic wastelands in sight, the skill behind Jaws becomes even more thrilling to watch unfold. ... Quite literally, Jaws is the original and the best. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Jurassic Park | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | Spielberg was wise to not rely entirely on computer images, rather blending the new technology with old-fashioned practical designs and the result is a film that looks far better than any modern tentpole blockbuster. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Le Week-End | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | Handsomely photographed - then again, it's hard to make Paris ugly - Le Week-End is what Jesse and Celine may have to look forward to in 20 years. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Out of the Furnace | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | Almost as if attempting to recreate the setting of a Bruce Springsteen song ... it's wonderful to look at if not necessarily to watch. | D+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Raze | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | Raze ultimately becomes little more than a tiresome endurance test ... Still, much like a less accomplished The Raid, some viewers may respond to its bloody, take-no-prisoners style. | D+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Sophie's Choice | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | And while Meryl Streep's performance is largely worthy of its laurels ... the film around it is much harder to forgive. Beyond Streep, Sophie's Choice is little more than a tediously assembled WWII drama of interminable length. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
The Great Beauty | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | The title is about as spot on as you can get and this is ultimately a film that raises the search for beauty in this world to a stylish art. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
The Invisible Woman | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | As if deliberately choosing to cast the most milquetoast actor he could find to be 'invisible', Jones is completely unable to register the fierce eroticism and longing that is needed for her character. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
The Wind Rises | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | [W]hile the subject is admittedly darker, the whimsically drawn animation is a typically beautiful delight full of swirling rhapsodies of colour and eye-popping action sequences. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Vampire Academy | Quickflix | Glenn Dunks | Rarely have I felt such disconnect between material and the actors tasked with performing it as I did with Mark Waters' Vampire Academy. | D+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2,046 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | RTÉ (Ireland) | John Byrne | This is a vast improvement on the 2014 film, and certainly sets the bar for this summer's round of blockbusters. Cow a-fun-ga! | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,047 |
Tolkien | RTÉ (Ireland) | Alan Corr | Tolkien, at least, provides welcome relief after the recent glut of film hagiographies of esteemed English writers. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,047 |
Smallfoot | Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) | Rachel Wagner | It's sort of weird but it was creative. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,048 |
The Wind Rises | Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) | Rachel Wagner | It does have a lot of really lovely sequences. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,048 |
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