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Bad Moon | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | "Bad Moon" isn't a great film, but it is a competent one with enough inspiration and individuality to impress. It is easy to see why it has built up an affectionate little following over the last few decades. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Bedknobs and Broomsticks | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | [Blu-ray Review] Some movies from childhood hold up when they are seen as an adult, and others do not, trapped only in the nostalgia of the time in which they were first watched. Recommended for fans, but temper expectations. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Class of 1984 | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | As socially conscious as "Class of 1984" is, the film's greater aim is as a crowd-provoking, albeit well-made, exploitation pic. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Clown | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | [Blu-ray Review] Classy and icky, atmospheric and chilling, "Clown" astutely plays into the unknown mystique coulrophobia is made of. Highly recommended. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
The Curse of the Cat People | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | Unexpectedly perceptive in its sympathetic observance of the pangs of childhood and the wondrous possibilities of imagination. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
The Dark Half | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | A riveting horror-thriller with a textured sense of location and encroaching menace. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Frogs | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | If "Frogs" isn't always perfectly logical, it is unnerving, providing apt foreshadowing to its ecological, don't-mess-with-nature themes without having to turn the proceedings into a preachy message movie. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Fun & Fancy Free | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | [Blu-ray Review] Disney's 2-in-1 Blu-ray release of "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" and "Fun & Fancy Free" is an irresistible deal that should become a mainstay in any Disney fan's high-def library. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Graduation Day (Día de Graduación) | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | An ideal weekend movie, the sort of entertaining low-budget horror item that will work best for audiences looking to unwind and have fun after a long, busy work week. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Hackers | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | An onslaught of lame plotting, dopey writing and cornball histrionics. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Hercules | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | [Blu-ray Review] Isn't one of the Mouse House's absolute best, but it is an astutely written entertainment with a keen aesthetic sense and a fun ensemble of characters. For Disney collectors, picking "Hercules" up is a no-brainer. Highly recommended. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Howling II | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | Isn't what one would call a chilling time at the cinema, but it has such a cool '80s-retro vibe to its score, its tight editing, and its gorgeous locations that it hardly matters when it falls into clunky absurdity. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
The Last Unicorn | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | Holds a forlorn, poetic beauty that separates it from the more conventional family-targeted animated features of its timeor any era, for that matter. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
The Legend of Hell House | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | Fans of "The Legend of Hell House" and haunted house stories in general should have no qualms about picking up a copy. Recommended. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Leviathan | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | Pulled off with a fine cast and a taut storytelling sensibility from director George P. Cosmatos, the film is worth a revisit or a first-time look, whichever the case may be. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | Features a compelling plot and some stylish individual moments of tension during the thunderous climax, but its energy is sapped and forward momentum severely lacking. One patiently waits for it to take off, and it never fully does. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Motel Hell | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | [Blu-ray Review] For genre fans of the offbeat, horrific and tongue-in-cheek, Scream Factory's impressively packed Collector's Edition Blu-ray release of "Motel Hell" is worth seeking out. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
On Golden Pond | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | The truth of its characters and emotions carry the film from start to finish. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
The People Under The Stairs | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | As a horror film and an allegory that is just as timely in the 21st century as it was in the early 1990s, "The People Under the Stairs" actually has something to say beyond its goal to frighten. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Pumpkinhead | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | "Pumpkinhead" is horror, fantasy, supernatural thriller and tragedy all wrapped up in an enthralling, phatasmagorically realized whole. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | On the whole, this isn't a bad sequel, but it is a lesser one that lacks the heart and unlikely charm of Stan Winston's picture. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Rabid | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | Remains effectively squirmy, gruesome, and even prescient nearly forty years after its release. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Scarecrows | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | "Scarecrows" can be picked apart quite easily, but there is also a reason the film has gained a small yet passionate cult following in the decades since its release. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Shocker | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | If "Shocker" careens off its rails, however, Craven's puppet-master command behind the scenes remains in evidence; his direction is never in doubt, even when shreds of his script are. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Tales from the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | Works best as religious satire, but never quite takes off as a mystery or a tale involving bloodsuckers. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | It may not be a classic or even as successful as the genuinely unsettling 1972 E.C. Comics adaptation, but now, just as in 1995, it fulfills its goal as a sardonic, blessedly unpretentious creature feature. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
The Food of the Gods | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | A flagrant disregard for animals' rightsall for the purposes of a schlocky B-moviegives "The Food of the Gods" a nasty, unclean stench that steals away whatever fun there is to be had. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | false | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | [Blu-ray Review] A top-notch A/V offering, a few short but cute extra features, and a slight but likable movie for any agewhat's not to like? Disneyphiles and families with little ones should be confident in picking up this title. Gawrsh! | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
The Car | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | "Jaws" ripoff or not, "The Car" succeeds at making a vehicle just as threatening as any psychopath or killer shark. It's no "Duel," to be sure, but it's pretty solid all the same. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
The Houses October Built | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | This is a somewhat tiresome found-footage excursion admirable in how it came together, and disappointing that it couldn't have added up to more than it ultimately does. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Toy Story of Terror! | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | A brief but entertaining addition to the series canon. Disney's Blu-ray release comes with an audio commentary, three more "Toy Story" short films, and a bunch of other worthwhile extras. An engaging package that is easily recommendable. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
WolfCop | TheBluFile.com | Dustin Putman | Aims for laughs but mostly earns raised eyebrows and knowing smirks instead. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,384 |
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | TheDCTVshow | Ben Rolph | Birds of Prey is a stylishly fantastic ride. Margot Robbie is on top-form. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,385 |
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | TheDCTVshow | Ben Rolph | Once more, I found myself spellbound throughout. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2,385 |
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | TheDCTVshow | Ben Rolph | A very good Star Wars film. It has moments of greatness and is a fitting end to the trilogy. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,385 |
The Death of Superman / Reign of the Supermen Double Feature | TheDCTVshow | Ben Rolph | It feels like a comic book, It feels like its ripped off the page. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,385 |
Venom | TheDCTVshow | Ben Rolph | It's all about that connection between Eddie and Venom, which is very funny and it works | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,385 |
The Man in the Moon | TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) | Mark Pfeiffer | Mulligan uses a delicate touch in revealing the confusion in growing up and the loss in discovering that the world isn't as simple or perfect as children believe it to be. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2,386 |
Good Night, And Good Luck | TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) | Mark Pfeiffer | Good Night, and Good Luck. is a riveting newsroom entertainment that beckons [Murrow's] successors to follow his lead. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,387 |
Ever After: A Cinderella Story | TheMovieReport.com | Michael Dequina | The freshness of the entire affair and the exuberance of its execution, bolstered by sweet chemistry between Barrymore and Scott, goes a long way in charming the viewer. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2,388 |
Gia | TheMovieReport.com | Michael Dequina | No review available | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,389 |
6 Underground | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | It's not clever. It's not classy. He thinks it is. But it's bold and tough, and you will respect the awesome might of military technology, else be visited in the night by wicked-rad army ninjas in stealth Blackhawks... | D- | long_letter | null | null | false | 6 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Always Be My Maybe | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | ...a noble idea, but nothing close to the near-philosophical musings on life, loss, belonging and contentment is found here. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Atlantics | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | The result is an unsettling tale of human plight and otherworldly reckoning that is haunting in every sense of the word. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Booksmart | TheShiznit.co.uk | Ali Gray | Booksmart has a cock-sure strut - it's a film that's big on confidence, thicc with swagger and it hums with the virility of youth | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Captain Marvel | TheShiznit.co.uk | Matt Looker | There is a sense here though that the MCU formula is now being relied upon to paper over some of the cracks in the storytelling. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Dolemite Is My Name | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Murphy needs a good palate cleanser for a number of reasons - and in Dolemite Is My Name he's found it. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Earthquake Bird | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Earthquake Bird is definitely a cut above Netflix's usual fare. On a surface level the film doesn't have that weird plastic sheen Netflix releases always seem to be cheapened by. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | If you enjoyed the original series and respect Gilligan's commitment to giving Jesse a send off, you'll probably get a lot out of this extra two hours of screen time. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Elizabeth Harvest | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Elizabeth Harvest is an effective enough sci-fi thriller which puts the science on the backseat in favour of shock twists. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
First Man | TheShiznit.co.uk | Ali Gray | Telling the movie through the eyes of Armstrong is a mission in itself; to paraphrase JFK, it's a choice to tell a story not because it is easy, but because it is hard. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Fractured | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Basically what I'm saying is we've seen this film several times before - but that's not necessarily a bad thing. There's plenty of room for contemporary remakes/re-tellings/rehashes... | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Gemini Man | TheShiznit.co.uk | Ali Gray | What's truly baffling is why a movie boasting such impressive visuals would be sold so short by a story that feels like something Steven Seagal would have passed on in 1998. | D+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Glass | TheShiznit.co.uk | Matt Looker | Glass is more interested in having the characters from its two predecessor films meet and confront each other than in actually having anything happen when they do. | C- | long_letter | null | null | false | 9 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Halloween | TheShiznit.co.uk | Ali Gray | Halloween (2018) is hollow and joyless, like a sad old pumpkin left out to rot | D | long_letter | null | null | false | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
High Flying Bird | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | A thoughtful, cerebral entry in this black renaissance period. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
I Am Mother | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | This is where I Am Mother distinguishes itself - bypassing doomsday to what happens in the aftermath, and how we come back. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
In the Tall Grass | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | It all sounds intriguingly mysterious, but in play it's a frustratingly wrought sequence of vague weirdness that seems to be weird for the sake of it, until finally it has to somehow end. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Isn't It Romantic | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | It's a deft setup for a number of clever sight and continuation gags as romcom tropes are flipped and flipped again. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Knock Down the House | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Lears makes efficient use of time, diving just enough into the lives of the candidates to understand where they're coming from, but not making them come across so weepy as to be ineffectual. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Murder Mystery | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | It would be welcome to see more movies between them in the same vein, even if Murder Mystery was a bit of an uninspired trek... | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Paddleton | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | A drily ambling exploration of masculinity and overcoming self-imposed barriers... | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Period. End of Sentence. | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Period. End of Sentence. may be a fairly flimsy documentary that never lives up to that puntastic title, but what it does do is serve as a necessary conversation starter. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Polar | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Polar is a cliched, sloppy mess of sub-standard action and forgettable lines that might entertain someone who has never seen a movie from the last decade of R-rated action cinema. | D | long_letter | null | null | false | 7 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Rocketman | TheShiznit.co.uk | Ali Gray | Rocketman feels precisely as cynical as Elton's mawkish John Lewis advert: an extension of the same endless, needless and unremarkable one-man marketing campaign. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
See You Yesterday | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | As a debut feature from writer-director Stefon Bristol and co-writer Fredrica Bailey, See You Yesterday is an ambitious sci-fi in its own right, and a worthy entry into the canon of black representation. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Shaft | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Whatever Shaft is saying about race, authority, age, gender or masculinity - which are interesting talking points no matter how badly fumbled they are - I keep going back to the rancid humour. | D+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | TheShiznit.co.uk | Ali Gray | Funnier than Spider-Man: Homecoming and more exciting than Avengers, Into The Spider-Verse is the most perfect embodiment of Spider-Man to date - Stan Lee would be proud. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | It's refreshing and never not genuine. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
The Haunting of Sharon Tate | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | It's a shame spiral all the way to the bottom of the barrel. You can make your own helter skelter jokes. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
The Irishman | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | ...still a treat for us to see these giants of cinema coming together to do their thing but the wear is beginning to show, even if the will is strong and the mind is still sharp. Adjust your expectations accordingly. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
The King | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | ...between Chalamet's solemn commitment and Pattinson's overt silliness there's an impeccably well made film, that feels authentically grounded when it comes to the costumes and interior decor of the Middle Ages... | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
The Knight Before Christmas | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | It's all harmless enough, and I'm not afraid to admit that despite my best efforts to be cynical I actually warmed to The Knight Before Christmas. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
The Laundromat | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Ultimately you'll get the most out of The Laundromat if you're a Soderbergh completist, or looking for some slightly dated, mildly bizarre lightweight human drama inviting you to boo and tut at the screen. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience is a dizzying mix of music and visuals that balances itself perfectly between overt ridiculousness, telling a bittersweet story, and respect for the craft. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
The Perfection | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | It's difficult to know when bungled takes are compensated by good enough film-making that the end result is acceptable... | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
The Silence | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | The Silence is a dull affair that reads aloud from many pages in the Big Book of Horror Tropes... | C- | long_letter | null | null | false | 9 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Triple Frontier | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | There are at least three or four good films buried within Triple Frontier but they went with the surface level stuff and called it a day. | C | long_letter | null | null | false | 10 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Unicorn Store | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Maybe we should start celebrating how close we came to fulfilling our dreams more often - that might encourage us to not give up and find a way to realise them eventually. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Velvet Buzzsaw | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | Velvet Buzzsaw isn't an objectively bad film by any stretch, it just feels held back. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Wine Country | TheShiznit.co.uk | Luke Whiston | This seems like one of those films where everyone got in a room with a rough idea of what was happening and ad-libbed, expecting the results to be natural cohesive comedy genius. | C- | long_letter | null | null | false | 9 | 18 | 1 | 2,390 |
Autómata | TheWrap | James Rocchi | "Autmata" is a movie that's all look and no feel, all sizzle and no steak; while it's remarkably easy to appreciate a film with such nimble visuals, the lead-footed storytelling makes it difficult to care. | 4/10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | false | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2,391 |
John Wick | TheWrap | James Rocchi | Both ludicrous and ludicrously entertaining, "John Wick's" stylish look, B-movie vibe and less-is-more, longer-takes-are-stronger-takes approach to action make it a standout. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2,391 |
Men, Women & Children | TheWrap | James Rocchi | Reitman clearly wants to get at something human in his films - connection, family, humanity - but he lacks the artistic tools to explore those things; a man stabbing at the stony soil of an archaeological dig with only a Q-tip to uncover its wonders. | 2/10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | false | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2,391 |
Only God Forgives | TheWrap | Alonso Duralde | The more arts-minded drag queens will be doing [Kristin Scott Thomas] this Halloween. | 4/10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | false | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2,391 |
The Better Angels | TheWrap | James Rocchi | Those who appreciate Mr. Edwards' appropriation of Mr. Malick's approach will find "The Better Angels" lives up to its aspirations; those with no patience for shots of wind on crops will find the film crashes on the sharp-rocked shore of its pretensions. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2,391 |
The East | TheWrap | Alonso Duralde | It gives us an interesting character with genuine moral ambiguity and demands that she make tough choices and that we think about what tactics we support -- and then it completely fritters it all away with a pat ending. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2,391 |
The Good Lie | TheWrap | James Rocchi | Most of the time, Hollywood applies so much energy to warming your heart, the excess energy turns your brain to mush. The Good Lie works as well as it does precisely because of an intelligence, humanity and restraint we rarely see in Hollywood films. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2,391 |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | TheWrap | Tim Cogshell | It's sweet, just like the original movie. It was faint praise then, and it still is. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,392 |
The Party | TheWrap | Ray Greene | Featuring a veteran cast in top form and running just 71 minutes, this post-Brexit chamberpiece hits like a fast jab to the face--one that bruises and draws blood. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,392 |
Maggie's Plan | TheWrap | Sam Adams | As winsome, Sundance-ready rom-coms go, "Maggie's Plan" is a pretty winning one. | B | short_letter | null | null | false | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2,393 |
Zero Days | TheWrap | Sam Adams | Gibney's movies are professional and solidly executed, informative if you go in underinformed but rarely surprising or aesthetically noteworthy. | B | short_letter | null | null | false | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2,393 |
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find | Their Own League | Harris Dang | A Good Woman Is Hard To Find is a punchy, uncompromising crime thriller that delivers exactly what it promises and is a fantastic showcase for the talents of both director Abner Pastoll and lead actress Sarah Bolger. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2,394 |
Amulet | Their Own League | Andrea Thompson | Juri and Secareanu also try to make their budding relationship a kind of possession which threatens to engulf one or both of them, but Garai, who also wrote, just doesn't give them enough of a foundation to truly evoke much of a reaction. | 0.5/5 | 5 | 0.5 | 5 | true | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2,394 |
Come to Daddy | Their Own League | Harris Dang | Come to Daddy is a flawed feature film directorial debut for Ant Timpson, but it certainly hints of great things to come; and that's all we really should ask for in directorial debuts, right? | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | true | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2,394 |
Fagara (Huajiao zhiwei) | Their Own League | Harris Dang | Fagara is not only a great return to form for director Heiward Mak; not only it is her best film to date, but it is one of the best Hong Kong films of the year. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | true | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2,394 |
Frozen II | Their Own League | Valerie Kalfrin | [A]n ultimately satisfying story of more mature themes for an audience that's grown out of the dress-up stage. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | true | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2,394 |
Galveston | Their Own League | Valerie Kalfrin | [Galveston] starts off like a dramatic thriller but winds up, like its characters, on an unexpected and affecting journey. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | true | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2,394 |
Greener Grass | Their Own League | Harris Dang | There is so much to unpack in Greener Grass and the only way to truly understand the world of it is to see the film. One of the funniest comedies of 2019, the film is sure to be a cult classic. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | true | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2,394 |
SoulMate | Their Own League | Harris Dang | Soul Mate is a fantastic time-spanning drama and an endearing love-letter to friendship with two excellent performances from Zhou and Ma, and assured direction from Tsang that is sure to make the audience shed a few tears. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2,394 |
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