PETERSON REVIEWS
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Boo-Ya!
On ‘Jackie Brown.’
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‘Bandidas’ is Just Effective Enough to Do Its Dream Pairing Justice
Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz, together at last.
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Pam Grier, in Charming Amateur Detective Mode, in ‘Friday Foster’
Grier’s final movie with American International Pictures is among her most effortlessly enjoyable vehicles.
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Guitar Hero Marnie Stern, Back and Better Than Ever, is Coming to Tacoma
The guitar god just put out her first album in a decade. Now, she’s hitting the road.
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‘Tótem’ is Moving Without Being Mawkish
Lila Avilés’ emotional second feature wisely doesn’t give into the melodramatic possibilities its gutting story poses.
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‘The Doll Squad’: An Inept Spy Thriller with an Undeniable Vision
Ted V. Mikels’ 1973 movie squanders its early promise, but it at least has the intriguing germ of an idea ‘Charlie’s Angels’ would soon improve on.
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Barbara Stanwyck Towers Over Everything in ‘Forty Guns’
Director Samuel Fuller seems to appreciate the veteran actress as if she were a national monument in this 1957 Western.
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How Pam Grier Elevates ‘Coffy’
The revenge thriller almost always feels a little off by virtue of being a sleazy piece of work that happens to host a premier-quality performance.
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A Pink Sunday with Nicki Minaj
The rapper, supporting ‘Pink Friday 2,’ stopped by Climate Pledge Arena over the weekend.
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On Seeing Madonna
Notes from her March 7 show at the Kia Forum.
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‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’ is Silly, Stylish Fun
Angelina Jolie is magnetic in this endlessly preposterous video game adaptation.
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‘Yes, Madam’: Less Talk, More Action
Corey Yuen’s slapstick-tinged action movie is best when it’s getting down to business.
JANUARY 2026
The Theme is ‘Endings’
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‘In the Bedroom’ is a Powerful Meditation on Grief
On actor turned director Todd Field’s first effort as a filmmaker.
November 6, 2025
October 27, 2025
September 17, 2025
The Hunger
Antonio Pietrangeli’s 1965 black comedy ‘I Knew Her Well’ is one of its decade’s most undersung works.
December 18, 2025
Parallel Lines
Zeinabu irene Davis’ one and only feature-length movie, 1999’s ‘Compensation,’ has gotten a well-deserved second life this year.
December 3, 2025
Do the Right Thing
Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker trilogy-commencing ‘Where is the Friend’s House?’ empathetically sees the world through a particularly well-meaning child’s eyes.
November 12, 2025
Peterson Reviews 