PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Pulp’ is a Winking Homage to Detective Fiction
‘Pulp,’ Mike Hodges and Michael Caine’s follow-up to the crime movie ‘Get Carter,’ continues in the hard-boiled tradition of its predecessor but is looser.
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‘The In-Laws” Relentless Chaos
The closing credits might begin before some viewers have caught their breath.
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Big Babies
On ‘Shiva Baby’ and ‘Godzilla vs. Kong.’
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On ‘Ghost Dog’
This is a movie where you’re more interested in watching Ghost Dog move about life than you are where the narrative takes you.
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Peter Falk Makes ‘Murder, Inc.’ Worthwhile — Barely
Although narratively busy — soon enough a police investigation subplot arrives — ‘Murder, Inc.’ is inanimate from the beginning.
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The Entity
On ‘Lucky,’ ‘The Empty Man,’ and ‘Violation.’
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The Tricky Surfaces of ‘Even the Wind is Afraid’
The film isn’t not gratifying, but you want it to boil over more — perhaps so far that a mess is left behind. Still, it has a hell of a simmer.
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Whirlpool
On ‘Christmas Holiday’ and ‘The Locket.’
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‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ is Top-Tier Sci-Fi
Disheartening final sentiment aside, ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ is among its era’s most assuredly made, thoughtful science-fiction movies.
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The Burned-Out Comedy of ‘Repo Man’
That ‘Repo Man’’s happy ending could only exist in a movie seems like another one of director Alex Cox’s dark jokes.
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‘Murder, He Says’ is Morbidly Funny
‘Murder, He Says’ is a kind of companion piece to ‘Arsenic and Old Lace.’
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Miracle Pictures
On ‘Hollywood Boulevard’ and ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll High School.’
NOVEMBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Sibling Bonds’
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‘Twins of Evil’ is Sharper Than You’d Think
Though mostly made to capitalize on the newly minted sex symboldom of identical-twin sisters Mary and Madeleine Collinson, this 1971 horror movie ends up being a decent critique of puritanical hypocrisy.
October 16, 2026
August 19, 2026
May 25, 2026
Smoke and Mirrors
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s inventive documentary isn’t just about the disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
October 19, 2026
Ghost World
Kaneto Shindō’s ‘Kuroneko’ is still forward-looking in its contempt for patriarchal devastation.
October 15, 2026
Strong, Stoic Types
Director-star Paul Newman’s 1971 treatment of Ken Kesey’s ‘Sometimes a Great Notion’ perceptively observes the corrosiveness of toxic masculinity.
August 7, 2026
