Tag: december 2020
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‘I’m Your Woman’: A Nice Change of Pace
‘I’m Your Woman’ is a response to a hypothetical I’m sure has crossed many a viewer’s minds watching certain crime dramas. What would this movie look like if it unfolded from the point of view of its woman lead?
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‘The Touch’: An Affair to Remember
Before ‘Scenes from a Marriage’ came ‘The Touch.’
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‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’: Bad Santa
Underrepresented in the typically cheery holiday-movie subgenre is the person for whom the season is legitimately nightmarish. ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ has a character who more than makes up for their representational absence.
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‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ Finds Jim Cummings Doing More of the Same
What is it with Cummings’ affinity for the small-town cop in the middle of a personal crisis?
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Celebration
On ‘Mr. Soul’ and ‘Zappa.’
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‘Freaky”s Bonkers Premise Works Against the Odds
‘Freaky’’s frankly insane conceit works mostly because of Vaughn and Newton, equally fervent in making sure there isn’t a stuntishness to their acting.
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It’s Easy to Imagine ‘Little Murders’ Worked Better on the Stage
The second half of the movie isn’t as lopsidedly appealing as its first.
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The Thrilling Unpredictability of ‘Black Bear’
It’s fun to see how things unravel — and how they’ll deviate from our immediate expectations.
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More Money, More Problems
On ‘Possessor’ and ‘The Nest.’
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‘Happiest Season’ Asks You to Overlook a Lot
Still, it worked over me — mostly.
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Cuts Deep
On ‘Mangrove,’ ‘Lovers Rock,’ and ‘Red, White, and Blue,’ the first three parts of Steve McQueen’s new Small Axe anthology series
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‘Mank’ Might Be David Fincher’s Most Meticulous Movie Yet
Even though Mank is dramatically lacking, it’s a movie I liked living inside.