Tag: Review
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‘The Woman King’ is a Towering, Complicated Action Epic
Plus: ‘Pearl,’ a prequel to the great neo-slasher film ‘X,’ disappoints.
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‘The Devil and Miss Jones’ Did ‘Undercover Boss’ First
Like how the film offers the unrealistic fantasy of a for-the-people mogul, we can only fantasize about a smarter, bolder version of ‘The Devil and Miss Jones.’
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‘Norma Rae’ Still Invigorates
‘Norma Rae’ isn’t electrifying by force. Instead, just by carefully dramatizing the process of unionization, it captures the simple thrills of workplace organization — the pleasurable charge felt when you realize it’s possible to have a say in an arena where you never thought you’d have one.
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‘Barbarian’ is One of the Year’s Best Horror Movies
Plus: ‘Hold Me Tight’ is an inconsistent meditation on grief.
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‘Chameleon Street’ Still Feels a Step Ahead
Faking it till you make it is rarely as literal as it is in ‘Chameleon Street.’
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High Hopes and Uncertain Futures in ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’ and ‘Funny Pages’
Reviewing a new satire and a coming-of-age comedy.
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‘Brubaker’ is Admirable But Thin
‘Brubaker’ comes to epitomize what beleaguers so many so-called message movies: elucidating the macro issue of the hour with such hyperfixation that anything on the micro remains decorative.
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The Helter-Skelter Brilliance of ‘Bone’
In typical fashion for writer-director Larry Cohen, ‘Bone’ is as prone to incisiveness as feeling like it’s going to fly off the rails and fall apart.
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Strange New Worlds in ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ and ‘Spin Me Round’
George Miller’s first movie since ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ and Jeff Baena’s latest comedy trifle, reviewed.
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Misery Loves Company: On Phoebe Bridgers at Marymoor
The 28-year-old singer-songwriter is playing two sold-out dates at the Redmond venue this week.
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‘The Cassandra Crossing’ is a Disaster-Movie Turducken
‘The Cassandra Crossing’ is among the cruelest of disaster movies.
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‘Summertime’ is an All-Time-Great Romantic Film
An American touching foreign land and getting “healed” in some way is a tired trope. But ‘Summertime’ energizes it.
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