Tag: Review
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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.
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Trouble is My Business
On ‘The Long Goodbye’ and ‘California Split.’
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‘The 40-Year-Old Version’: A Vibrant Debut from Radha Blank
The film lolls around in the disorienting reality of Radha’s alternately tugging responsibilities, and what sorts of ripple effects can form when you begin to prioritize your creative vagaries over your everyday obligations.