Tag: Review
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‘Cobra’ is a Visual Tour-de-Force and Not a Lot Else
With its sound off, ‘Cobra’ is an exceptional entrée into the action genre.
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Just Be Yourself
On ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ and ‘Let It Be.’
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‘Phase IV’ Expands on Monster-Movie Limitations
On Saul Bass’ sole directing effort.
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‘Special Effects’ is a Plasticky Hitchcock Homage
‘Special Effects’ brims with good ideas, but a surplus of good but iffily executed ideas do not a good movie make.
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Strange Days
On ‘Host’ and ‘She Dies Tomorrow.’
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‘Mississippi Masala’: A ‘Romeo and Juliet’-Style Rom-Com with a Much Happier Ending
At the end of ‘Mississippi Masala,’ we don’t get an end-all, be-all resolution. Instead we stumble into a temporary clearing.
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In ‘The Might Quinn,’ the Central Mystery Almost Feels Besides the Point
This is a film that so expressively creates a milieu, and so observantly cultivates its character dynamics, it could contain no police procedural narrativizing and still make for solid entertainment.
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Doing Too Much
On Ken Russell’s ‘The Boy Friend,’ ‘Lisztomania,’ and ‘Gothic.’
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Bifurcated Romantic Drama ‘Paris Blues’ is More Interested in the Less-Interesting Couple
‘Paris Blues’ has gusto musically and visually; the performances frequently spark. But this is a film whose boldness only comes in glimmers.
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2020 Vision
On ‘Palm Springs,’ ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,’ and ‘The Old Guard.’
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Darkness and Cold
On ‘The Leopard,’ ‘The Train,’ and ‘The Swimmer.’
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‘Starship Troopers’ is Classic Paul Verhoeven
On Verhoeven’s 1997 masterpiece.
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