Tag: Review
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‘Cherry Falls’ is a Solid Teen Slasher Movie
‘Cherry Falls’ felt kind of like a balm when I saw it.
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‘The Lodger’ is Feature-Length Foreshadowing
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 movie thrillingly offers ideas and themes that would later be more deeply explored at their most fetal.
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‘The American President’: An Appetizer for ‘The West Wing’
It’s a broad-stroked, entertaining admixture of love and politics.
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In a Lonely Place
On ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ and ‘The Report.’
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School Daze
On ‘Selah and the Spades,’ ‘The Half of It,’ and ‘Bad Education.’
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‘Working Girl’ Has a Bad Aftertaste
With its sitcom-esque inflections, it becomes a cockeyed horror movie.
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‘Mars Attacks’: More Fun to Talk About Than Watch
It’s Tim Burton doing an expensive, star-studded tribute to the schlocky, shoestring-budgeted sci-fi thrillers of the 1950s.
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‘My Name is Julia Ross’ Packs a Punch
‘My Name is Julia Ross’ is a multidimensional movie title.
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‘Internal Affairs’ Becomes a Total Blur
‘Internal Affairs’ at first appears poised to be a refreshing anomaly in the cop-thriller genre — a movie just as much interested in offering pulpy fun as criticism.
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‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ Isn’t What You Think It’ll Be
‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ throws cold water on the logical insanity so often inherent to rom-com plots.
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‘The Running Man’ is a Silly Media Satire
‘The Running Man’ is too shortsighted for its own good.
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‘Black Moon’: Tedious Experimenting from Louis Malle
Not all viewable mechanisms for artistic growth have to be viewed.
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