‘I, Tonya’ is brash, bold, non-stop madness that finds the biopic at its best
“Based on irony-free, wildly contradictory, totally true interviews with Tonya Harding and Jeff...
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Tag: 2017 film review
‘Phantom Thread’ is an exhilarating breath of fresh air
Somehow it comes as no surprise that Paul Thomas Anderson made another film that blew critics and...
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‘Call Me By Your Name’ is an exquisite and painful look at first love
Based on the 2007 novel of the same name by André Aciman, Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your...
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‘All the Money in the World’ is a flawed Oscar bid with great performances
At this point, All the Money in the World may be best known for the recasting of one of the...
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‘Pitch Perfect 3’ is what happens when a series holds one note for too long
Pitch Perfect 3 feels like the sort of sequel we might have expected from this franchise in ten...
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‘Hostiles’ proves bleak to a self-serious fault
If you’re a filmmaker and you want to make a bleak and depressing film, you absolutely have...
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‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’ is a light movie that only wants to entertain
In 1995 the original Jumanji came out swinging by casting box office winner Robin Williams and...
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‘Molly’s Game’ can’t cover up its own fakery
It’s kind of crazy how much Aaron Sorkin’s writing vacillates between being really damn good and...
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‘Downsizing’ miniaturizes the American dream, but not the excess
Social satires are always kind of a toss-up. In one end of the spectrum, you can get something...
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‘The Greatest Showman’ is a bad idea given undesired voice
Let’s make one thing clear: Making a feel-good musical about P.T. Barnum is a really, really bad...
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ is about maintaining hope in the darkest times
It is a fair criticism to say that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is very similar to the...
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‘November Criminals’ would be offensive if it could provoke any emotion
There are purposely offensive movies, and those are probably the easiest to identify as such...
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