Too Many Detours
Posted 4 weeks ago

A road-trip comedy, 'Sacramento' tries to answers questions about fatherhood and friendship but falls short in the end.

Road trip comedy ‘Sacramento’ takes too many detours en route to destination
Mind Crash
Posted 1 month ago

Fans will love it. Non fans will be confused. And gamers will wanna game.

All Whammies
Posted 1 month ago

'The Luckiest Man in America' feels like a missed opportunity, and a tease of a better movie hiding somewhere in the margins of this one.

‘The Luckiest Man in America’ Makes Its Play, Lands on a Whammy
(Good) Dog Days
Posted 1 month ago

An odd couple dramedy with a strong thematic backbone rooted in explorations of grief and acceptance, 'The Friend' creeps up on you.

‘The Friend’ Is Very Good Company
Uni-corny
Posted 2 months ago

'Death of a Unicorn' is fun, interesting, and good (enough), though shoddy CGI work and a somewhat flat performance from Paul Rudd keep it from realizing its full potential.

‘Death of a Unicorn’ Swings for the Fences, Hits a Single
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‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ relies on solid cast for a fun ride

Thumbnail image for ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ relies on solid cast for a fun ride by Tim English July 2, 2019 Print Reviews

[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] You’d think that after 17 years and 10 movies (if you count his appearance in the MCU films), Spider-Man would be feeling pretty played out on the big screen. And to some, maybe he is, but with Spider-Man: Far From Home, Marvel has been able to practically reinvent the character […]

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‘Ophelia’ drowns in Shakespeare references

Thumbnail image for ‘Ophelia’ drowns in Shakespeare references by Kate Valliere July 1, 2019 Print Reviews

‘Ophelia,’ starring Daisy Ridley, Clive Owen, and Naomi Watts, is drowned by bad feminism and too many Shakespeare references.

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‘Yesterday’ Can’t Quite Come Together

Thumbnail image for ‘Yesterday’ Can’t Quite Come Together by Eric Melin June 28, 2019 Print Reviews

‘Yesterday’ is a clever and fun “what if” fantasy … until it’s not.

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‘The 16th Episode’: One Episode Too Many

Thumbnail image for ‘The 16th Episode’: One Episode Too Many by Christian Ramos June 28, 2019 Print Reviews

[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Down]  Found-footage horror is usually pretty hit or miss. Sometimes you have great ones like [REC] or The Blair Witch Project and most times you’ll have really … just shitty ones. The 16th Episode, though actually a rather scary movie, isn’t really a successful found-footage horror flick. In fact, I can’t […]

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‘Annabelle Comes Home’ and does a few things okay

Thumbnail image for ‘Annabelle Comes Home’ and does a few things okay by Tim English June 20, 2019 Print Reviews

[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Up] I’m not going to convince you Annabelle Comes Home is an amazing horror movie. Nor will this review try and prove that it’s better than most horror movies that are somewhere around five-deep into a spinoff run. But the latest tale of the haunted doll that was actually a Raggedy […]

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‘Toy Story 4’ an Emotional and Satisfying Epilogue

Thumbnail image for ‘Toy Story 4’ an Emotional and Satisfying Epilogue by Christian Ramos June 20, 2019 Print Reviews

‘Toy Story 4’ is yet another heartwarming entry into the great animated series, examining friendship and what it means to be an important toy for a kid.

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Sienna Miller Gives A Career-Defining Performance In ‘American Woman’

Thumbnail image for Sienna Miller Gives A Career-Defining Performance In ‘American Woman’ by Jonah Desneux June 20, 2019 Print Reviews

Sienna Miller takes the independent scene by storm as a young mother trying to put the pieces of her life back together after her teenage daughter disappears.

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‘Men in Black: International’ is very repetitive, mildly entertaining

Thumbnail image for ‘Men in Black: International’ is very repetitive, mildly entertaining by Tim English June 14, 2019 Print Reviews

[Rating: Swiss Fist] First of all, I absolutely without a doubt would pay to watch Tessa Thompson read a phone book at this point, which is probably the main reason I was able to get through the somehow pathetically average Men in Black: International with a few solid chuckles and only a few more eye […]

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‘The Dead Don’t Die’ a slow burn of dumb fun

Thumbnail image for ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ a slow burn of dumb fun by Tim English June 13, 2019 Print Reviews

The Dead Don’t Die is an offbeat, quirky comedy that doesn’t take itself seriously with performances by Murray and Driver that are worth the slow burn.

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‘Plus One’ Is 500 Days of Summer Weddings

by Warren Cantrell June 13, 2019 Print Reviews

‘Plus One’ effectively uses the tropes of the rom-com genre to conform to the best parts of it while blazing a path entirely its own.

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‘All is True’ But Who Really Cares?

Thumbnail image for ‘All is True’ But Who Really Cares? by Christian Ramos June 11, 2019 Print Reviews

Bill Shakespeare spends his retirement in solidarity and mental suffering, something that reflects back on the audience of this flick.

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‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’ worth maybe a nice pat on the head

Thumbnail image for ‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’ worth maybe a nice pat on the head by KB Burke June 7, 2019 Print Reviews

This sequel is a “good boy” as it improves on the original box office hit.

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“Loopers: The Caddie’s Long Walk” Does Well & Makes Par

by Warren Cantrell June 7, 2019 Print Reviews

A breezy little documentary with modest ambitions and a surplus of reverence for its subject, ‘Loopers: The Caddie’s Long Walk’ makes par.

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‘Late Night’ skewers “invisible” privilege

by Eric Melin June 7, 2019 Print Reviews

‘Late Night’ is a perceptive, funny comedy built on an unsound contrivance.

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‘Dark Phoenix’ and the X-Men limp to the finish line

Thumbnail image for ‘Dark Phoenix’ and the X-Men limp to the finish line by Tim English June 7, 2019 Print Reviews

‘Dark Phoenix’ is a pretty odd and largely dissatisfying end to the near mostly tremendous twenty year run of Fox’s X-Men franchise.

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