“The Samurai and the Prisoner’s density will reward those patient enough to appreciate Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s careful, stageplay-esque approach.”
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“Refn has always been one to interrogate sexuality in an uncomfortably incestuous way, with Her Private Hell angling towards anxieties of his daughter entering an unknowably artificial world of sexuality, vapidity, and violence. It’s a horror film for Refn and Refn alone; therapy by way of cinematic catharsis.”
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“Alongside Interstellar and Oppenheimer, The Odyssey is one of Nolan’s most personal films to date, and maybe his most pragmatic. A juggernaut in both scale and sentiment, The Odyssey is simply the real deal.”
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“In a way, Minions & Monsters shares an end goal with Criterion’s addition of K-Pop Demon Hunters to the collection: creating gateways for the next generation’s cinephiles.”
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“ The near-overwrought Sundance-y vibe—35mm photography and all—works to The Invite’s strong though seldom cozy sense of intimacy.”
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“The Death of Robin Hood starts and ends at the deconstruction of the character, which is more conceptually interesting than it is in the final product.”
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“‘Scary Movie’ is neither funny nor clever... I don’t think I want White Chicks 2 anymore.”
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“Where ‘Tuner’ really shines is in its editing, sporting many great montages that keep the pace as tight as possible.”
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“In true contemporary Star Wars fashion, ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ is brazenly afraid of trying new things to its detriment…the great enshittification of the galaxy far, far away shows no sign of slowing down.”
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“From the casting of Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, in the leading role to the involvement of Jackson’s own Optimum Productions, the pungent smell of vertical integration wafts throughout Michael. “
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“Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is less scary than it is mildly grotesque, resulting in what is—ironically—a haplessly gutless affair.”
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“Gruesome as it is, Hardcore Henry’s memorability comes from essentially being a live-action episode of Looney Tunes...It’s pure cinematic nutcasery, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
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“By design, The Drama is going to be a pot-stirrer at the very least.”
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“…it's a throwback and a contemporary action flick rolled into one—the type of movie that would've sold out stadiums in the late 90s.”
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“The central romance is as yearning-laden as it is tender, as Naim and Ryan’s chemistry levels are off the charts.”
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“For better or worse, there's not a minute of ‘I Love Boosters’ that doesn't feel authentically man-made.”
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“It’s been days since I’ve seen Project Hail Mary, and I’m still wrapping my head around how this movie exists and what we did to deserve it.”
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“Hoppers feels relatively uncompromised and fresh compared to the recent swath of Pixar sequels, effectively balancing entertainment and emotion to the animation studio’s signature splendid effect”
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“It’s an aggressively mediocre slasher movie dampened by the hideous stink of corporate meddling.”
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“…Crime 101 is a reliably well-oiled machine that, given its intimidating two-hour and twenty-minute runtime, moves fast and looks good doing it.”
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