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Review: ‘Best Sellers’Michael Caine And Aubrey Plaza's Bickering Is A Joy To Watch In...

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Best Sellers gives us a chance to see if Sir Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza can be the next big comedy duo. This dramedy...

Sundance Review: ‘First Date’Quirky Teen Crime-Comedy Goes Skidding Off The Road

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Just think, if you were a shy kid who managed to score a night out with the girl you've been crushing on for years....

Review: ‘Hope Gap’Annette Bening And Bill Nighy Elevate William Nicholson's Stagy Divorce Drama

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Watching divorce unfold is a lot like passing by a car wreck. You know it's terrible, but you slow down anyway and refuse to...

Review: ‘Polite Society’Nida Manzoor's Kinetic Teen Action-Comedy Is An Overstuffed Misfire

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On paper, Polite Society is exactly the kind of film I come to Sundance for. The feature debut of We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor take a...

TIFF 2021 Review: ‘The Starling’Melissa McCarthy Tangles With Grief And An Angry Bird In...

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“Birds are tricky,”  says Jack Maynard (Chris O’Dowd) to his pregnant wife Lilly (Melissa McCarthy) early on in Theodore Melfi's The Starling. He's not referring...

Review: ‘Burden’, Garrett Hedlund Seeks Redemption In Unfocused But Well-Meaning Race Drama

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*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Burden opens in theaters tomorrow, February 28th. * Nowadays the KKK...

Review: ‘Debt Collectors’French And Sue Are Back For Round II

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There’s always room for a mindless action flick and Debt Collectors fits the bill. Following up it’s 2018 predecessor – The Debt Collector –...

Review: ‘Samaritan’Sylvester Stallone's Superhero Drama Is A Blast When It Finally Takes The Mask...

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It's honestly refreshing to get a major superhero movie far removed from the cinematic universes of Marvel and DC. Samaritan is a gritty comeback story starring...

Review: ‘The Glorias’Julie Taymor’s Gloria Steinem Biopic Is Uneven But Engaging

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*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the Sundance Film Festival.* Life’s road is jagged, never a straight line. That’s especially true for...

Middleburg Review: ‘Nomadland’Frances McDormand Delivers A Career Best Performance In Chloe Zhao's Enormous, Powerful...

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There are a lot of deep silences in Chloe Zhao's Nomadland. Oftentimes they're intentional, as the lead character Fern (a magnificent Frances McDormand) spends...