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Superboys of Malegaon movie review: making movies with his friends

Fri, Mar 07, 2025
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Gentle, charming dramedy about pals in middle-of-nowhere India making amateur movies. The giddy glee in this winsome portrait of geeky passion and enduring friendship is all-around infectious.

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Robot Dreams movie review: sighs of the machines

Tue, Aug 06, 2024
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Immerse yourself in pure unalloyed joy with a sweet, deceptively simple carbon-silicon platonic romance. Even the poignant bittersweetness of this emotional roller coaster is affirming and uplifting.

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IF movie review: a fantastical vibe in search of a story

Thu, May 16, 2024
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Writer-director John Krasinski’s absolute desperation to whip up magical whimsy utterly fails. No matter how he tries to force enchantment into existence, this is more fever dream than flight of fancy.

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The Trouble with Jessica movie review: mortgaged souls

Fri, Apr 12, 2024
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The pleasures of this black comedy about London real estate and the hypocrisies of posh professionals lie in the terrific cast, especially Shirley Henderson, embodying entertainingly horrible people.

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Wicked Little Letters movie review: the cheek is in the mail

Tue, Apr 02, 2024
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An upending of the period costume drama that’s cheerfully indecent, gloriously naughty, and full of female rage at the expectations women operate under. Funny as hell and bursting with impudent energy.

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Dream Scenario movie review: (un)likely boogeyman

Sun, Nov 26, 2023
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Nicolas Cage is comedic in a dry, subtle, nakedly painful way, playing with his “Cage rage” persona; his performance is profoundly moving. I only wish the film was more deserving of what he’s doing.

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Scrapper movie review: girlhood interrupted

Wed, Aug 30, 2023
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A singular portrait of a girl full of verve and personality. An astonishing feature debut from Charlotte Regan, with a film as cheeky and imaginative, as pleasantly messy and chaotic, as its heroine.

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Mavka: The Forest Song movie review: the dark of the woods comes too late

Fri, Jul 28, 2023
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Traditional folk music and beautifully animated mythic motifs may be rightfully validating for homegrown Ukrainian audiences, but there’s little else beyond that novelty to capture others’ imagination.

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What’s Love Got to Do with It? movie review: the boy next door, and a world away

Wed, May 03, 2023
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Lily James and Shazad Latif? Delightful, even when they’re not together and sparking. No surprise where they’re going, but this amiable rom-com gets them there with genuine smarts and real sentiment.

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Magic Mike’s Last Dance movie review: hustle and grind

Sun, Feb 12, 2023
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Do you find Channing Tatum dance-grinding appealing? There’s not much of that here. There’s just the tedious grinding of dragging out yet another sequel in the face of diminishing franchise returns.

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