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Trolls: World Tour movie review: a cinematic Rubicon by dint of pandemic coincidence

Trolls: World Tour movie review: a cinematic Rubicon by dint of pandemic coincidence

Tue Apr 07 2020, 04:25pm | 0 comments

Military Wives movie review: tired choir dramedy needs to change the tune

Military Wives movie review: tired choir dramedy needs to change the tune

Sat Mar 07 2020, 04:31pm | 0 comments

Quezon’s Game movie review: earnest historical drama struggles to tell its important tale

Quezon’s Game movie review: earnest historical drama struggles to tell its important tale

Thu Jan 23 2020, 05:09pm | 0 comments

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker movie review: the galaxy isn’t far far away, it’s just very small

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker movie review: the galaxy isn’t far far away, it’s just very small

Thu Jan 09 2020, 08:59pm | 0 comments

The Cave and For Sama documentaries review: life inside a war zone

The Cave and For Sama documentaries review: life inside a war zone

Tue Nov 19 2019, 07:52pm | 0 comments

Terminator: Dark Fate movie review: it’s back… and we don’t know why

Terminator: Dark Fate movie review: it’s back… and we don’t know why

Wed Oct 30 2019, 09:34pm | 0 comments

Official Secrets movie review: blow all the whistles

Official Secrets movie review: blow all the whistles

Mon Sep 23 2019, 08:31pm | 0 comments

Angel Has Fallen movie review: and it can’t get up

Angel Has Fallen movie review: and it can’t get up

Wed Aug 28 2019, 02:16pm | 0 comments

XY Chelsea documentary review: the truth will out

XY Chelsea documentary review: the truth will out

Fri May 24 2019, 05:14pm | 0 comments

Tolkien movie review: it doesn’t wander, but it’s lost

Tolkien movie review: it doesn’t wander, but it’s lost

Wed May 08 2019, 02:19pm | 0 comments

Avengers: Endgame movie review: with a bang *and* a whimper

Avengers: Endgame movie review: with a bang *and* a whimper

Wed May 01 2019, 05:16pm | 0 comments

Red Joan movie review: it doesn’t bomb, but it fizzles

Red Joan movie review: it doesn’t bomb, but it fizzles

Thu Apr 18 2019, 02:51pm | 0 comments

The Brink documentary review: a nasty piece of work

The Brink documentary review: a nasty piece of work

Thu Mar 28 2019, 09:53pm | 0 comments

Captain Marvel movie review: superpowered female SJW invites manbaby nerds to suck it

Captain Marvel movie review: superpowered female SJW invites manbaby nerds to suck it

Sun Mar 10 2019, 03:05pm | 0 comments

The Aftermath movie review: don’t mention the war…

The Aftermath movie review: don’t mention the war…

Fri Mar 01 2019, 09:59pm | 0 comments

Bumblebee movie review: floats like a butterfly…

Bumblebee movie review: floats like a butterfly…

Wed Dec 19 2018, 11:50pm | 0 comments

Welcome to Marwen movie review: toying with our sympathy

Welcome to Marwen movie review: toying with our sympathy

Wed Dec 19 2018, 09:51pm | 0 comments

Aquaman movie review: deep blah sea

Aquaman movie review: deep blah sea

Mon Dec 17 2018, 10:45pm | 0 comments

Mortal Engines movie review: it’s got no rev

Mortal Engines movie review: it’s got no rev

Thu Dec 13 2018, 05:49pm | 0 comments

movies for the resistance: Schindler’s List

movies for the resistance: Schindler’s List

Mon Dec 03 2018, 05:18pm | 0 comments

Under the Wire documentary review: journalists under fire in Syria

Under the Wire documentary review: journalists under fire in Syria

Wed Nov 14 2018, 05:06pm | 0 comments

A Private War movie review: this is not fake news (#LFF2018)

A Private War movie review: this is not fake news (#LFF2018)

Tue Nov 13 2018, 07:38pm | 1 comment

They Shall Not Grow Old documentary review: more museum exhibit than movie (#LFF2018)

They Shall Not Grow Old documentary review: more museum exhibit than movie (#LFF2018)

Sun Nov 11 2018, 08:21pm | 0 comments

Overlord movie review: underwhelmed

Overlord movie review: underwhelmed

Thu Nov 08 2018, 02:53pm | 8 comments

Hunter Killer movie review: dead in the water

Hunter Killer movie review: dead in the water

Sun Oct 21 2018, 08:56pm | 23 comments

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. documentary review: the multiple identities of a modern artist

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. documentary review: the multiple identities of a modern artist

Wed Sep 26 2018, 10:18pm | 0 comments

Jane Fonda in Five Acts documentary review: the political is her personal

Jane Fonda in Five Acts documentary review: the political is her personal

Sun Sep 23 2018, 09:49pm | 2 comments

Mile 22 movie review: unfortunately no one can be told what any of it means

Mile 22 movie review: unfortunately no one can be told what any of it means

Thu Sep 20 2018, 03:47pm | 8 comments

Memoir of War (La Douleur) movie review: woman on the homefront

Memoir of War (La Douleur) movie review: woman on the homefront

Wed Aug 29 2018, 01:22pm | 0 comments

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms movie review: the tragedy of the immortal

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms movie review: the tragedy of the immortal

Wed Jun 27 2018, 02:08pm | 3 comments

1945 movie review: a reckoning for the collaborators

1945 movie review: a reckoning for the collaborators

Tue May 22 2018, 02:18pm | 0 comments

Avengers: Infinity War movie review: it’s all been leading to this

Avengers: Infinity War movie review: it’s all been leading to this

Fri Apr 27 2018, 12:20am | 40 comments

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society movie review: the stories too painful to tell

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society movie review: the stories too painful to tell

Fri Apr 20 2018, 07:15pm | 4 comments

Beirut (aka The Negotiator) movie review: an American man finds absolution in the messy Middle East

Beirut (aka The Negotiator) movie review: an American man finds absolution in the messy Middle East

Wed Apr 18 2018, 08:44pm | 14 comments

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero movie review: dogged soldier

Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero movie review: dogged soldier

Mon Apr 09 2018, 08:28pm | 6 comments

Pacific Rim: Uprising movie review: robot smash

Pacific Rim: Uprising movie review: robot smash

Mon Mar 26 2018, 06:10pm | 7 comments

In the Land of Pomegranates documentary review: is the Middle East fixable?

In the Land of Pomegranates documentary review: is the Middle East fixable?

Sun Mar 11 2018, 10:09pm | 0 comments

Journey’s End movie review: where the war winds blow

Journey’s End movie review: where the war winds blow

Fri Feb 02 2018, 10:22am | 2 comments

12 Strong movie review: America enters the “graveyard of empires”

12 Strong movie review: America enters the “graveyard of empires”

Fri Jan 26 2018, 08:33pm | 5 comments

Hostiles movie review: white man’s burden

Hostiles movie review: white man’s burden

Wed Jan 17 2018, 06:00pm | 44 comments

Darkest Hour movie review: a surrender to open-and-shut history

Darkest Hour movie review: a surrender to open-and-shut history

Fri Jan 12 2018, 04:26pm | 18 comments

The Post movie review: printing truth to power

The Post movie review: printing truth to power

Fri Dec 29 2017, 09:34pm | 2 comments

Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie review: a great disturbance in the Force

Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie review: a great disturbance in the Force

Mon Dec 18 2017, 11:21am | 225 comments

Bushwick movie review: don’t mess with Brooklyn

Bushwick movie review: don’t mess with Brooklyn

Mon Oct 30 2017, 09:39pm | 24 comments

Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D movie review: he said he’d be back…

Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D movie review: he said he’d be back…

Tue Aug 29 2017, 01:20pm | 2 comments

Pilgrimage movie review: faith in a time of weaponized religion

Pilgrimage movie review: faith in a time of weaponized religion

Thu Aug 24 2017, 02:00pm | 3 comments

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets movie review: story of a thousand clichés

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets movie review: story of a thousand clichés

Thu Aug 03 2017, 12:23pm | 45 comments

Dunkirk movie review: the power of purpose

Dunkirk movie review: the power of purpose

Wed Jul 19 2017, 10:32pm | 17 comments

City of Ghosts documentary review: how to tell a story that some don’t want told

City of Ghosts documentary review: how to tell a story that some don’t want told

Wed Jul 19 2017, 08:47pm | 9 comments

War for the Planet of the Apes movie review: empathy for the ape

War for the Planet of the Apes movie review: empathy for the ape

Mon Jul 10 2017, 06:15pm | 8 comments

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