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If Beale Street Could Talk movie review: a velvet fist of love and strength

Fri, Feb 08, 2019
1 comment

A beautiful story about ugliness, about dignity in the face of hatred, told via delicate yet steely performances that imbue it with a power at once tender and infuriating. Totally enrapturing.

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The Disaster Artist movie review: a view on ‘The Room’

Tue, Dec 05, 2017
15 comments

A hilarious ode to talentless passion. James Franco gives the bizarre Tommy Wiseau depth without solving his mystery, but skips a deserved zing at Hollywood.

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Now You See Me 2 movie review: now you don’t

Fri, Jul 08, 2016
8 comments

The delicately balanced foolishness of Now You See Me gives way to impossibly supernatural magic tricks aimed at thwarting the least menacing villain ever.

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Bad Neighbours 2 (aka Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) movie review: the misbehaving girls next door

Mon, May 09, 2016
2 comments

Teenaged girls behaving badly, depicted with a positive vibe. Progress? Turns out grossout movies don’t work even when they’re kind of feminist.

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why Anthony Ingruber *must* be young Han Solo in the Star Wars spinoff

Wed, Jan 13, 2016
2 comments

He doesn’t only look and sound like Harrison Ford, he’s got the charm and the presence for the role.

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Unfinished Business movie review: business trip-up

Fri, Mar 06, 2015
10 comments

Apparently made by snickering 12-year-olds who like naked boobies and have heard rumors about the phenomenon known as “the business trip.”

| 10 Comments

22 Jump Street movie review: an advanced course in the sequel

Thu, Jun 05, 2014
14 comments

Funnier even than the first film, nonstop self-deprecation that doles out well-deserved smacks to about 817 Hollywood things that desperately deserve it.

| 14 Comments

Bad Neighbours (aka Neighbors) movie review: stubbing your brain

Sat, May 03, 2014
49 comments

A mess not by accident but by design. It’s meant to be a ton of stuff thrown against the wall in the hope that some of it will momentarily distract you into involuntary laughter.

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Now You See Me review: popcorn with glitter on top

Fri, Jul 05, 2013
11 comments

Most of it makes no sense at all, but who cares? This is cheerful ridiculousness pulled off with panache.

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