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Quiet Place

A Quiet Place: Part II movie review: this one goes to 11

Fri, May 28, 2021
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A marvel of a sequel that smartly avoids any attempt to recapture the original, instead expanding its world in every way possible. Brisk, crisp, efficient, and full of masterful sequences of suspense.

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The Silence movie review: I have only the faintest of muted praise

Tue, Apr 23, 2019
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Not a knockoff of that other quiet horror flick, though this familiar monster movie works hard to convince otherwise. But the terrific cast makes it worth a look, at least for Netflix subscribers.

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my picks for tonight’s 91st Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2018’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Feb 25, 2019
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I correctly guessed 9 out of the 24 categories, which is appalling. I shall be in my corner reprimanding myself.

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OFCS 2018 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 02, 2019
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Roma wins four awards including Best Picture; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is Best Animated Feature.

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is it wrong to see a ‘Quiet Place’ soundtrack album as wrong?

Sat, May 12, 2018
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I mean, ya gonna listen to the score to remind you how quiet the movie is?

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Apr 06

Fri, Apr 06, 2018
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Kay Cannon and Lynne Ramsay direct two very different movies about adults trying to protect children, and more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Thu Apr 05

Fri, Apr 06, 2018
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Emily Blunt and Millicent Simmonds versus real monsters, Madison Wolfe versus (possibly) invented monsters, Maggie Grace versus armed robbers, and more…

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A Quiet Place movie review: hushed horror

Tue, Apr 03, 2018
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An apocalypse unlike any onscreen before. A film often almost unbearably tense, in part because it audaciously reconsiders the role sound plays in eliciting our emotional response.

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