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Air (2023)::rating::3.5

T he world didn't need a bantamweight drama about the creation of a shoe, but here we are anyway.  Of course, the Air Jordan isn't just a shoe.  It's the shoe.  And Air wisely uses that iconic sneaker to leap into a larger and more ambitious story, on how Jordan and a few corporate warriors at Nike leveraged his…

Renfield (2023)::rating::2.5

R enfield is a lean, dumb sitcom of a movie, built on an irresistible idea:  Take Bram Stoker's titular character, Count Dracula's fanatical bug-munching toady, and rework him for modern times.  Put simply, this Renfield is a long-suffering sycophant, shackled to a toxic relationship with his narcissistic, gaslighting boss. The filmmakers riff on that premise…

Triangle of Sadness (2022)::rating::3.5

M uch like this year’s The Menu, Triangle of Sadness takes aim at the pinkies-out dilettantes who punish the world with their platinum-coated sense of entitlement.  Despite this similarity, the two films are actually defined by their differences:  Triangle is broader, bolder, and more sweepingly ambitious than its satirical cousin.  That’s not to say it’s the better film.…

Ticket to Paradise (2022)::rating::2

I f they handed out a generic award for Best-Looking Movie of 2022, Ticket to Paradise would be on the noms list.  As a squabbling, middle-aged couple, George Clooney and Julia Roberts are as photogenic as ever.  Their daughter? Beautiful, as you would expect.  The locations?  You couldn't CGI something prettier.  Hell, even the chittering, man-eating dolphins…

Black Adam (2022)::rating::2.5

B lack Adam plays like a cinematic paradox.  It delivers visual spectacle that's ambitious and expensive, but at the service of lazy, uneven storytelling.  As the title character, Dwayne Johnson shows all the charisma and gravitas that made him a durable superstar.  At the same time, his acting and wrestling legacies serve as distractions--this never feels…

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