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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…

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)::rating::4

I f you can watch this movie and not be at least a little ensorcelled by it, I'll wager you're too preoccupied with stealing Christmas presents from Whoville.  Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris speaks to the part of us that still holds hope for fairy tales and miracles--that even the Grinchiest among us can manage…

Bullet Train (2022)::rating::2.5

B ullet Train takes the squib-splattering mayhem of Quentin Tarantino and mashes it up with the physics of Wile E. Coyote and the soundtrack of an overserved Japanese karaoke bar.  Add Brad Pitt in front of a solid cast, and the result should be a much better movie than what we have here.  Instead of…

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