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Apr 2021

Batman and Robin (1997)::rating::4.5::rating::4.5::rating::4.5

1997 was a special summer for the movies. Speed 2: Cruise Control featured Willem Dafoe on a cruise ship, murdering people with exploding golf clubs. Face/Off showed us John Travolta's…

Mar 2021

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Sound of Metal (2020)::rating::4.5

Sound of Metal is a great film, replete with sly humor and aching sadness. It’s less about Ruben’s deafness than what he does next: Even in profound loss,…

Mar 2021

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Minari (2021)::rating::5

This film puts me in a bit of a bind. I was good and ready to call the Oscars for Nomadland. Now, I’m not so sure.

Feb 2021

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Nomadland (2021)::rating::5

As a character study, Nomadland is strengthened by a startling sense of realism: When Fern mingles with the actual people depicted in Bruden’s book, it feels eerily like we’re…

Nov 2020

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Patton (1970)::rating::5

This is undoubtedly a war film, but the war is really just a canvas upon which to paint Patton’s massive personality.

Oct 2020

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Heat (1995)::rating::5

Beyond its legacy, Heat remains an engaging masterpiece–an intimate character study of epic proportions.

Aug 2020

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JFK (1991)::rating::5

W hen I watched JFK in eighth grade, it blew my little mind on two equally important fronts: First off, it's a balls-out cinematic masterpiece that deploys just about every visual trick…

Jun 2020

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Malcolm X (1992)::rating::5

Malcolm X is as ambitious in scope as any biopic ever made, ranking alongside the likes of Gandhi and Lawrence of Arabia.

Apr 2020

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From Justin to Kelly (2003)::rating::5

You’re right to have doubts. I’ve had them, too. But let’s go back and take a look at From Justin to Kelly with new eyes.

Jan 2020

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Parasite (2019)::rating::4.5

By the time this cinematic cyclone has effectively devastated us, the only thing we can do with all this sadness and shock is laugh at the perfect symmetry of it…

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