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

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)::rating::2.5

If nothing else, Zack Snyder’s Justice League is probably the best thing that could’ve been reaped from the original material. And yes, that’s an insult and a compliment, bundled…

One Night in Miami… (2020)::rating::4.5

Miami constructs a meetup of incredible people who tackle still-relevant issues. They push each other, and end up challenging us in the process. This is a funny, provocative, moving…

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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.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)::rating::3

In the The United States vs. Billie Holiday, director Lee Daniels finds the perfect actress to embody such a monumental subject. He just can’t get the material up to…

Tom & Jerry (2021)::rating::2

In order to get this stinkeroo up to movie length, they have to move Tom and Jerry into the real world, where a buffet of boring human subplots can pad…

Greenland (2020)::rating::3.5

Waugh and company combine an intelligent script and a refreshing sense of realism to do exactly that. I was hooked, and that doesn’t happen terribly often. Most disaster movies are catastrophes…

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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…

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Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)::rating::4.5

Judas takes an important, unheralded story and tells it well. Unfortunately, the message behind it remains heartbreakingly relevant.