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Jun 2024

The Way Way Back (2013)::rating::3.5::rating::3.5::rating::3.5

T he Way Way Back takes an exhausted subgenre, the Coming of Age dramedy, and supercharges it with a high-powered cast and a well-crafted screenplay. This film may not say anything…

May 2024

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American Fiction (2023)::rating::4

A merican Fiction is pulled in so many different directions by conflicting emotions and competing genres, it's a wonder that satisfying story emerges at all. Most prominently, we have a…

May 2024

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Blazing Saddles (1974)::rating::5

W hen I was ten years old, my mother forbade me to watch Blazing Saddles. Naturally, when my parents ventured from the house, that VHS tape went straight into the…

May 2024

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Dune: Part Two (2024)::rating::4

H oly hell, it's finally happened: I've warmed up to the Dune franchise. It hasn't been an easy road, dear readers. After all, David Lynch's '84 version was the cinematic equivalent…

Apr 2024

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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)::rating::2.5

I n some ways, Napoleon Dynamite has all the attitude and quotability of any edgy teen comedy. On the surface, it should be an instant classic, and some viewers will still swear…

Apr 2024

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Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)::rating::2.5

W hen I first saw Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, I had no idea it was an awkward stitchwork of two different productions. After all, the kaiju flicks have since become iconic in…

Apr 2024

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Young Frankenstein (1974)::rating::4

E legant and refined aren't words you'd normally bandy about Mel Brooks' filmography, but with Young Frankenstein, they just seem to fit. This horror homage is really a delicate soufflé, crafted with…

Mar 2024

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)::rating::4

B ram Stoker’s Dracula pulls off a rare double feat. As directed by Francis Coppola, this vampire epic manages to be deeply reverential to the beloved source material, while…

Feb 2024

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The English Patient (1996)::rating::4

I can still remember those heady days in 1996, when everybody this side of Elaine Benes swooned over The English Patient. To audiences and critics alike, Anthony Minghella's magnum opus…

Feb 2024

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Gladiator (2000)::rating::3

D eep in the mine shafts of my brain, I keep a list of perfect movies. Deeper still, there's a list of perfectly awful movies. Below that, under hundreds of…

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