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Review of A Simple Favor (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 15 Sep 2018

Feig spins it in a light, comedic vein that borders on genre parody. But he also can't resist capitulating to the clichés at which he's poking fun…

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Review of The Wife (2017)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 31 Aug 2018

The rumor mill has Close as a shoe-in for an Oscar nod, for which she richly deserves…

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Review of The Bookshop (2017)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 31 Aug 2018

So little happens, you could probably solve a crossword while watching it; that's how little attention need be paid…

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Review of Papillon (2017)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 24 Aug 2018

It might not be perfect, but this Papillon definitely has wings…

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Review of Support the Girls (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 24 Aug 2018

You may never look at those Hooters waitresses quite the same way again…

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Review of Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 17 Aug 2018

Tyrnauer's movie is neck deep in aspersions. If you think Scotty a backstabber maligning the dead, stay away…

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Review of Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 17 Aug 2018

In Singapore, the term shiok is representative of a feeling of sheer happiness and pleasure…

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Review of Skate Kitchen (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 17 Aug 2018

The skateboarding scenes, shot by director of photography Shabier Kirchner, are thrilling eye candy, but the script is pure pap dealing in…

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Review of The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 10 Aug 2018

Subtly, but powerfully they take these de facto prisons to task with liberal uses of humor and compassion…

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Review of Puzzle (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 10 Aug 2018

Macdonald repeatedly pulls the story out of the lurch with a performance that exists almost entirely in her wonderfully expressive face…

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Review of Generation Wealth (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 04 Aug 2018

It may entice with opulence and riches, but in the end, Wealth didn't buy my love…

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Review of Dark Money (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 04 Aug 2018

Dark Money restores your faith in democracy, as the little, almost voiceless guys stand up to deep-pocketed muckety mucks to expose how the…

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Review of The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 04 Aug 2018

That you even bother to stay with it is testament to the appeal of Kunis and McKinnon, both of whom are more sophisticated than the mindless…

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Review of Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 28 Jul 2018

Cruise is a modern-day Buster Keaton, refusing to give self-preservation a single thought…

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Review of Eighth Grade (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 20 Jul 2018

You quiver, you cringe and you want to break down and cry…

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Review of Love, Cecil (2017)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 20 Jul 2018

Rich in Beaton treasurers, from his avant-garde photos and illustrations, to the trove of film clips, recordings and journals…

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Review of The King (2021)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 14 Jul 2018

The King, like its subject, is an incomplete work. What's here is interesting and, for the most part, entertaining…

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Review of The King (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 14 Jul 2018

The King, like its subject, is an incomplete work. What's here is interesting and, for the most part, entertaining…

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Review of The King (2017)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 14 Jul 2018

The King, like its subject, is an incomplete work. What's here is interesting and, for the most part, entertaining…

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Review of Boundaries (2018)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 06 Jul 2018

Unless you've got something new to bring to the highway, keep your stories at home away from classic cars and jokes about cancer and pedophilia…

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