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Review of Renfield (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 12 Apr 2023

There’s plenty to sink your teeth into when Cage is this superbly outrageous and manically inspired while Hoult, who’s got great comedic…

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Review of Air (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 03 Apr 2023

“Live by Night” aside, Affleck’s directorial record is pretty impressive and Air feels like his most inspired effort to date, an underdog…

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Review of Air (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 03 Apr 2023

“Live by Night” aside, Affleck’s directorial record is pretty impressive and Air feels like his most inspired effort to date, an underdog…

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Review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 29 Mar 2023

Based on the popular role-playing game and far better than that forgettable 2000 “D&D” big-screen outing, “Thieves” is a clever and…

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Review of John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 21 Mar 2023

John Wick: Chapter 4 delivers on the ballet of bullets and fiesta of firearms you expect while also successfully showcasing the dynamic, reluctantly…

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Review of Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 15 Mar 2023

“Fury” piles on the mythos, monsters and magic, a smidge too heavily at times, but stays grounded, thanks to its earnestly goofy main man…

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Review of Scream VI (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 08 Mar 2023

This “Scream” is neither king of the hill nor top of the heap, but you can’t be too mad at a picture that makes a cathartic treat out…

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Review of Creed III (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 01 Mar 2023

In addition to reprising his role as Adonis Creed, Jordan packs his directorial debut with the usual “Rocky” melodrama and bombastic ring…

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Review of Cocaine Bear (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 23 Feb 2023

A proudly ridiculous yet sincerely enjoyable exercise of putting wacky characters in the war path of a dangerous (and very high) beast…

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Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 14 Feb 2023

Returning director Peyton Reed pumps in enough family bonding and signature whimsy to complement the massive world building and a new time-traveling…

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Review of Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 10 Feb 2023

Tamer and what one could arguably call classier, this movie trades bromantic machismo and beefcake high jinks for female empowerment and character…

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Review of 80 for Brady (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 02 Feb 2023

With a screenplay by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins – who worked on the genius “Booksmart” – it has a fun energy, especially when…

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Review of Knock at the Cabin (2023)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 01 Feb 2023

Top-shelf Shyamalan…

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Review of M3GAN (2022)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 05 Jan 2023

Produced by horror masters Jason Blum and James Wan (The Conjuring), M3GAN satisfies with slasher gusto, “Black Mirror”-esque satire and…

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Review of Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 21 Dec 2022

Like Rami Malek’s Freddie Mercury in “Rhapsody,” Ackie’s own voice is heard at times though mainly she’s performing to Houston’s…

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Review of Babylon (2022)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 16 Dec 2022

Even with a great turn from Brad Pitt, an impressive showing by newcomer Diego Calva and a bunch of entertaining cameos, the madcap comedy-drama…

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Review of Babylon (2022)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 16 Dec 2022

Even with a great turn from Brad Pitt, an impressive showing by newcomer Diego Calva and a bunch of entertaining cameos, the madcap comedy-drama…

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Review of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 13 Dec 2022

It’s a gorgeous and stunning thing to look at, with awesome sights of underwater fauna, and the new movie is an emotionally charged outing that…

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Review of Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 09 Dec 2022

[Del Toro's] wonderful new take on the classic tale is the most essential adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s novel since Walt Disney’s 1940…

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Review of Emancipation (2022)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 08 Dec 2022

The heart of the matter gets lost amid the action-movie elements – with shades of The Revenant” and “Glory – though a dedicated Smith…

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