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Review of Moonage Daydream (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 15 Sep 2022

Wielding chaos into cinema — rather than creating an accumulation of factoids and anecdotes told by those who knew the performer — Morgen…

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Review of Speak No Evil (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 09 Sep 2022

While the clues of impending horror emerge long before this episode of camaraderie—signaled by Sune Kølster’s unnerving orchestral score…

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Review of Pinocchio (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 08 Sep 2022

Zemeckis’ Pinocchio prompts one to wish upon a star that Disney would stop diluting the legacy of its beloved animated features with these…

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Review of Pinocchio (2024)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 08 Sep 2022

Zemeckis’ Pinocchio prompts one to wish upon a star that Disney would stop diluting the legacy of its beloved animated features with these…

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Review of The Eternal Daughter (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 06 Sep 2022

After the youthful splendor of last year’s The Souvenir Part II, Hogg returns with a magnificent achievement of a more inconspicuous kind…

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Review of Argentina 1985 (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 04 Sep 2022

As straightforward in its conception as its unfussy title, Mitre’s latest can be described as an effectively utilitarian piece of cinema…

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Review of Athena (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 02 Sep 2022

Within the first few minutes of Athena, it’s clear this is propulsive filmmaking with thematic substance…

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Review of Dos estaciones (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for IndieWire (3,631) on 01 Sep 2022

González’s fiction is so indelibly tied to the reality of the place and its inebriating spirit that certain segments of the film (particularly…

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Review of BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 01 Sep 2022

Throughout the film’s warranted nearly-three-hour runtime, Iñárritu writes the cinematic verses of an oneiric love poem to an ever-incongruous…

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Review of The Invitation (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 26 Aug 2022

Though The Invitation doesn’t land in the “worst of the year” territory given its lead performance and notable flares of style, it’s…

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Review of Laal Singh Chaddha (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 09 Aug 2022

Aside from how unnecessary remakes tend to be, what’s imperative is to consider whether a story with such a simplistically offensive depiction…

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Review of Mija (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for IndieWire (3,631) on 03 Aug 2022

A tribute to those children of immigrants, especially those in families divided across borders, pulling for their own aspirations while carrying…

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Review of My Old School (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 27 Jul 2022

In exploiting this anecdote about an impostor hiding in plain sight for its entertainment potential, My Old School feels dismissive toward…

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Review of We Met in Virtual Reality (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 27 Jul 2022

Though it ignores the many situations that could go wrong in the ever-evolving universe of virtual reality, this fascinating ode to touchless…

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Review of Nope (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for The Playlist (3,871) on 20 Jul 2022

Though philosophically unsatisfying in the sum of its parts—it’s a murky mirror—“Nope” remains thoroughly exhilarating as further…

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Review of The Deer King (2021)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 18 Jul 2022

Even if mildly convoluted, The Deer King, a welcomed mature animated feature, nurtures enough admirable ideas and visual panache to command…

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Review of Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 12 Jul 2022

Following her well-received debut “First Match,” Newman hits a sophomore slump with this literary reinterpretation, where the performances…

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Review of Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 30 Jun 2022

As lackluster as this scattered-brained saga is, the animation team of “The Rise of Gru” does excel at constantly reminding us that we…

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Review of Wildhood (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 17 Jun 2022

Though the ending leaves most narrative loose ends untied, there’s a nurturing wisdom Link acquires from those he meets over the course of…

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Review of Father of the Bride (2022)

By Carlos Aguilar (278) for TheWrap (3,203) on 13 Jun 2022

For their reinvention of Father of the Bride, Alazraki and Lopez manage to make it feel so rooted in the Latino background of their characters…

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Carlos Aguilar has written reviews for:

Los Angeles Times (12,977)
The A.V. Club (5,644)
RogerEbert.com (5,563)
The Playlist (3,871)
Indiewire (3,631)
TheWrap (3,203)
Movie Mezzanine (782)

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