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Review of It Comes at Night (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 11 Jun 2017

A small-scaled picture that builds a striking degree of tension through very economical means, a cousin of Eli Roth's 'Cabin Fever' that depends…

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Review of Megan Leavey (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 07 Jun 2017

Not much more than a Hallmark Hall of Fame-style exercise in audience manipulation, but it's a better-than-average example of the type…

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Review of The Hunter's Prayer (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 07 Jun 2017

Hampered by start-and-stop execution that depends overmuch on implausible hair-breadth escapes and gets bogged down in sappy back story…

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Review of My Cousin Rachel (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 06 Jun 2017

An elegant 'Masterpiece Theatre'-style adaptation of the venerable tale, as smoothly seductive as its enigmatic heroine…

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Review of The Mummy (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 06 Jun 2017

A big, blustery, jokey special-effects-laden extravaganza that delivers few thrills and even fewer chills....this 'Mummy' should never have…

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Review of Wonder Woman (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 31 May 2017

For roughly half of its nearly two-and-a-half-hour running time, 'Wonder Woman' is a better-than-average superhero movie; a pity it falls off…

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Review of Churchill (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 31 May 2017

A provocative portrait of the great man less based on history than imagination and abounding in cinematic cliché, but showcasing a virtuoso…

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Review of Berlin Syndrome (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 30 May 2017

A psychological thriller that's expertly put together but, in the end, doesn't bring enough twists to its rather predictable plot trajectory…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 23 May 2017

The most see-worthy entry in the 'Pirates' franchise since the first installment, but still a comparatively leaky vessel, with Depp's Sparrow…

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Review of Baywatch (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 23 May 2017

Yet another misfire based on a crummy old TV series...a would-be summer blockbuster that might not be as excruciatingly bad as you might fear…

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Review of Alien: Covenant (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 17 May 2017

A coolly effective entry in the series, delivering some real jolts along the way…

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Review of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 17 May 2017

A formulaic blend of slapstick and sentiment that youngsters up to age ten or so will probably enjoy, though it's not much superior to the…

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Review of Everything, Everything (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 17 May 2017

Shallow and sappy... Ultimately 'Everything, Everything' amounts to very little…

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Review of The Lovers (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 17 May 2017

Though a bit too cleverly contrived in the end, its voice is sufficiently distinctive to set it apart…

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Review of Snatched (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 11 May 2017

Trainwreck' was the title of Amy Schumer's first starring vehicle; it's an accurate description of her second…

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Review of Chuck (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 10 May 2017

A boxing movie that happily avoids the clichés of most boxing movies...a nifty footnote to Stallone's famous film…

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Review of The Wall (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 10 May 2017

A minimalist military survival story that comes across largely as a technical exercise, though admittedly an efficiently manufactured one,…

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Review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 10 May 2017

A dispiritingly lowbrow would-be epic-a modern-day bastardization rather than an imaginative rethinking, totally lacking in grandeur…

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Review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 02 May 2017

Overstuffed...an elephantine sequel to a movie that was lighter on its feet; it tries so hard that the strain shows all too clearly…

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Review of The Circle (2017)

By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 28 Apr 2017

Takes up a subject the invites sharp satire and suspenseful paranoia, but turns it into something bland and forgettable…

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