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Movie Reviews by G. Allen Johnson - Page 9 of 26

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Review of The cave (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 30 Oct 2019

It’s like a Syrian “MASH,” except real…

Review of Black and Blue (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 Oct 2019

Sure, Black and Blue is a minor film, but it’s irresistible…

Review of Parasite (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 16 Oct 2019

Parasite, Bong Joon-ho’s latest masterpiece and the best film I’ve seen so far this year, is about two families of four at opposite ends…

Review of The Addams Family (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 10 Oct 2019

Yes, there are funny lines, but nearly all of them are familiar to fans; it’s almost like a greatest hits of “Addams Family” quotables…

Review of Midnight Traveler (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 02 Oct 2019

Midnight Traveler gets the bulk of its humanity from little Zahra and Nargis…

Review of The Sound of Silence (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Sep 2019

Sarsgaard and Jones are good actors, and both are fine…

Review of Ad Astra (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Sep 2019

It’s a probing, searching movie by one of the medium’s best American directors whose reach, like his protagonist’s, exceeds his grasp…

Review of Hustlers (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 12 Sep 2019

The movie is nonetheless strongly written, with a game cast…

Review of Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Aug 2019

Calaizzo’s script is sharp, funny and honest, and nicely avoids movie cliches about obesity…

Review of Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Aug 2019

What makes it brilliant is that it demonstrates how universal this distinctly Jewish musical has become, how it has been embraced by many cultures…

Review of Aquarela (2018)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 21 Aug 2019

So just showing a glacier breaking off, or a hurricane in full force, doesn’t prove there is climate change…

Review of American Factory (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 21 Aug 2019

Late in the extraordinary new Netflix documentary American Factory, Cao DeWang, the Chinese CEO of the Fuyao Group, wonders aloud, “I don’t…

Review of Ready or Not (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Aug 2019

The problem with Ready or Not is that directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (“V/H/S”) don’t know what kind of movie they…

Review of Love, Antosha (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 15 Aug 2019

Price has given us Yelchin’s most complete performance: himself. It is a cinematic gift to contemporary film fans everywhere…

Review of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 08 Aug 2019

The film finally gets into gear around the midpoint and zooms to a satisfying finish…

Review of The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 06 Aug 2019

The Art of Racing in the Rain, a sure-handed but predictable adaptation of Garth Stein’s best-selling 2008 novel, is a sloppy wet-kiss of…

Review of For Sama (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Jul 2019

What a talent Waad is. For Sama is a film made with the instincts of a journalist, the passion of a revolutionary and the beating heart of a mother…

Review of She's Just a Shadow (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Jul 2019

This utterly tasteless crime film about Tokyo’s top madam, a drug dealer and a serial killer is one of the worst films of the year…

Review of Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 10 Jul 2019

Leonard & Marianne suggests that these were two immensely intelligent and talented people who never found happiness…

Review of The Chambermaid (2019)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 05 Jul 2019

Shot almost entirely within a hotel, the film operates as a low-budget answer to “Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón’s much-lauded film that also…

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