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Review of Sid and Nancy (1986)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 14 Sep 2017

There is some nobility in the film's relentlessness and single-minded focus, but not enough to redeem its lack of having anything much to say…

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Review of It (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 14 Sep 2017

Captures the unique qualities of King's storytelling, which often melds abject horrors with a sense of real-life minutia, good humor, and a…

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Review of Wind River (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 24 Aug 2017

Sheridan's particular gift is his ability to thread these social and political themes into crackerjack narratives that are so enthralling in…

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Review of Detroit (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 20 Aug 2017

Even if Detroit doesn't quite live up to expectations, it certainly succeeds in reminding us that some old wounds never quite heal and we desperately…

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Review of Swamp Thing (1982)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 15 Aug 2017

Sure, it's kind of hokey and a bit campy and has some narrative bumbling and pacing issues, but overall it is a genuinely fun diversion-a contemporary…

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Review of Dunkirk (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 05 Aug 2017

Draws us deep into something from which we emerge with an initial sense of thrill, but are ultimately left with a lingering sense of what might…

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Review of The Thing (1982)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 04 Aug 2017

Fascinating, horrifying, and utterly engaging from the first frame to the last…

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Review of War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 30 Jul 2017

The loss of conflict within the human characters takes a toll, as War lacks Dawn's multifaceted interplay of politics and genuine emotional…

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Review of Baby Driver (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 26 Jul 2017

The action is where Wright's film shines, as he puts the full pedal to the metal in returning us to the old-fashioned delights of real car…

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Review of Wonder Woman (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 18 Jul 2017

An exuberant fantasy with a genuine conscience that stands apart from so many other similar films in its willingness to embrace goodness, decency,…

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Review of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 16 Jul 2017

While it is frequently enjoyably, it is also an overly managed and manufactured product, designed and refined to fit neatly into the Marvel…

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Review of Amityville II: The Possession (1982)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 13 Jul 2017

By the film's final act, the special effects technicians have taken over almost completely, turning it from a parapsychological drama of some…

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Review of Okja (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 10 Jul 2017

The way Bong draws it all together is almost alchemic; it shouldn't work, but somehow it does…

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Review of 47 Meters Down (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 06 Jul 2017

Does exactly what it needs to do in setting up a precarious situation, trapping its protagonists, and then forcing us to endure their panic,…

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Review of T2 Trainspotting (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 26 Jun 2017

Seeing these characters 20 years on has its own pleasure, especially since there was no reason to think that any of them would actually live past 30…

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Review of The Mummy (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 25 Jun 2017

Never really works because it is so focused on laying the groundwork for future installments that it sacrifices narrative engagement in the…

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Review of They Live by Night (1949)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 15 Jun 2017

A truly unique film-a groundbreaking entry in a distinctly American genre that announced in no uncertain terms the arrival of a major new talent…

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Review of The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 12 Jun 2017

A cracking-good crime story almost perfectly told…

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Review of It Comes at Night (2017)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 11 Jun 2017

A penetrating exercise in escalating dread and despair…

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

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 05 Jun 2017

Undeniably fun at times, but also a little too familiar and derivative to achieve anything other than intermittent pleasures…

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