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Review of Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 11 Jun 2021

At its best, it does what Bourdain’s work did: “Roadrunner” makes you want to jump on a plane, discover a new place, a new culture, eat…

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Review of Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 09 Jun 2021

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is a marginally better movie than “The Hitman’s Bodyguard.” But that’s kind of like saying that getting…

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Review of The Dry (2021)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 20 May 2021

Bana is one of the producers of The Dry, and it’s not hard to see why he wanted to act the role, which is uniquely suited to his specific…

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Review of Shiva Baby (2021)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The New York Times (9,847) on 13 Apr 2021

It’s rare for a film to simultaneously balance such wildly divergent tones, to interweave big laughs with gut-wrenching discomfort, but Seligman…

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Review of Here Before (2022)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 19 Mar 2021

Gregg, who wrote and directed, has mostly written for television, and while this is her feature directorial debut, she’s a born filmmaker…

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Review of Swan Song (2021)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 19 Mar 2021

The pacing is wobbly – it runs a too-flabby 105 minutes – and some of the filmmaking is pretty rickety…

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Review of Tom & Jerry (2021)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The New York Times (9,847) on 26 Feb 2021

The de rigueur slapstick scenes for the title characters don’t even play, as the integration of animation and live action is so clunky that…

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Review of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 02 Feb 2021

Filled with fascinating yet long-forgotten anecdotes…

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Review of In the Earth (2021)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 31 Jan 2021

In the Earth isn’t a complete washout; there are moments of bleak humor, genre fans will enjoy the striking imagery and gross-out shivers,…

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Review of News of the World (2020)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 Dec 2020

The revelation here is Zengel, who has says little (none of it in English), yet has the presence and gravitas of a silent film actor, putting…

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Review of Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 10 Nov 2020

Hillbilly Elegy has nothing to say about the circumstances that caused these addictions and resentments, and it certainly has noting useful…

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Review of Mank (2020)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 06 Nov 2020

There is some pleasure in spotting the winks and legends and shout-outs, but as with any biopic, of any figure, you can’t just bank on familiarity—…

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Review of Shadow in the Cloud (2021)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 20 Sep 2020

This is an excruciatingly stupid movie, and the nicest thing I can say about it is that, at 83 minutes, at least it’s over quickly…

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Review of City Hall (2020)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 15 Sep 2020

What Wiseman’s film boils down to, in many ways, is a much-needed dose of competency porn – a snapshot of government officials trying their…

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Review of Enemies of the State (2021)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 15 Sep 2020

Enemies of the State is powered by a sense of momentum – it’s a story filled with unexpected twists and turns, and not just in terms of…

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Review of Class Action Park (2020)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The New York Times (9,847) on 02 Sep 2020

Class Action Park loses its footing somewhat in the closing passages; Scott and Porges don’t seem to know quite how to wrap things up, and…

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Review of Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 27 Aug 2020

The conclusion of Bill & Ted Face the Music is pure corn, and by that point, they’ve earned it…

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Review of The Tax Collector (2020)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 03 Aug 2020

All this movie has to say is that David Ayer enjoys creating misery, and sharing it. What a repugnant, hateful piece of work this is…

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Review of The King of Staten Island (2020)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 Jun 2020

But what’s especially dispiriting, this time around, is that the film promises more…

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Review of Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The New York Times (9,847) on 11 May 2020

With no real thesis or through-line, the movie winds up being little more than a series of revue-style blackout sketches, lengthy digressions…

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