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Review of The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 27 May 2019

Actual kids will probably enjoy The Secret Life Of Pets 2, just as they probably enjoy whatever mini-movies Illumination churns out to supplement…

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Review of Booksmart (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The Verge (432) on 22 May 2019

Wilde’s film gets a lot of comic mileage from its lead actors’ ability to create a funny, believable relationship…

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Review of Brightburn (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 21 May 2019

Throwing in some gnarly gore—and Brightburn indulges a couple of truly gruesome flinches—doesn’t change the plodding inevitability with…

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Review of Rocketman (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 18 May 2019

As tedious as Rocketman is when it’s going through the biographical motions, it’s equally delightful when it launches into something most…

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Review of Photograph (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 12 May 2019

What’s consistent about Photograph is the way it maintains the delicacy of a particularly fine short story, complete with some ghostly supporting…

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Review of Tolkien (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 05 May 2019

The real model here, of course, is Shakespeare In Love, but that movie was also a comedy, while Tolkien is as reverent and moist-eyed as a…

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Review of Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 02 May 2019

It ends up a whole lot of cute, branded nothing — watchable junk for young adults of tomorrow to look back on with inordinate fondness…

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Review of UglyDolls (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 30 Apr 2019

Adults in charge might want to take a cue from the movie’s penny-pinching, and save some money on movie tickets…

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Review of Breakthrough (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 14 Apr 2019

Good intentions or not, it’s a little bit chilling, this fantasy world where “thoughts and prayers” really, truly are the best anyone can offer…

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Review of Missing Link (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 02 Apr 2019

It operates on its own little wavelength, rather than broadcasting itself loudly…

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Review of The Highwaymen (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 26 Mar 2019

After noble and varied entries like Jack Reacher, Hell Or High Water, and The Old Man & The Gun, The Highwaymen is a crucial reminder that…

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Review of Wonder Park (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 14 Mar 2019

Wonder Park has the unmistakable air of a promising movie no one has taken full responsibility for polishing into a good one…

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Review of Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 12 Mar 2019

It’s a watchably low-key family adventure, but that’s a low bar to clear for Nancy Drew, so well-suited to function as a gateway text—to…

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Review of Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The Verge (432) on 14 Feb 2019

Happy Death Day 2U pulls off a trick that isn’t especially easy for original movies, let alone direct sequels: it makes all the laborious…

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Review of The Prodigy (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 06 Feb 2019

The filmmakers figure out how to make a creepy kid chilling again, then stop short, closing the case too early…

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Review of Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 01 Feb 2019

Like so many expensive fantasies, Alita: Battle Angel feels burdened by dreams of a franchise that may never materialize…

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Review of Miss Bala (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 31 Jan 2019

It’s somehow both less explicit and more blandly lascivious than its nastier counterpart, equally skittish about exploitation and saying…

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Review of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 26 Jan 2019

Underneath the expressive voice work, songs, in-jokes, and nonsense cameos, there is some thematic resonance to Lego Movie 2, not fully tapped…

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Review of Glass (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The Week (85) on 18 Jan 2019

With its many characters alternately showcased and neglected, Glass is a strange movie. In its haunted, haunting way, it's also a satisfying one…

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Review of Replicas (2018)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The Verge (432) on 11 Jan 2019

The utter stupidity of Replicas sometimes makes it feel almost daring…

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Jesse Hassenger has written reviews for:

Time Out (7,510)
Entertainment Weekly (6,953)
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Filmcritic.com (3,164)
The Guardian (2,969)
Paste Magazine (2,906)
AV Club (2,778)
PopMatters (2,617)
Consequence of Sound (1,431)
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