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Review of VHYes (2020)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 16 Jan 2020

Though hardly groundbreaking in either its content or its aesthetics, the film is more serious than it initially lets on, and can only benefit…

Review of Disturbing the Peace (2020)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 16 Jan 2020

The film's apparent desire to channel heartland morality is weirdly undercut by a glib (and unsatisfying) vigilante move at the end, but only…

Review of Like a Boss (2020)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 08 Jan 2020

Quite funny for much of its running time, the film feels like it simply runs out of steam in its third act, settling for a lazy, pandering…

Review of Underwater (2020)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 07 Jan 2020

This is a creature feature, whose gory jump-scares and icktastic critter design are the reason you're here…

Review of The Grudge (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 02 Jan 2020

Nearly devoid of scares for the casual horror consumer, it will likely elicit a respectful dismissal from genre connoisseurs: We get what you're…

Review of Code 8 (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 14 Dec 2019

Though this clearly isn't meant to be a lighthearted story, a glimmer of wit here and there would've helped keep viewers engaged in the action…

Review of Black Christmas (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 12 Dec 2019

Initially a sluggish stalker flick whose undergraduate moral debates are tiresome instead of provocative, it eventually transforms into a patriarchy…

Review of 6 Underground (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 11 Dec 2019

You might think that director Michael Bay is angling to make his star, Ryan Reynolds, the Tom Cruise of a dumber, car-crashier version of the…

Review of Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 10 Dec 2019

A large part of the first film's pleasure came from watching adult actors, very sure in their screen personae, pretend to be children who were…

Review of After Class (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 04 Dec 2019

As in Schechter's previous movies, an unusually strong cast is key to making this touchy material work, with supporting players Lynn Cohen…

Review of 63 Up (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 25 Nov 2019

The film (which isn't a good place to start, for those new to Up) is far from a downer; it suggests that the next installment (and hopefully…

Review of Autonomy (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 24 Nov 2019

Though viewers who follow the subject in print won't learn a whole lot they don't already know here — and, given technology's pace, it may…

Review of Feast of the Seven Fishes (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 14 Nov 2019

Buoyed by enjoyable performances by character actors like Paul Ben-Victor, the picture is slight but likeable, especially for fans of its younger…

Review of Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 14 Nov 2019

A look at the infamous paper that emphasizes color over critique, it's a blazingly paced film that entertains and informs, even if many viewers…

Review of Radioflash (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 14 Nov 2019

Set in the tense hours between a calamity and the societal breakdown it'll almost certainly cause, Ben McPherson's Radioflash begins as a visually…

Review of Noelle (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 12 Nov 2019

Marc Lawrence's story about Santa's daughter, despite its solid cast, aims squarely at not-too-picky kids and mostly ignores parents' desire…

Review of Last Christmas (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 06 Nov 2019

It's a misfire by just about any measure, but it earns some warm feelings for its determination not to be like anything else currently in circulation…

Review of Primal (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 06 Nov 2019

No film involving Nicholas Cage and a blowgun with curare-tipped darts can be all bad, and Primal gives us at least a little of everything…

Review of Midway (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 06 Nov 2019

Wes Tooke offers stiff dialogue and sometimes oddly structured action, leaving much dramatic potential unexploited…

Review of Klaus (2019)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 05 Nov 2019

Sergio Pablos' Klaus invents its own unexpected and very enjoyable origin story for the big guy who gives out toys every Christmas eve…

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