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Review of Metal Lords (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 07 Apr 2022

Though there aren’t many laughs on the way to that Battle of the Bands, Sollett’s unassuming cast and breezy pace ensure we won’t be…

Review of Spin Me Round (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 Mar 2022

Amusing but the most lightweight of the five diverse features he’s made so far, it finds other members of the Baena gang (Aubrey Plaza, Molly…

Review of Master of Light (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 17 Mar 2022

Much is left unsaid in the beautifully shot doc, which will leave inquisitive viewers wanting many more specifics on both the family front…

Review of I Love My Dad (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 15 Mar 2022

Gently funny and much more forgiving than viewers might expect, the picture plays to Oswalt’s strengths and may resonate uncomfortably for…

Review of The Lost City (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Mar 2022

While the dialogue rarely crackles the way the original screwball films did, the Nees and their two co-writers find some pleasing little bits…

Review of The Desperate Hour (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 17 Feb 2022

A case study in how storytelling contrivances can sabotage a courageously vulnerable performance, the movie addresses American parents’ deepest…

Review of I Didn't See You There (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 29 Jan 2022

Viewed on its own, it communicates much less than its maker seems to intend, hovering in a not-very-satisfying zone between advocacy doc, first-person…

Review of Emily the Criminal (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 Jan 2022

A cool, confident debut whose steady build mirrors the increasing stakes faced by its namesake, John Patton Ford’s Emily the Criminal is…

Review of Dual (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 24 Jan 2022

Stearns’ third feature (following Faults and The Art of Self-Defense) is his least satisfying so far; as visually drab as its predecessors,…

Review of Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 23 Jan 2022

Building on the strengths of his justly celebrated debut, maintaining its distinctive point-of-view while broadening the scope of its sympathy,…

Review of Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 10 Jan 2022

Transformania remains sufficiently goofy-sweet to please its target demo; those who find the humor toothless should at least appreciate the…

Review of The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 21 Dec 2021

If you loved The Matrix and hated the sequels (or simply found them unsatisfying), go see this one. Have a blast. (But wear a mask.)…

Review of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Dec 2021

This is the least fun of the Watts/Holland pictures by a wide margin (intentionally so, to some extent), but it’s a hell of a lot better…

Review of The Beta Test (2021)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 19 Oct 2021

Cummings works the same muscles that attracted attention in the festival darling Thunder Road and its follow-up, The Wolf of Snow Hollow: Exploring…

Review of Antlers (2021)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 12 Oct 2021

Thoroughly successful both as icky art house horror and as an allegory of generational trauma, Scott Cooper’s Antlers continues the director’s…

Review of Madonna: Madame X (2021)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 10 Oct 2021

Wherever one draws the line between supporting a group and co-opting it, X captures a night of solid performances and top-notch stagecraft…

Review of The Black Phone (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 05 Oct 2021

The story’s final third works even better than the buildup would suggest, shrugging off some of the atmospherics and, with a clever nod to…

Review of Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 30 Sep 2021

The film does develop the chemistry between the titular alien and the human he’s forced to inhabit while inside Earth’s atmosphere…

Review of A Banquet (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 17 Sep 2021

Justin Bull’s screenplay comes up short, failing to adequately capture the depth of its teen’s encounter with the abyss — her anorexia…

Review of The Survivor (2022)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 17 Sep 2021

Ben Foster goes through more than one striking transformation here, changing body and soul while neither shying away from nor overdramatizing…

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