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Review of Aquaman (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 20 Dec 2018

it's a more memorable movie than most of the lesser Marvel films, and thus, DC takes another step toward righting the ship…

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Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 19 Dec 2018

Director Robert Zemeckis hits a new artistic low with Welcome to Marwen, a film that mistakes schmaltz for substance and employs downright…

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Review of Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 19 Dec 2018

Mary Poppins Returns may be the most joyful cash cow churned out this year, but its leading lady is clearly focused on the joy more than the cash…

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Review of Vox Lux (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 06 Dec 2018

Brady Corbet's numbingly difficult, ambitious, challenging Vox Lux lives at the intersection of today's dark reality and the need for escapism…

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Review of Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 01 Dec 2018

Some fun moments aside, as a whole, Anna and the Apocalypse just feels like one big missed opportunity…

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Review of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 15 Nov 2018

The Crimes of Grindelwald is hardly the first Harry Potter movie to suffer from rushing past plot points, but it is the first to seem bored…

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Review of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 11 Nov 2018

The results overall feel like riding a rickety wooden rollercoaster, where one wrong bump could send the whole thing crashing down, but put…

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Review of Overlord (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 08 Nov 2018

Overlord, in all its self-seriousness, has no real subtext it tries to tackle, or sense of importance that would elevate this sort of plot…

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Review of Bodied (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 07 Nov 2018

It's not entirely successful, especially in how unclear it is with what conversation it's trying to start, if any at all, but it is undeniably…

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Review of The Other Side of the Wind (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 04 Nov 2018

As an experimental commentary on experimental cinema, The Other Side of the Wind is practically built on being self-indulgent…

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Review of Boy Erased (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 02 Nov 2018

In cinema today, so many gay films feel like they're made for straight audiences…

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Review of Halloween (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 26 Oct 2018

In a few years, it'll be remembered fondly, but most will still go back to the original…

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Review of At Eternity's Gate (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for The Filtered Lens (17) on 14 Oct 2018

Defoe gives an appropriately huge performance as the film's subject, serving as a reminder that, while he may not give the most nuanced performances,…

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Review of If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

By Matthew Dougherty (34) for IGN Movies (1,472) on 10 Oct 2018

Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk is beaming with style and detail, but at its core, it’s a mindful meditation on human beings seeking…

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