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Review of The Beach Bum (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 27 Mar 2019

A fun-for-a-while attempt by writer-director Harmony Korine, American indie cinema’s effrontery kingpin, to go a little bit mainstream…

Review of Dumbo (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 26 Mar 2019

This movie also offers less: less wit, less charm, and only a few scraps of the old movie’s crucial songs (though “Baby Mine” receives…

Review of The Aftermath (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 21 Mar 2019

Director James Kent’s pretty, frustrating picture has atmosphere in spades, and a diamond-like sheen, but its tale of hearts aflame is slowly…

Review of The Hummingbird Project (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 21 Mar 2019

Surprise…

Review of Us (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 20 Mar 2019

Jordan Peele’s Us begins so spectacularly well, and sustains its game of doubles so cleverly for most of its two hours, it’s an unusual…

Review of Five Feet Apart (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 14 Mar 2019

But Haley Lu Richardson’s in it. She’s excellent. In fact, she’s reliably excellent…

Review of The Mustang (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 14 Mar 2019

The film’s impressive as far is it goes, and Schoenaerts is a fine actor with considerable emotional resources…

Review of Captain Marvel (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 05 Mar 2019

It’s fun…

Review of Greta (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 28 Feb 2019

The script by Jordan and Ray Wright, from Wright’s story, wastes little time in getting to what “Fatal Attraction” enthusiasts might…

Review of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 28 Feb 2019

For all these self-effacing but highly valuable reasons, when the triumphs of the human, agricultural and engineering spirits arrive, they…

Review of Fighting with My Family (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 20 Feb 2019

In other words, nothing much held me back from enjoying writer-director Stephen Merchant’s engaging, charismatically acted underdog fable…

Review of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 20 Feb 2019

From the beginning, the animators got something very, very right with Toothless, who works with an artificial tail just as his human friend…

Review of Isn't It Romantic (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 12 Feb 2019

There’s not much kick to Isn’t It Romantic, even after it goes over the rainbow…

Review of What Men Want (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 06 Feb 2019

The story is a lot harder on its female protagonist than the 2000 film was on its male equivalent…

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

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 06 Feb 2019

Lord and Miller are two of a small handful of Hollywood screenwriters whose style is instantly identifiable…

Review of They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 01 Feb 2019

The film works best in its most acutely observed details of daily life in the trenches…

Review of Cold Pursuit (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 28 Jan 2019

The movie delivers, in its chosen way. But it’s a soulless way…

Review of Stan & Ollie (2018)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 27 Jan 2019

It’s a modest film, but a very good one, and by the end I was quite moved by its valiant belief in decency and in the duo’s eternal appeal…

Review of Serenity (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 24 Jan 2019

The atmosphere in Serenity, by design, imparts a slightly uneasy and hermetic feeling…

Review of Canal Street (2019)

By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 19 Jan 2019

It’s a choppy, frustrating affair, periodically bailed out by some very good actors…

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