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Review of The Little Stranger (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 13 Sep 2018

Abrahamson can transition seamlessly between static James Ivory-type long shots of the soothing English countryside, easing the audience into…

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Review of The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 31 Jul 2018

All of the plot developments, including the third act twist, are predictable for aficionados of the genre, but the many successful standalone…

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Review of Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 29 Jul 2018

Gus Van Sant’s film certainly captures how Callahan used whimsy as a defense mechanism against seemingly insurmountable real-life conflict,…

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Review of Uncle Drew (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 18 Jul 2018

This is one of those rare occasions in which a movie uses the dusty trope of turning a group of oddball misfits into a “family” and actually…

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Review of Tag (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 19 Jun 2018

Tag is a bit of a mess, the well-paced runtime not allowing gag-based physical comedy and dramedy to exist equally on the same plain, just…

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Review of Action Point (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 11 Jun 2018

Such a thin plot from some of the Jackass guys would have been completely forgiven, or even blissfully ignored, if the stunts were on par,…

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Review of Book Club (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 16 May 2018

The natural chemistry between the four leads is what gives this material the energy it needs. They all bring their A-game here…

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Review of Traffik (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 02 May 2018

There doesn’t seem to be any insidious motivation behind writer/director Deon Taylor’s vision for his film, no purposeful undermining of…

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Review of The Devil and Father Amorth (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 25 Apr 2018

It bears an overall feeling that we’re watching a work in progress…

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Review of Truth or Dare (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 16 Apr 2018

Truth or Dare commits the cardinal sin of a film with such a stupid premise; it tries to explain the spiritual source of the game…

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Review of Foxtrot (2017)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 10 Apr 2018

With its unflinching and painstaking execution of such grim subject matter, Foxtrot is certainly not an easy watch, but an ultimately rewarding one…

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Review of Sherlock Gnomes (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 27 Mar 2018

The reason such a colorful mainstream family time-waster should exist is to string together a bunch of zippy PG-rated action set-pieces…

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Review of 7 Days in Entebbe (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 14 Mar 2018

With a deft docudrama approach (that doesn’t overdo the usual extra-shaky handheld camera and overtly grainy visual tone), Padilha shows…

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Review of The Hurricane Heist (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 14 Mar 2018

In many ways, The Hurricane Heist’s lack of self-awareness regarding just how dated it feels plays to its advantage…

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Review of Death Wish (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 09 Mar 2018

This is a standard vigilante/revenge fantasy too plodding to deliver the base genre goodies, and too simplistic to work as a character study…

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Review of Gringo (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 09 Mar 2018

It’s the central performance by Oyelowo, who allows us to laugh at Harold’s naiveté and tomfoolery with some well-placed broad comedy…

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Review of Game Night (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 02 Mar 2018

Bateman and McAdams have some fun with the gonzo goofiness of the project, and milk a couple of comedy set-pieces—like one about a gunshot…

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Review of Winchester (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 12 Feb 2018

It could have been a torchbearer for the original Haunting, but ends up a slightly smarter cousin to the crappy 1999 remake instead…

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Review of Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 24 Jan 2018

Chances are that if you’re a big fan of the book series, you’ll be satisfied with this halfway competent but way overlong resolution to the saga…

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Review of The Final Year (2018)

By Oktay Ege Kozak (122) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 19 Jan 2018

[Barker's] film only tries to let us understand the constant and harsh pressures that people in such high positions of power go through daily,…

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