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Review of Hostiles (2017)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 18 Feb 2018

It can hardly be called a reinvention of the Western, if indeed such a thing is even possible…

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Review of The Death of Stalin (2017)

By April Wolfe (199) for Houston Press (294) on 04 Oct 2017

This is classic comedy gold, in many ways reminiscent of the old Monty Python show sketches skewering politicians, but with a slightly more…

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Review of Wonder Woman (2017)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 01 Jun 2017

Jenkins and company understand superheroes should have a purpose other than brooding…

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Review of Moana (2016)

By Jef Rouner (3) for Houston Press (294) on 08 May 2017

Amazing film. Not as good as Lilo and Stitch, but then again nothing is. The Rock needs to do way more musical theater…

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Review of Tai Chi Zero (2012)

By Jef Rouner (3) for Houston Press (294) on 08 May 2017

It's one of the strangest films I've ever seen, but Tai Chi Zero is also without a doubt one of the absolute best…

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Review of Beauty and the Beast (2017)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 25 Mar 2017

It's fine. Take the kids (unless you're one of those parents who seriously frets about how to explain the gays to them)…

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Review of Life (2017)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 25 Mar 2017

Life plays out like everyone involved was filling boxes on a space horror bingo card…

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Review of Logan (2017)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 25 Mar 2017

Logan/i> is everything we complain comic book movies aren't: It's contemplative and poignant, and there are depths to these characters only…

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Review of Kong: Skull Island (2017)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 25 Mar 2017

Humans monkey with nature; giant ape goes bananas, wishing they would lemur him alone…

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Review of Arrival (2016)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 17 Feb 2017

Arrival has much more in common with E.T. than Invasion of the Saucer Men. And if we're being honest, it's not really about the aliens at all…

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Review of A Dog's Purpose (2017)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 17 Feb 2017

A Dog's Purpose will find a great Hallmark Channel following among folks who refer to their pets as their children and mean it…

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Review of Inferno (2016)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 17 Feb 2017

Inferno is the third movie based on Dan Brown's erudite Harvard professor, and while it's not quite the most forgettable, it's mildly interesting…

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Review of Doctor Strange (2016)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 17 Feb 2017

The effects are the closest most of us will get to tripping balls in a Disney movie outside of dropping acid and watching Pink Elephants on…

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Review of Dionne Copland's Inferno (2016)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 17 Feb 2017

Inferno is the third movie based on Dan Brown's erudite Harvard professor, and while it's not quite the most forgettable, it's mildly interesting…

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Review of The Great Wall (2016)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 17 Feb 2017

It's said that if you always expect the worst, you're never disappointed…

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Review of Patriots Day (2016)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 17 Feb 2017

But Wahlberg's persistent Masshole persona grates quickly, as does the perpetuating of the idea that somehow Boston is the only city that would…

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Review of John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 17 Feb 2017

Chapter 2 is this series' The Empire Strikes Back, if that movie had a running gag about murdering people with pencils…

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Review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 18 Dec 2016

You never knew Donnie Yen whomping stormtroopers was something you needed in your life until you saw it happening…

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Review of Nocturnal Animals (2016)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 18 Dec 2016

It's a handsome production, but ultimately lacking in substance…

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Review of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 26 Oct 2016

Jack Reacher should have been Cruise's character until a) he decided he wants to move on, or b) Child's next book had Reacher rescuing someone…

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