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Review of Climax (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 07 Mar 2019

I wonder if Noe is familiar with the work of Three Dog Night, and their 1970 rumination on a party gone bad, “Mama Told Me Not to Come.”…

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Review of Captain Marvel (2019)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 07 Mar 2019

Years from now, chances are that when people sit around and talk enthusiastically about that movie with Brie Larson and Samuel L…

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Review of Triple Frontier (2019)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 06 Mar 2019

Though it’s been many years in development, it remains a timely look at the dangers of our increasingly outsourced, privatized military-intelligence…

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Review of Greta (2019)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 28 Feb 2019

Neil Jordan gives us a fancier version of the Lifetime staple in Greta…

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Review of Fighting with My Family (2019)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 21 Feb 2019

It’s easy enough to guess where this is going, but the movie gets the details right, and the relationships play out in a satisfying way,…

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

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 21 Feb 2019

The movie really soars when the dragons do the same — as in previous installments, the best shots are of dragons maneuvering through the clouds…

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Review of Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 13 Feb 2019

It’s a story with too many influences, no cohesion, no apparent narrative purpose…

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Review of Isn't It Romantic (2019)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 13 Feb 2019

In conceptual terms, the movie has more in common with Scream, in that it’s an examination of genre clichés (in this case romantic comedies)…

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Review of The Upside (2019)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Feb 2019

Even if you haven’t seen The Intouchables, you have a pretty good idea where the drama is headed…

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Review of Stan & Ollie (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Feb 2019

This is a funny, affectionate and surprisingly touching film…

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Review of Cold War (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Feb 2019

Cold War, a love story about music and musicians, is for people who found A Star Is Born way too cheerful and optimistic…

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Review of They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Feb 2019

They Shall Not Grow Old avoids geopolitics to concentrate on the lives of the common soldier and the reality of trenches — the horseplay,…

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Review of Miss Bala (2019)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Feb 2019

The remake, directed by Twilight’s Catherine Hardwicke, makes substantial changes — taking the bare bones of the story and turning into…

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Review of Glass (2019)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Feb 2019

There is a lot of plot in those final minutes, and don’t bother trying to outguess the magician…

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Review of Capernaum (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 26 Jan 2019

The acting is fine throughout, and director Labaki (she plays Zain's lawyer) has a genius for handling untutored performers like Al Rafeea…

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Review of Serenity (2019)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 24 Jan 2019

The fact that it’s a Razzie contender, of course, is no reason not to see it. In fact it could be an inducement — Razzie movies can be quite fun…

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Review of Destroyer (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 11 Jan 2019

The story circles cleverly back on itself, putting an original spin on the familiar tale of the burned-out investigator reckoning with the…

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Review of Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

By Dan Deluca (28) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 03 Jan 2019

Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't throw itself into the tale of the band with anything approaching the abandon of the boldly unconventional 1975 smash…

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Review of Escape Room (2019)

By Drew Lazor (2) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 03 Jan 2019

The setup may seem recyclable, but really it’s disposable…

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Review of Vice (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 24 Dec 2018

A more nuanced Bale portrait of a man enamored of secrecy, strong-arming, militarism, and vigilante impulses can be found in The Dark Knight…

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