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Review of Deadpool 2 (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 15 May 2018

Here, Leitch uses brevity to do for witty action what it famously does for wit alone…

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Review of Disobedience (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 10 May 2018

The doggedly serious Disobedience might have been a more engaging movie if it had allowed itself to be governed by its own melodramatic passions…

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Review of Measure of a Man (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 09 May 2018

While the movie serves as a pleasant piece of nostalgia, it’s not very deeply felt, and mostly serves to remind us of other, better movies…

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Review of Life of the Party (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 09 May 2018

Half the movie has a game McCarthy starring in scenes that live up to the promise of the movie’s title (’80s dance off! Bust a move…

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Review of The Endless (2017)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 02 May 2018

The Endless works on its own modest spooky-kooky terms, and also as a rumination on life’s ruts and patterns, best considered over a couple…

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Review of Overboard (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 02 May 2018

It all adds up to a bicultural comedy that is good-natured if not especially or consistently well-written…

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Review of Ghost Stories (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 25 Apr 2018

The movie is mostly gore free and tame by the standards of modern horror movies, and some of the familiar visual touches borrow greedily from…

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Review of The Rider (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 25 Apr 2018

It all adds up to a handsome, engrossing slice-of-life movie with the feel of a Western, inventive and unique…

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Review of Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

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

Characters overflow on the screen, crowding out emotional investment, and there is a severely misplaced emphasis on the power of special effects…

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Review of Super Troopers 2 (2018)

By Nick Vadala (13) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 18 Apr 2018

The problem isn’t that the humor is inappropriate, it’s that after almost two decades, it isn’t as funny…

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Review of I Feel Pretty (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 17 Apr 2018

There are a few moments wherein Schumer has a chance to successfully deploy the brash, take-me-as-I-am persona she has cultivated on stage…

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Review of Lean on Pete (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 17 Apr 2018

Lean on Pete is life affirming in that it affirms life is hard and unforgiving…

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Review of Rampage (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 10 Apr 2018

Both San Andreas and Rampage are directed by Brad Peyton, and they share a bland disaster-movie sameness - you get a lot of Johnson flying…

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Review of Truth or Dare (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 10 Apr 2018

The internal logic of the movie is complex, confusing, and as a result the movie is not very much fun…

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Review of Aardvark (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 10 Apr 2018

In its last moments...Aardvark finds a groove…

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Review of You Were Never Really Here (2017)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 10 Apr 2018

It’s not very deeply felt…

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Review of Beirut (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 09 Apr 2018

Hamm is in his sweet spot here as a former hotshot now emptied of ideals and passion…

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Review of Final Portrait (2017)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 04 Apr 2018

Rush has a lot to do, and is the kind of performer who can rise to that kind of challenge. Hammer is not so lucky…

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Review of Chappaquiddick (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 04 Apr 2018

The ability of political power to impose narratives, says Chappaquiddick, has always been conditional on our willingness to believe them…

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Review of Blockers (2018)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 03 Apr 2018

Mostly what lurks around the edge of the action isn’t danger, but affection…

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