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Review of Suicide Squad (2016)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 16 Feb 2018

Truly, it's hard to care that much about these bad people, or the lightning-belching cloud of debris swirling above Midway, or whether Jared…

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Review of Fifty Shades Freed (2018)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 14 Feb 2018

At this point, the only reason to tune in is to see what completely idiotic outside force now threatens our two lovebirds…

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Review of Tangerine (2015)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 07 Feb 2018

At its heart - and Tangerine has plenty of heart - it's about how the friendship of two women endures through a lot of money and man trouble…

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Review of Winchester (2018)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 07 Feb 2018

If only the Spierig brothers had made a thoughtful drama, inspired by a real-life eccentric, rather than a dull thriller, barely propelled…

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Review of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

By Jeff Ihaza (2) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 06 Feb 2018

The unbearable cheesiness that ensues makes for a long hour and 40 minutes that's far from incredible…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 01 Feb 2018

12 Years is beautifully filmed, with a keen eye toward the conflation of beauty and horror…

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Review of Mom and Dad (2018)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 24 Jan 2018

If you're open to it - and OK with a lot of violence - it's an amusing, nasty satire…

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Review of Den of Thieves (2018)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 24 Jan 2018

Bulked-up men firing automatic weapons at each other will always appeal to some viewers, but Den's running time of two hours and 20 minutes…

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Review of The Commuter (2018)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 17 Jan 2018

The first half of the film is better than the second - it sets up a recognizable character and lets him work through a moral quandary…

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Review of Phantom Thread (2017)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 17 Jan 2018

[It] ever so slowly twists and turns until it is quite a different sort of story that I enjoyed very much…

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Review of Coco (2017)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 17 Jan 2018

It's a fun story, emphasizing family and heritage, and the digital animation is superb…

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Review of Call Me by Your Name (2017)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 17 Jan 2018

There is an air of the impossibly dreamy about the slowly unfolding events - and how the camera adores each man - but beneath its sublime scenery…

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Review of The Breadwinner (2017)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 17 Jan 2018

These excursions are exhilarating for their freedom, but also fraught with danger…

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Review of Downsizing (2017)

By Bill O'driscoll (6) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 10 Jan 2018

But [Alexander] Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor maintain their sense of humor, even if the film ultimately feels less like satire and more like…

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Review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

By Bill O'driscoll (6) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 10 Jan 2018

At two-and-a-half hours, with about nine separate cliffhanger endings, it's a bit long, but Johnson's keen visual sense, doses of humor and…

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Review of Paddington 2 (2017)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 10 Jan 2018

And familiarity with the characters means less time spent establishing them, and more time for just enjoying who they are…

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Review of The Post (2017)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 03 Jan 2018

Yes, The Post is virtually pre-stamped Reliably Entertaining and Certifiably Uplifting, but it makes good on its glossy packaging…

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Review of Molly's Game (2017)

By Bill O'driscoll (6) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 03 Jan 2018

Beyond painting Bloom as a young woman who saw an opportunity and grabbed it, the film's attempts at psychology don't pan out very convincingly…

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Review of Quest (2017)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 03 Jan 2018

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Review of Big Sonia (2017)

By Al Hoff (171) for Pittsburgh City Paper (225) on 03 Jan 2018

It's an affecting portrait of one woman's lifelong struggle to come to terms with her survival, a state for which she is profoundly grateful…

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