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Review of The Vanished (2018)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 17 Jul 2018

The Vanished is so finely polished that it's surprising to learn that it's Lee's first film…

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Review of Midnight Cowboy (1969)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 15 Jul 2018

Along the same lines, don't tell me about how superbly a film provokes the bourgeoisie or portrays the bleakness of life unless it does so…

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Review of Skyscraper (2018)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 12 Jul 2018

That's Skyscraper in a nutshell-it doesn't offer much in the way of originality or deep thought, but checks all the boxes for a summer blockbuster,…

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Review of El Mar La Mar (2017)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 12 Jul 2018

If you're up for something more experimental, that is willing to observe patiently and unobtrusively... then you will probably enjoy this film…

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Review of The NeverEnding Story (1984)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 08 Jul 2018

takes viewers back to a pre-CGI era when fantastic beasts and amazing worlds were created on screen using puppets and models…

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Review of Dr. No (1962)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 08 Jul 2018

If you've given up on the many iterations of the Bond franchise, it's worth shaking off all that adaptation decay and going back to the original,…

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Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 08 Jul 2018

If you've only seen the more recent films and find them somewhat wanting, you owe it to yourself to check out the original to see how fresh…

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Review of The Jericho Mile (1980)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 05 Jul 2018

Mann's fine visual sense is on full display in his first movie, The Jericho Mile…

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Review of Whitney (2018)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 05 Jul 2018

offers a complex and nuanced look at a great talent who left us much too soon…

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Review of Prefontaine (1997)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 05 Jul 2018

Prefontaine is a thoroughly enjoyable movie, and that goes triple if you're a track fan…

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Review of Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

By J.r. Kinnard (152) for PopMatters (2,617) on 28 Jun 2018

Sicario: Day of the Soldado is a celebration of unrepentant bloodshed and the men who do it so well…

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Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

By Bernard Boo (61) for PopMatters (2,617) on 27 Jun 2018

It's a dazzling, fast-paced, outrageously funny superhero romp that feels more cohesive than its 2015 predecessor, Ant-Man…

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Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

By J.r. Kinnard (152) for PopMatters (2,617) on 26 Jun 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp is a comparatively modest film that puts a premium on fun…

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Review of Skate Kitchen (2018)

By Argun Ulgen (34) for PopMatters (2,617) on 25 Jun 2018

Crystal Moselle's narrative feature Skate Kitchen is a paean to one of these crews: an all-girl skateboard gang…

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Review of The Experimental City (2017)

By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 21 Jun 2018

an ingeniously constructed documentary that makes good use of archival footage, documents, and recordings, along with re-enactments that…

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Review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

By J.r. Kinnard (152) for PopMatters (2,617) on 20 Jun 2018

His mastery of tone, visuals, pacing, and theme elevate what should have been a disaster into something worth watching and, astonishingly,…

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Review of Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town (2018)

By Chris Barsanti (896) for PopMatters (2,617) on 15 Jun 2018

works hard to bring an edge to its shallow story…

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Review of Tag (2018)

By J.r. Kinnard (152) for PopMatters (2,617) on 14 Jun 2018

The result, while not insulting, simply isn't funny…

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Review of Cold Turkey (1971)

By Michael Barrett (8) for PopMatters (2,617) on 07 Jun 2018

If time has rendered it more a telling social artifact than a comedy classic, the ending remains powerful and thoughtful as a postscript to…

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Review of The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975)

By Michael Barrett (8) for PopMatters (2,617) on 05 Jun 2018

[The] music is a crucial part of why the ending's shocking clockwork feels so right, a grim trick that reinforces the proper order of the world…

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