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Review of Skyscraper (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Jul 2018

Johnson's charisma lifts things a notch or two above the bottom of the barrel, but he's not a magician - and he can't really fly…

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Review of Three Identical Strangers (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Jul 2018

If their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet…

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Review of Whitney (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Jul 2018

Director Kevin Macdonald's documentary traces the life and career of Whitney Houston, a sad arc that could wring tears from a bronze statue…

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Review of Sorry to Bother You (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Jul 2018

Riley is an original voice, and not as undisciplined as he seems; his movie begins in gritty, flippant realism, then pulls us along step by…

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Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Jul 2018

It's enjoyable enough, even for those who would rather eat broken glass than sit through another elephantine CGI-fest from the damned Marvel…

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Review of Boundaries (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 10 Jul 2018

Boundaries is almost uniformly lowbrow, with a weak script that severely tests the likeability of Farmiga and Plummer…

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Review of 1945 (2017)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 04 Jul 2018

1945 is an impeccably acted examination of the moral fester of the Holocaust, although the conclusion lacks the necessary impact…

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Review of Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 27 Jun 2018

Zips through the usual starry-eyed interviews and nostalgia-filled highlight reels, but there is an essential emotional element to the film,…

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Review of The Seagull (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 27 Jun 2018

If you're looking for a tragic romance tinged with class-war considerations, there are many better films to watch; if you're looking for a…

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Review of The Seagull (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 27 Jun 2018

If you're looking for a tragic romance tinged with class-war considerations, there are many better films to watch; if you're looking for a…

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Review of Tag (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 27 Jun 2018

Jeff Tomsic's flailing direction fails to smooth out the script's lurching changes in tone from jackass farce to buddy-buddy sentiment to group…

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Review of American Animals (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 21 Jun 2018

This sort of self-awareness usually works on me like catnip, but Layton's concept of meta-cinema feels extremely basic…

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Review of Incredibles 2 (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Jun 2018

It's been 14 years since The Incredibles, and superhero movies are a lot thicker on the ground now, but writer-director Brad Bird has lost…

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Review of Ocean's Eight (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Jun 2018

Mechanical and formulaic, but the formula is amusing and it goes down smoothly enough to pass for something original…

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Review of Adrift (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Jun 2018

It's virtually a two-person show, and Woodley and Claflin are both excellent…

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Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Jun 2018

Solo is essentially a 135-minute version of the River Phoenix sequence from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - only it looks like complete…

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Review of First Reformed (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Jun 2018

A film that glides on a knife's edge of seemingly unresolvable contradictions…

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Review of Hotel Artemis (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Jun 2018

A wildly unpredictable ride sparked by edgy performances and a striking look…

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Review of The Rider (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 30 May 2018

The slightest twinge of emotional conflict sends the lead character outside to stare blankly into the sunlight…

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Review of Show Dogs (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 23 May 2018

This dreary time-and-talent waster seems to have been aimed at undemanding three-year-olds whose parents have more money and less sense than…

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