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Review of The Witch (2016)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

All of the strained stabs at supernatural ambiguity feel soulless…

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Review of City of Gold (2016)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

It seems knowing the man is less important that knowing the work itself, and City of Gold , while often poorly shot, joyously tracks Gold's…

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Review of Chi-Raq (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

Lee's latest may be the epitome of a hot mess, but it's one we need now more than ever…

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Review of James White (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

An unnervingly personal character study about alienation and self-pity in the millennial age…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

There's a lot to be said for a movie this interested in the stress of mental exertion…

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Review of The Finest Hours (2016)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

Pine, Affleck and the rest of the character-actor heavy cast try to instill these characters with nuance and doubt, but ultimately a heavy-handed…

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Review of The Boy and the Beast (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

For a film that claims to have so much heart, it all feels suspiciously hollow…

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Review of Son of Saul (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

It's expectedly an awful time at the movies, but also an important and problematic work that can't be dismissed…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

It's the rare biopic that doesn't feel grandiose or self-important, exploring bigger American themes through both the fantastic and mundane…

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Review of The Bronze (2016)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

Relegates adolescent rage and insecurity to a steady stream of curse words and sexual innuendo. It mistakes vulgarity for vision…

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Review of A Perfect Day (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

Heavy-handed clichés are part and parcel to Fernando León de Aranoa's A Perfect Day, even when they are masked by the film's satirical leanings…

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Review of Anomalisa (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

Anomalisa is not just a character study about one self-defeating man who can't see the forest for the trees, but one that rather overtly hints…

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Review of London Has Fallen (2016)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

Not only an inferior sequel to Antoine Fuqua's devastating city symphony of mayhem, Olympus Has Fallen, but it's a contemptible, ugly and morally…

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Review of The Danish Girl (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

Looks as flat as a board. It has zero interest in composition, or any elements that might suggest film is a visual language…

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Review of Southbound (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

Feels like an incomplete exercise in Twilight Zone pastiche…

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Review of Knight of Cups (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

What initially seems like a series of incoherent rendezvous builds toward a greater awakening of self-reflection and patience…

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Review of Krisha (2016)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

Shults can't quite help himself from over-directing every moment…

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Review of The Hateful Eight (2015)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 03 Nov 2018

The Hateful Eight wouldn't be itself without the nervy performances of its diverse cast…

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Review of Suspiria (2018)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 31 Oct 2018

There's nothing prudent about Suspiria; it dares to tread on hallowed cinematic ground, altering and deepening source material that most horror…

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Review of Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for San Diego CityBeat (181) on 31 Oct 2018

McCarthy's effortlessly ornery performance proves yet again that she's capable of shifting between comedy and drama at a moment's notice…

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