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Review of The Promise (2017)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Apr 2017

A sprawling, '60s-style epic with just enough political intrigue to prop up the occasionally wobbly romantic triangle formed by Oscar Isaac,…

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Review of The Lost City of Z (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Apr 2017

There is an unexploitative, unsensational grounding to the whole affair that lends it dignity, but that doesn't quite justify the 140-minute runtime…

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Review of Free Fire (2017)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Apr 2017

Cornfed curse words fuel a script that doesn't amount to much more than a hateful snatch of Tarantino's set-bound posturing, spiked with a…

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Review of Colossal (2017)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 13 Apr 2017

If you're in the mood for a monster movie, revenge-tinged romance, social satire, or simply a good time at the multiplex, consider Colossal…

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Review of The Fate of the Furious (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 13 Apr 2017

Just when the Fast-and-the-Furious-on-Ice finale threatens to drag on past the point of action-setpiece endurance, director F…

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Review of Tommy's Honour (2017)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 13 Apr 2017

A surprisingly better-than-average sports biopic with standout performances…

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Review of Their Finest (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 13 Apr 2017

As polite, charming, and English as its star Gemma Arterton, who sails through the chaos and calamity with the good sense, pluck, and grace…

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Review of The Freedom to Marry (2016)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 13 Apr 2017

[Director] Rosenstein's greatest achievement is his recognition of the massive efforts put forth by Wolfson, lawyer and civil rights advocate…

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Review of Your Name. (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 06 Apr 2017

Throughout, there is the nagging sense that the whole thing will unravel if any one thread gets tugged too hard, but when both the heart and…

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Review of Queen of the Desert (2015)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 06 Apr 2017

A bland departure from the director's normally madcap norm…

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Review of The Ticket (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 06 Apr 2017

The story proceeds with the deliberate, inexorable force of a fable, but never abandons its characters' humanity in the process…

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Review of The Boss Baby (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 30 Mar 2017

I could have done without the kewpie-doll faces and oversized eyes, but for the most part and where it counts, The Boss Baby gets its kids just right…

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Review of Ghost in the Shell (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 30 Mar 2017

A hot mess of a philosophical cyber-thriller....Some cool visuals, though…

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Review of The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 30 Mar 2017

Again and again, the fuse is lit and then fizzles. Eventually, bewildered disinterest sets in…

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Review of Life (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 24 Mar 2017

Here is a story that knows how to put the nihilism in the vast nothingness of space. If you're into that sort of thing…

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Review of The Last Word (2017)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 17 Mar 2017

The occasionally retired Ms. MacLaine is ever quick with a retort, but this is one lead-footed comeback we all could have done without…

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Review of Beauty and the Beast (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 17 Mar 2017

Ian McKellan makes a fine, melancholy Cogsworth the clock, but the rest of the enchanted servants come off hammy and campy, while Kevin Kline…

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Review of The Sense of an Ending (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 17 Mar 2017

Director Ritesh Batra's adaptation of Julian Barnes's my-theme-is-memory novel serves as a grand showcase for star Jim Broadbent as a sour…

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Review of Kong: Skull Island (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 10 Mar 2017

It's fun to watch the [monsters] in action, but on the human side, the film is clumsily written, over-cast and underacted, with only frustrated…

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Review of Logan (2017)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 03 Mar 2017

[Director] Mangold drags [Wolverine] - much older, if not much wiser - into a Western, and ends up with the best superhero movie in recent memory…

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