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Review of Aquaman (2018)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Dec 2018

Aquaman continues to revel in the outdated 1970s superhero ideal that mankind is unquestionably worth saving…

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Review of Welcome to Marwen (2018)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Dec 2018

Welcome to Marwen does not work as a drama of addiction, and frankly it doesn’t work as a celebration of Hogancamp’s creations, which work…

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Review of Bumblebee (2018)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Dec 2018

The script stays on safe, formulaic ground, but it’s effective — and somehow breathes new life into a franchise that had become a junk heap…

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Review of Capernaum (2018)

By Carlos Valladares (1) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Dec 2018

Real life is Capernaum's supposed target, but the filmmakers exhaust most of their energy squeezing plot beats into place…

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Review of Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Dec 2018

The story doesn’t deliver. The songs are forgettable. And the magic never descends…

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Review of Mortal Engines (2018)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 12 Dec 2018

The film is a reasonably entertaining trifle, though it’s overstuffed with battle sequences and peripheral characters that often consume…

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Review of Bathtubs Over Broadway (2018)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 12 Dec 2018

Bathtubs Over Broadway rediscovers the forgotten world of industrial musicals through rare recordings and film clips, and it is as smoothly…

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Review of The Quake (2018)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 12 Dec 2018

Joner is a capable actor, but he’s required here to remain for such a long time in a one-note condition of mental fragility that our sympathy…

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Review of Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 12 Dec 2018

This is a moderately but consistently entertaining film, with but one extraordinary thing about it, which is Saoirse Ronan in the title role…

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Review of Bird Box (2018)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 12 Dec 2018

The effort behind Bird Box was to make something better than a standard horror movie, but the result is dull and half-hearted…

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Review of Ben Is Back (2018)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 11 Dec 2018

What makes Ben Is Back different is that, even if this kind of pain is completely outside your own experience, you’ll feel some of it watching…

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Review of Dumplin' (2018)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 09 Dec 2018

The filmmaking seems caught between a genuine desire to present life as it’s actually lived and an obligation (self-imposed) to be politically…

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Review of The Crucible (1996)

By Edward Guthmann (364) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 06 Dec 2018

Director Nicholas Hytner doesn't soften or cosmeticize Miller's tale -- it's often uncomfortable to watch -- and he draws an emotional pitch…

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Review of Vox Lux (2018)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 06 Dec 2018

There are great movies every year, but every so often there’s a movie that’s not only great but new, that advances the form a little, that…

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Review of Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes (2018)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 05 Dec 2018

Although it’s good to have a critical accounting of his role in modern American politics, most of what we see here has been reported elsewhere,…

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Review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 05 Dec 2018

Besides the huge smiles on your faces, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse offers mainstream moviegoers an overwhelming feeling of optimism…

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Review of Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 05 Dec 2018

Apocalypse also doesn’t excel in the teen angst department, because the characters are not fleshed out enough…

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Review of Bitter Melon (2018)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 04 Dec 2018

What makes the movie smart is its refusal to cast Troy, a difficult role well-played by Epino, as strictly a villain…

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Review of Shirkers (2018)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Nov 2018

The old “Shirkers” is gone, but long live Tan’s new version…

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Review of Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Nov 2018

Bergman fans will love this film, but the great thing about Searching for Ingmar Bergman is that budding cineastes who are curious about his…

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