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Review of mother! (2017)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Oct 2017

An alluring piece of work, an artful whodunit that melds shrewd plotting with resourceful camera work and sympathetic characters that are fascinatingly,…

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Review of Dancing Across Borders (2010)

By David Wiegand (95) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Oct 2017

Even filmgoers who aren't into dance will find this story captivating because, as much as anything, Sokvannara wants to please his audience,…

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Review of The Snowman (2017)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Oct 2017

The Snowman is ugly and nasty, but that’s not the worst of it. The worst is that it’s boring and makes no sense…

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Review of The Snowman (2017)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Oct 2017

The Snowman is ugly and nasty, but that’s not the worst of it. The worst is that it’s boring and makes no sense…

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Review of Flannel Pajamas (2006)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Oct 2017

Curiously, the film seems to have no discernible point, and yet -- this is practically unique -- the absence of a point becomes, in itself,…

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Review of Breathe (2017)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Oct 2017

Never dull and never loses its audience, but there is, inevitably, a certain sameness to the scenes, with Garfield spending a lot of time just…

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Review of Bending the Arc (2017)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Oct 2017

It’s a rousing, feel-good story about overcoming barriers, even when the challenges — poverty, lack of medical access — are inherently bleak…

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Review of Breathe (2017)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Oct 2017

Never dull and never loses its audience, but there is, inevitably, a certain sameness to the scenes, with Garfield spending a lot of time just…

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Review of Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Oct 2017

It touches, in a way movies rarely do, on some essential current of life…

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Review of Tom of Finland (2017)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Oct 2017

A good, strong movie, but never threatens to be great. One salivates at the adventurous directions the film could have explored…

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Review of Only the Brave (2017)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Oct 2017

Miles Teller as Brendan McDonough is a standout, beginning as a dead-eyed drug user, then gradually turning into a responsible adult…

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Review of Dina (2017)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Oct 2017

Sex is a persistent theme in the movie, and it’s handled forthrightly…

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Review of Dina (2017)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Oct 2017

Although there may be no fairy-tale endings, by the movie's end it's impossible not to wish one for Dina and Scott…

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Review of Human Flow (2017)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Oct 2017

Human Flow is often like seeing a travelogue of the world, juxtaposed with a desperate sea of humanity in search of a better — and safer — life…

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Review of Pocahontas (1995)

By Peter Stack (261) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 12 Oct 2017

Disney's 33rd animated feature, and its first with characters based on real people, is a stunning movie with clever twists, vivid characterizations,…

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Review of Willard (2003)

By Jonathan Curiel (75) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 12 Oct 2017

A silly, snarling romp -- a fun (if you're in the mood for it), sometimes scary look at the life of a socially awkward man whose best friend…

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Review of Blood Money (2017)

By Carla Meyer (580) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 11 Oct 2017

This brand of eccentricity does not suit Cusack. He lacks Cage’s manic gleam and irrepressible sense of play…

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Review of Happy Death Day (2017)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 11 Oct 2017

Despite its sometimes bloody content, the mood of Happy Death Day is remarkably sappy, aimed at the broadest possible audience for a film of…

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Review of The Foreigner (2017)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 11 Oct 2017

The movie also allows Chan to demonstrate that he can act…

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Review of Blood Money (2017)

By Carla Meyer (580) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 11 Oct 2017

This brand of eccentricity does not suit Cusack. He lacks Cage’s manic gleam and irrepressible sense of play…

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