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Review of VHYes (2020)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 16 Jan 2020

Unfortunately, this handheld coming-of-age story is frequently interrupted by variably convincing stretches of channel surfing, as though someone…

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Review of King of New York (1990)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Jan 2020

Argo's earthy features and self-effacing style make him a memorable foil to the flashier Walken…

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Review of Bad Boys for Life (2020)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Jan 2020

Bantering back and forth, Lawrence and Smith manage to recreate some of their screen chemistry — though not enough to make anyone want to…

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Review of Dolittle (2020)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Jan 2020

Dolittle is full of anachronistic pop culture references and poop and fart humor, jokes delivered in suspiciously low-impact style by the film’s…

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Review of The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson (2020)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 11 Jan 2020

The Murder Of Nicole Brown Simpson is directed like a Lifetime thriller, relying heavily on stark lighting and ominous music to create suspense…

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Review of Underwater (2020)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 09 Jan 2020

Unlike the best programmers, it never transcends its derivative origins and basic thrills…

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Review of Like a Boss (2020)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 Jan 2020

If you’re looking for something truly groundbreaking—or hilarious—Like A Boss isn’t it…

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Review of Color Out of Space (2020)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2020

Stanley does a remarkable job keeping the film grounded in emotional reality all things considered, but it’s admittedly an idiosyncratic…

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Review of The Dead Don't Die (2019)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2020

Sure, the cast is full of exciting names, but all of Jarmusch’s absurdist thematic flourishes—the Romero tributes, the meta commentary,…

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Review of VFW (2019)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2020

Soaked in neon and coated with a thick layer of 16mm film grain, it’s a visceral throwback to the gritty action fare that lined video store…

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Review of Bliss (2019)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2020

Bliss approaches its aesthetic with a straight-faced intensity, pummeling the viewer with woozy handheld closeups and violent bursts of montage…

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Review of The Vast of Night (2019)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2020

It’s impressive to see such sophisticated camera work from a newcomer…

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Review of The Lodge (2020)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2020

The thing that haunted me the most about the film afterwards—aside from Riley Keough’s choking screams in one particularly intense, symbolically…

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Review of The Grudge (2019)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2020

Overall, though, the director and co-writer’s merciless style is muffled by The Grudge’s over-reliance on clichéd jump scares; more damningly,…

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Review of Daniel Isn't Real (2019)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2020

A slick and thrilling take on the intersection of mental illness and creative inspiration that also doubles as a commentary on toxic masculinity…

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Review of Knives and Skin (2019)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2020

Puts a forward-thinking feminist bent on the Riverdale school of neon Twin Peaks fetishism…

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Review of Invisible Life (2019)

By Lawrence Garcia (34) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Dec 2019

Much of this is relentlessly bleak and hopeless—true to reality, perhaps, but also repetitious and dramatically inert…

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Review of A Hidden Life (2019)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Dec 2019

There’s no mystery here, no narrator wrestling with the limits of his own generosity and tolerance…

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Review of Clemency (2019)

By Roxana Hadadi (336) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 Dec 2019

Alfre Woodard captures with exquisite nuance the emotional and physical toll it might take on someone, spending years overseeing executions;…

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Review of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 18 Dec 2019

This is a space opera animated not by joy but insecurity—the anxiety, evident in almost every moment, that if it’s not very careful, someone…

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