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Review of Midway (2019)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 06 Nov 2019

A stolid film that largely rests on its director’s competence at helming extravagant aerial views of pyrotechnic destruction…

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Review of The Kingmaker (2019)

By Lawrence Garcia (34) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 05 Nov 2019

While researching the project, Greenfield herself thought she might find a “redemption story.” But the film eventually proves to be a far…

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Review of Primal (2019)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 05 Nov 2019

One hires Cage for a generic timewaster like this in the hope that he’ll make it at least a little more interesting on screen than it was…

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Review of Lady and the Tramp (2019)

By Caroline Siede (75) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 Nov 2019

Watching the remake over-explain every joke and dramatic beat only increases one’s appreciation for how the original trusted its young audience…

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Review of Arctic Dogs (2019)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 02 Nov 2019

There’s really not much to recommend about this film: the animation lacks texture, the score is overwrought, the plotting is scattershot,…

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Review of Doctor Sleep (2019)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 31 Oct 2019

For as much as the story concerns leaping into other people’s heads, Flanagan never quite gets into Danny’s; his tortured grappling with…

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Review of Harriet (2019)

By Roxana Hadadi (336) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 30 Oct 2019

A better version of Harriet might have kept the focus squarely locked on the real-life hero at its center, instead of defining her through…

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Review of Light from Light (2019)

By Vikram Murthi (112) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 30 Oct 2019

While the contemplative tone and measured pacing are definitely features instead of bugs, Light Of Light is so anodyne at times that it borders…

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Review of Redoubt (2019)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 30 Oct 2019

It seems as though the artist, all too aware of his reputation for both pageantry and shock value, has decided to offer nothing of the kind…

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Review of American Dharma (2019)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 29 Oct 2019

What made this particular project so toxic? Simple: American Dharma is a fundamentally cordial conversation with Steve Bannon…

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Review of Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 28 Oct 2019

This passion project also lets Norton indulge in the kind of tic-heavy acting challenge he embraced early in his career…

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Review of I Lost My Body (2019)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 27 Oct 2019

Where it fumbles is in the framing device…

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Review of Paradise Hills (2019)

By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 25 Oct 2019

This accessibility actually hurts the film, exposing the flimsy balsa-wood architecture under all those frills…

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Review of Countdown (2019)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 24 Oct 2019

In Countdown, it’s the audience that really gets cheated…

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Review of No Safe Spaces (2019)

By Vadim Rizov (155) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 24 Oct 2019

No Safe Spaces caters to its intended viewers’ least savory biases, making sure all student activists shown fit into particular categories—overweight,…

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Review of Black and Blue (2019)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 24 Oct 2019

A generically competent but unsuspenseful chase film that never lives up to its potential for either social commentary or thrills…

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Review of The Kill Team (2019)

By Roxana Hadadi (336) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 23 Oct 2019

Its depiction of toxic masculinity and bloodthirstiness within the U.S…

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Review of Synonyms (2019)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 22 Oct 2019

Above all, it’s about the impossible desire, shared by both expats and artists, to forge an identity of one’s own…

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Review of Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 22 Oct 2019

Dark Fate serves as a case study for the difficulty of crafting a satisfying follow-up to a pair of certified classics, a process that seems…

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Review of Frankie (2019)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 22 Oct 2019

Éric Rohmer used to make one of these pictures practically every year, but it’s a tricky genre to pull off, and Sachs (working with regular…

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