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Review of Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town (2018)

By Natalia Winkelman (145) for The Daily Beast (380) on 24 Jun 2018

a scrappy, madcap indie that's clearly less interested in any semblance of stylistic or emotional consistency than it is in just keeping…

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Review of Incredibles 2 (2018)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 11 Jun 2018

It's as accurate and nuanced a portrait of parenthood and childhood that one's apt to see in a mainstream blockbuster…

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Review of Ocean's Eight (2018)

By Kevin Fallon (32) for The Daily Beast (380) on 04 Jun 2018

It's a downright magical performance by Anne Hathaway that rescues the film from its sleepiness, and makes off with all the jewels…

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Review of Hereditary (2018)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 29 May 2018

A case study in both the perils of delayed gratification, and of prizing ominous aesthetics above genuine scares…

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Review of Book Club (2018)

By Kevin Fallon (32) for The Daily Beast (380) on 16 May 2018

There's something relaxing about Bill Holderman's unfussy direction, letting the camera sort of linger on these fine actresses for long takes…

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Review of BlacKkKlansman (2018)

By Richard Porton (36) for The Daily Beast (380) on 14 May 2018

BlacKkKlansman combines absurdist satirical humor and earnest agitprop with mixed results…

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Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 14 May 2018

Operating in a middle-ground register that's defined by its bland safeness, he sturdily shoulders the weight of the chaotic material...in a…

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Review of What Haunts Us (2017)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 13 May 2018

This gripping documentary, flaws and all, is not just an exposé of unimaginable wrongdoing-it's a testament to the power, and necessity, of…

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Review of Deadpool 2 (2018)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 13 May 2018

That said, as someone who remains fond of its predecessor, the Merc with a Mouth's eagerly anticipated sequel…

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Review of Revenge (2017)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 08 May 2018

Fargeat's feature debut provides a down-and-dirty jolt of feminist rage and retribution that gets one's pulse pounding-and which feels especially…

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Review of Revenge (2017)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 08 May 2018

Fargeat's feature debut provides a down-and-dirty jolt of feminist rage and retribution that gets one's pulse pounding-and which feels especially…

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Review of First Reformed (2018)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 06 May 2018

Shot in 1.37:1 aspect ratio, and devoid of a conventional musical score, it's an austere examination of devotion, grief, self-loathing and…

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Review of Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 23 Apr 2018

Part of what makes Infinity War thrilling is the way it weaves its various narrative strands into a seamless whole-or, at least, as close to…

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Review of Super Troopers 2 (2018)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 19 Apr 2018

The faithful will be placated by such recycling, and to be sure, the guys do their best to revisit jokes in semi-novel ways...Yet those moments…

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Review of Chappaquiddick (2018)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 04 Apr 2018

Devoid of revelations, the film instead focuses on the creation and delivery of the narrative that Kennedy used to survive this calamity...It…

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Review of Gemini (2017)

By Karen Han (178) for The Daily Beast (380) on 29 Mar 2018

Gemini is cut from neo-noir cloth, following in the footsteps of some of the best in the genre…

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Review of You Were Never Really Here (2017)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 25 Mar 2018

You Were Never Really Here is a masterpiece of monstrous beauty and grief-stricken rage that burrows under your skin and into your head, and…

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Review of Dear Dictator (2018)

By Karen Han (178) for The Daily Beast (380) on 16 Mar 2018

There's something sharper and smarter in Dear Dictator, but that ground is left regrettably unexplored; it's a film that ultimately doesn't…

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Review of Tomb Raider (2018)

By Melissa Leon (12) for The Daily Beast (380) on 15 Mar 2018

Though it lacks the creative spark or daring or silliness or even just the pulse it would need to transcend action-flick cliché oblivion,…

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Review of Generation Wealth (2018)

By Amy Zimmerman (4) for The Daily Beast (380) on 14 Mar 2018

Generation Wealth doesn't go about trying to garner sympathy for the children of the rich and famous; instead, it opens up into a larger conversation…

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