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Review of Profile (2018)

By Orla Smith (19) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 11 May 2021

While the gloss of studio thrillers allow enough distance that we can sit back and be entertained by what’s on screen, Profile’s desktop…

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Review of Prototype (2018)

By Andrew Ward (3) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 10 May 2021

The mixture of historical fact with cinematic experimentation in PROTOTYPE does not feel like a case of exploiting the former merely for the…

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Review of The Water Man (2020)

By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 07 May 2021

Chavis and Miller excel at living in the complicated areas of their characters’ psyches and the supporting cast doesn’t miss a beat in…

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Review of Undergods (2021)

By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 07 May 2021

Moya has a great eye for locales and his production and art designers go above and beyond utilizing what Eastern Europe has to offer…

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Review of Wrath of Man (2021)

By Dan Mecca (208) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 06 May 2021

At under two hours, however, the pulpy entertainment is welcome, including a bevy of twists that recall the recent (and slightly better) Den…

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Review of Silo (2021)

By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 06 May 2021

The After School Special vibe at the back of Marshall Burnette’s Silo isn’t a bug. It’s a feature…

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Review of Paper Spiders (2021)

By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 05 May 2021

For director Inon Shampanier and co-writer Natalie Shampanier to tackle something so complex is therefore commendable whether or not Paper…

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Review of The Paper Tigers (2020)

By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 05 May 2021

Picking one direction and sticking to it may have served the whole better, but at least these issues can be dismissed as hiccups more than…

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Review of Faya Dayi (2021)

By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 30 Apr 2021

Journalistic in the sense that it feels like Beshir has compiled stray quotes, fleeting snapshots, and loosely connected thoughts from a journal…

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Review of Cliff Walkers (2021)

By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 29 Apr 2021

The seasoned director does a good job mixing in some kinetic action too, whether a high-speed car chase or multiple instances of one person…

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Review of Things Heard & Seen (2021)

By Dan Mecca (208) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 29 Apr 2021

Offering plenty left to discuss and ponder by the film’s end, this is a haunted house thriller with a good deal on its mind…

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Review of Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)

By Glenn Heath Jr. (311) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 28 Apr 2021

The film would almost certainly benefit from more brawling and less speechifying since Jordan in particular is very good at the former…

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Review of I Carry You with Me (2021)

By Joshua Encinias (8) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 22 Apr 2021

What’s tender in the film is tinged with sadness…

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Review of Mortal Kombat (2021)

By Ethan Vestby (87) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 22 Apr 2021

The film lacks real formal verve, neither depicting the fights in super-coherent long-takes or frenetically edited chaos cinema; it strikes…

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Review of Anything for Jackson (2020)

By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 21 Apr 2021

The ability to toe the line between those results isn’t something that should be undersold…

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Review of The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

By Erik Nielsen (7) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 21 Apr 2021

Lacking a precise balance of amiable entertainment and intense thrills, the director and producers fail to rein in violent fantasies that spoil…

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Review of The State of Texas vs. Melissa (2021)

By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 17 Apr 2021

The film problematically never quite commits to being one thing: bouncing around the investigation, being work of advocacy, and a study of…

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Review of Trigger Point (2021)

By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 15 Apr 2021

Anyone who watches this genre will be able to guess what’s happening fairly early. It therefore becomes about the character…

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Review of Jakob's Wife (2021)

By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 14 Apr 2021

Crampton and Fessenden are great in their respective roles both when the drama asks them to grab our attention and the comedy asks them to goof around…

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Review of Honeydew (2021)

By Jared Mobarak (867) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 13 Apr 2021

Milburn does the right thing as far as keeping a nihilistic tone for his conclusion, but it lacks the teeth to get us holding our breath…

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