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Review of Hamilton (2025)

By Andrew Crump (271) for The Playlist (3,871) on 03 Jul 2020

Every shimmy, kick, spin, hook and sweep; every sideways glance and smirk, every stretched neck tendon, every warm smile; they’re all there…

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Review of I Think We're Alone Now (2018)

By Gregory Ellwood (229) for The Playlist (3,871) on 25 Jun 2020

As always, Dinklage is exquisite in a mostly silent performance that conveys the pain and survivor’s guilt Del has bottled up inside him…

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Review of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 24 Jun 2020

It’s McAdams’ believability, even tangibly intense commitment to this absurd role, that really sells Dobkins’ winning film and makes…

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Review of Irresistible (2020)

By Marshall Shaffer (93) for The Playlist (3,871) on 22 Jun 2020

It’s easier to make pandering jokes about how liberals can’t break through to working-class white voters than actually put in the work…

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Review of John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)

By Chris Barsanti (896) for The Playlist (3,871) on 19 Jun 2020

At its best, John Lewis: Good Trouble is a portrait in courage that pairs the past with the present…

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Review of Miss Juneteenth (2020)

By Joi Childs (30) for The Playlist (3,871) on 19 Jun 2020

Ultimately, Miss Juneteenth is a reminder that dreams don’t have to die…

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Review of 7500 (2019)

By Jonathan Christian (34) for The Playlist (3,871) on 18 Jun 2020

In an era marked by omnipresent terror and universal doom, 7500 sparks fear and soothes anxiety in the same breath…

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Review of Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019)

By Andrew Crump (271) for The Playlist (3,871) on 17 Jun 2020

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn isn’t really about justice, per se, but about peeling back the layers on the man…

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Review of The Last Days of American Crime (2020)

By Andrew Crump (271) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Jun 2020

From top to bottom, The Last Days of American Crime is a lumbering referential malfunction. Nothing about it works; everything about it is offensive…

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Review of Da 5 Bloods (2020)

By Robert Daniels (336) for The Playlist (3,871) on 10 Jun 2020

While not perfect, nothing worthwhile ever is, Da 5 Bloods sees Lee exploring brotherhood, PTSD, greed, and how lost legacies and voices have…

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Review of Secret Life of a Celebrity Surrogate (2020)

By Jonathan Christian (34) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 Jun 2020

Imperfections cannot steal away the ambitious underpinnings of Hersh’s intentions for “The Surrogate,” a down-to-earth analysis of the…

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Review of The Surrogate (2020)

By Jonathan Christian (34) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 Jun 2020

Imperfections cannot steal away the ambitious underpinnings of Hersh’s intentions for “The Surrogate,” a down-to-earth analysis of the…

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Review of The King of Staten Island (2020)

By Jason Bailey (832) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 Jun 2020

But what’s especially dispiriting, this time around, is that the film promises more…

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Review of The Surrogate (2020)

By Jonathan Christian (34) for The Playlist (3,871) on 08 Jun 2020

Imperfections cannot steal away the ambitious underpinnings of Hersh’s intentions for “The Surrogate,” a down-to-earth analysis of the…

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Review of On the Record (2020)

By Marshall Shaffer (93) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 May 2020

While the focus of any work about sexual violence should be on the survivors rather than the reporters, the directors could have made their…

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Review of The High Note (2020)

By Andrew Crump (271) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 May 2020

The pleasures found in The High Note are many and often minor; Ganatra builds the film on casual chemistry between Johnson and Ross, with Harrison…

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Review of Fourteen (2020)

By Asher Luberto (79) for The Playlist (3,871) on 22 May 2020

Fourteen generates important insights on time, mental illness, and relationships, proving, through a tableau of exquisitely staged moments,…

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Review of The Painter and the Thief (2020)

By Chris Barsanti (896) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 May 2020

Given his story’s curlicues and lack of overt judgment, Ree does not appear to be interested in a clear morality story about forgiveness…

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Review of Body Cam (2020)

By Asher Luberto (79) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 May 2020

By seesawing between tired performances and hellish visuals, Vitthal never delivers on the rage his premise initially promises…

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Review of The Lovebirds (2020)

By Robert Daniels (336) for The Playlist (3,871) on 20 May 2020

Even if this rom-com never completely coalesces, Showalter’s The Lovebirds does ultimately deliver a worthwhile conclusion…

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