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Review of A Kid Like Jake (2018)

By Lena Wilson (121) for The Playlist (3,871) on 03 Jun 2018

With capable performances and a smart, character-focused script, this film balances its formal conventions with narrative nerve, ultimately…

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Review of Adrift (2018)

By Kimber Myers (423) for The Playlist (3,871) on 30 May 2018

Adrift avoids the perils of most survival stories, thanks not only to its strong cast and well-structured script but to Kormákur who manages…

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Review of Ibiza (2018)

By Lena Wilson (121) for The Playlist (3,871) on 29 May 2018

You might start this film expecting a riotous night with some of the most underrated women in comedy, but you’ll soon find yourself invested…

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Review of Whitney (2018)

By Jordan Ruimy (242) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 May 2018

Stripping the “I Will Always Love You,” singer away from sensationalist tabloid dirt that marred her life, MacDonald’s thoughtfulness…

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Review of Shoplifters (2018)

By Jordan Ruimy (242) for The Playlist (3,871) on 24 May 2018

Trying to pick apart his native country’s struggles between tradition and modernity, legality and crime, Kore-eda takes the time to affectionately…

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Review of Capernaum (2018)

By Jordan Ruimy (242) for The Playlist (3,871) on 24 May 2018

Capharnaüm is not without its issues. The director over-relies on the courtroom scenes and the movie’s message is heavy-handed at times…

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Review of Burning (2018)

By Jordan Ruimy (242) for The Playlist (3,871) on 21 May 2018

Simmering with ambiguity, Burning plays its staging, writing, dialogue, acting, music, everything with carefully calibrated minimalism, but…

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Review of Burning (2018)

By Jordan Ruimy (242) for The Playlist (3,871) on 20 May 2018

Simmering with ambiguity, Burning plays its staging, writing, dialogue, acting, music, everything with carefully calibrated minimalism, but…

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Review of Happy as Lazzaro (2018)

By Jordan Ruimy (242) for The Playlist (3,871) on 17 May 2018

Through a few dreamlike, discreet and beautifully placed sequences, Rohrwacher makes us believe that a world of empathy and accord may someday…

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Review of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 17 May 2018

Neither as bad as you fear nor as good as it deserves to be given the sheer effort of will that went into getting it made, it is enough that…

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Review of Under the Silver Lake (2018)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 16 May 2018

With Under the Silver Lake Mitchell saw all the lights on the long highway to success turn green, and in the full flush of all that indulged…

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Review of Cold War (2018)

By Jordan Ruimy (242) for The Playlist (3,871) on 16 May 2018

The minute-to-minute detail is absolutely stunning, from the period costumes to the on-set locations, there’s a searing authenticity to the…

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Review of The House That Jack Built (2018)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 15 May 2018

Perhaps The House That Jack Built is the kind of film you make when you fervently want someone to stop you, to save you from yourself and the…

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Review of BlacKkKlansman (2018)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 15 May 2018

BlacKkKlansman has many virtues, but it is also a strange kind of messy, in which the performances from both Washington and Driver are so laid…

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Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 May 2018

Ron Howard arguably captures it in his enjoyable, escapist ‘Solo’ movie, but the burden of keeping fans happy means if you’re looking…

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Review of Climax (2018)

By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 May 2018

This is exhaustingly exhibitionist cinema, that wants to be looked at for the sake of being looked at — for the crispness of its moves, not…

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Review of Deadpool 2 (2018)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 13 May 2018

A filthier, funnier sequel that doesn't try so hard to be irreverent…

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Review of All Eyez on Me (2017)

By Kyle Kohner (23) for The Playlist (3,871) on 11 May 2018

Tupac’s legacy deserved a better story, and hopefully, one day he will be rewarded with one…

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Review of The House of Tomorrow (2019)

By Kyle Kohner (23) for The Playlist (3,871) on 09 May 2018

The House of Tomorrow is a charmer that will incite a smile from ear-to-ear with each and every scene brimming with hope in the face of downtrodden…

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Review of Life of the Party (2018)

By Lena Wilson (121) for The Playlist (3,871) on 09 May 2018

Maybe if the film had dwelled on its more off-color scenes instead of falling back on typical comedy fodder, it would be truly magnetic…

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