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Review of Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)

By Julia Alexander (47) for The Verge (432) on 01 May 2019

Detective Pikachu is a fever dream — a product of night time car rides with a Game Boy, staring up at the street lamps that pass you by,…

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Review of Avengers: Endgame (2019)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 22 Apr 2019

Endgame was never designed to stand on its own as a single well-crafted movie, and it was never designed to follow the MCU formula…

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Review of Hellboy (2019)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 10 Apr 2019

Over the course of two hours, the mania becomes exhausting and numbing…

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Review of High Life (2018)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The Verge (432) on 04 Apr 2019

Claire Denis’ grotesque, mesmerizing, one-of-a-kind new science fiction movie…

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Review of High Life (2019)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The Verge (432) on 04 Apr 2019

Claire Denis’ grotesque, mesmerizing, one-of-a-kind new science fiction movie…

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Review of Dumbo (2019)

By Kendra James (4) for The Verge (432) on 29 Mar 2019

Trailers that highlighted circus performance and relied heavily on the magic of the flying elephant and the colorful world of Dreamland made…

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Review of Shazam! (2019)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The Verge (432) on 23 Mar 2019

Captain Marvel (or Shazam, or Thundercrack, or whatever you call him) might be one of the simplest superheroes ever created, but Shazam…

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Review of Us (2019)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 09 Mar 2019

Peele directs Us with a masterful collection of horror-movie tricks — jump scares that actually pay off, a cat-and-mouse game in an isolated…

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Review of Captain Marvel (2019)

By Shana O'neil (2) for The Verge (432) on 05 Mar 2019

It rises to the occasion with strong performances and with its directors’ willingness to slow down and take their story seriously, balancing…

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Review of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 27 Feb 2019

The film’s eye-candy is endlessly impressive and a worthy reason to see the film in a theater, but it’s never as memorable as authentic,…

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Review of Hail Satan? (2019)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 21 Feb 2019

The sharp editing turns the film into a comedy about how wickedly successful the Temple’s trolling is, and how humorless and easily riled…

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Review of The Wandering Earth (2019)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 18 Feb 2019

No matter how familiar the plot beats feel, that level of attention not just to functional special effects, but to outright beauty, makes The…

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Review of Happy Death Day 2U (2019)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The Verge (432) on 14 Feb 2019

Happy Death Day 2U pulls off a trick that isn’t especially easy for original movies, let alone direct sequels: it makes all the laborious…

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Review of High Flying Bird (2019)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The Verge (432) on 08 Feb 2019

Regardless of how the film looks, Soderbergh’s pacing and gift for editing are what keep the action tight, while McCraney’s crisp dialogue…

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Review of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 07 Feb 2019

The sequel actually slows down the story a bit, with a lower jokes-per-second rate and a little more time for contemplation…

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Review of I Am Mother (2019)

By Adi Robertson (27) for The Verge (432) on 02 Feb 2019

I Am Mother doesn’t plumb the potential weirdness of [its] premise, and it’s working in a well-worn genre without breaking much new ground…

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Review of Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)

By Noah Berlatsky (34) for The Verge (432) on 01 Feb 2019

The film isn’t just about black horror films, it’s about the way the horror genre reflects and connects with African-American history…

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Review of Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

By Samantha Nelson (14) for The Verge (432) on 01 Feb 2019

It’s a shame that the film doesn’t stand on its own, with a story as creative and engaging as its setting…

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Review of Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Verge (432) on 01 Feb 2019

Velvet Buzzsaw is a messy movie, and not just in the sense that Gilroy ends up painting a room with blood at one point…

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Review of Replicas (2018)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The Verge (432) on 11 Jan 2019

The utter stupidity of Replicas sometimes makes it feel almost daring…

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