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Review of The Greatest Showman (2017)

By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 20 Dec 2017

The director, Michael Gracey, is an Australian maker of commercials who has never directed a feature before, and he works with an exuberant…

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Review of Swinging Safari (2018)

By Richard Kuipers (66) for Variety (12,700) on 19 Dec 2017

As he did so winningly in Priscilla and 1997's unfairly overlooked outback comedy Welcome to Woop Woop, Elliott celebrates Australian identity…

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Review of Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Variety (12,700) on 19 Dec 2017

As directed by Trish Sie, the movie is bubbly, it’s fast, it’s hella synthetic-clever, and it’s an avid showcase for the personalities…

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Review of 54 (1998)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for Variety (12,700) on 18 Dec 2017

Director Mark Christopher gives the picture a brisk pace and a colorful, party-like mood that makes the experience painless and sporadically…

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Review of Permanent (2017)

By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 18 Dec 2017

Apart from casting (which is just OK here, as Wilson resorts a bit too much to shtick, while Arquette reaches for sincerity), regionally- and…

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Review of Mister Lonely (2008)

By Scott Foundas (913) for Variety (12,700) on 16 Dec 2017

Less outre than Gummo and Julien Donkey-Boy, Korine's most lavishly produced pic to date begins as a sweet-tempered tale of social misfits-turned-celebrity…

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Review of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Variety (12,700) on 16 Dec 2017

Like Waiting to Exhale except more so, film jerks from scene to scene with little sense of rhythm, continuity or dramatic shaping…

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Review of The Brothers Solomon (2007)

By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Dec 2017

If Hot Rod and The Ex couldn't attract an audience, this full-blown comedy miscarriage stands no chance…

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Review of A State of Mind (2005)

By Derek Elley (230) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Dec 2017

Admirably non-judgmental docu about life in the least visited, known, understood country in the world, per Brit director Daniel Gordon, brings…

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Review of For Ahkeem (2017)

By Jay Weissberg (182) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Dec 2017

For Ahkeem doesn't present anything new, but perhaps there's no need to: Its focus on one young woman struggling to graduate implicitly says…

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Review of Beyond Skyline (2017)

By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Dec 2017

There’s scant room for characterization, and when the dialogue isn’t banal or cringe-inducing, it aims for generic smirking-wiseguy quippage…

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Review of Gurgaon (2017)

By Maggie Lee (98) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Dec 2017

What's more interesting is his insight into how extreme gender inequality is in Indian society…

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Review of Youth (2017)

By Maggie Lee (98) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Dec 2017

Feng employs traditional craftsmanship to draw a sweeping historical canvas with profound human upheavals that mirror virtues and flaws of…

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Review of Youth (2017)

By Maggie Lee (98) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Dec 2017

Feng employs traditional craftsmanship to draw a sweeping historical canvas with profound human upheavals that mirror virtues and flaws of…

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Review of Gangster Land (2017)

By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Dec 2017

What ultimately keeps “Land” from rising above mediocrity — even to the level of guilty pleasure — is that Ian Patrick Williams’…

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Review of Antiporno (2017)

By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Dec 2017

Antiporno has plenty of nudity and (non-graphic) sexual content…

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Review of Crooked House (2017)

By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Dec 2017

With such an enticing cast, it’s tougher than one might think trying to divine which of these eccentrics might be responsible for the crime,…

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Review of Superstar (1999)

By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 13 Dec 2017

A pleasant surprise...more directorial personality here than most SNL-derived features get...the cheerily absurd, color-saturated atmosphere…

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Review of Cinderella the Cat (2017)

By Jay Weissberg (182) for Variety (12,700) on 12 Dec 2017

The film plays on a number of clever riffs on the Cinderella tale, all in the darkest of veins, from the sadism of Mia’s step-siblings to…

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Review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 12 Dec 2017

Although The Last Jedi meets a relatively high standard for franchise filmmaking, Johnson’s effort is ultimately a disappointment…

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