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Review of Wonderstruck (2017)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 28 Jun 2018

Haynes struggles to connect to the story's sincere emotional core, his exquisite style and experimental tricks too often feeling like meticulous…

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Review of Kusama: Infinity (2018)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 07 Jun 2018

Even after this comprehensive account of her life and career, she remains an enigma that can never be fully explored - which is itself a rather…

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Review of On Chesil Beach (2018)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 31 May 2018

The letdown in On Chesil Beach is McEwan's scripting...the final climax [is] wretched Hollywood hoke…

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Review of Adrift (2018)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 31 May 2018

Woodley is so wisely cast here. She's an actress who has never seemed to be terribly interested in glamour or movie fantasy…

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Review of RBG (2018)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 24 May 2018

At a time in America when we've seen the judicial branch of government acting as a democratic bulwark, this message feels urgent and important…

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Review of Ask the Sexpert (2017)

By Jill Wilson (20) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 09 May 2018

The film shows the importance of Watsa's work in a country where campaigns have ended sex-ed programs in many states…

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Review of Bad Samaritan (2018)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 03 May 2018

The scripting, from Brandon Boyce, is comically clunky, while director Dean Devlin can manage only a movie-of-the-week look and feel…

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Review of Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 26 Apr 2018

It's freakishly big. It encompasses dozens of characters. It has a million moving parts…

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Review of Happy End (2017)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 25 Apr 2018

There are indelible single scenes in Happy Ending, but without the strong scaffolding of Haneke's usual craft, the all-out nihilism feels shallow…

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Review of I Feel Pretty (2018)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 19 Apr 2018

The movie's heart is in the right place, I suppose. But the execution of the thing is problematic…

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Review of I Feel Pretty (2018)

By Erin Lebar (1) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 19 Apr 2018

There are certainly laughs to be had, but questions to be asked as well…

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Review of Borg vs McEnroe (2017)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 19 Apr 2018

It makes for an unconventional sports movie, but a satisfying one…

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Review of Rampage (2018)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 12 Apr 2018

It makes for big, loud spectacle, which marginally compensates for the fact this is terrible science fiction…

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Review of Chappaquiddick (2018)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 12 Apr 2018

Sober and deliberately understated, Chappaquiddick sometimes struggles to keep up the tension…

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Review of A Quiet Place (2018)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 05 Apr 2018

This is basically a modest B-movie, but with compelling characters, potent performances and tight, crafted direction, it effectively explores…

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Review of A Quiet Place (2016)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 05 Apr 2018

This is basically a modest B-movie, but with compelling characters, potent performances and tight, crafted direction, it effectively explores…

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Review of The Death of Stalin (2017)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 29 Mar 2018

Comedy is not the obvious genre for dealing with a brutal autocrat who killed millions of his own people, but The Death of Stalin mostly works…

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Review of Aida's Secrets (2016)

By Alison Gillmor (124) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 28 Mar 2018

Aida's Secrets is not an incredibly artful doc...But the straight-ahead observation of this specific human story is powerfully emotional and…

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Review of Ready Player One (2018)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 28 Mar 2018

Ready Player One is big fun, to be sure. But its chances of enduring into 22nd-century pop consciousness seems improbable…

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Review of Geek Girls (2017)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 22 Mar 2018

The film seeks to comfort the afflicted geek more than afflict the comfortable geek. There is social value in that…

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