Troop Zero review: a warm, quirky film about being remembered
Outside of Pixar and other award-winning animation canons, it becomes harder to find a truly great, live-action film rated PG
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The Host review – a sneakily watchable knockoff that quickly loses the plot Enjoy Your Stay
I suspect I enjoyed Andy Newbery’s Hitchcockian thriller The Host a bit more than many will, in part because I’m partial to
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Bad Boys For Life review – a surprising sequel that was worth waiting for What you gonna do?
As it turns out, the best way to contemporize an iconic Michael Bay movie is to have someone else direct
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A Fall From Grace review – a hysterically bad thriller from Tyler Perry Objection
Through sheer coincidence, I found myself watching Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace (Netflix) less than 24 hours after watching Destin Daniel
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Live Twice, Love Once review – an earnest but uninspiring Spanish dramedy Forget Me Not
First impressions aren’t everything, but a gratingly nonsensical title like Live Twice, Love Once (Netflix) deserves some ire all the same.
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Ni No Kuni review – a lifeless video game adaptation No No No
Anyone with even a passing knowledge of video game adaptations on the big or small screen can’t have been holding
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Eye for an Eye (Quien a Hierro Mata) review – a showcase of Spanish filmmaking talent and tension Blood and revenge
When I stepped up to review Eye for an Eye, I did so based on the briefest of descriptions and
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Women of Mafia 2 (Kobiety Mafii 2) review – more silliness, violence and sun Gang Bust
Maybe it goes without saying, but watch Kobiety Mafii before you watch Women of Mafia 2. This one follows not
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Women of Mafia (Kobiety mafii) review – Eurotrash violent fun Pole chancing
If you like European drama but would prefer it to be more sleazy than artsy, Patryk Vega’s Kobiety Mafii may
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92nd Academy Awards Nominations: Quick Reactions
This year’s Academy Awards ceremony (airing on February 9, 2020) will offer up quite a few surprises, I’m sure. Yet
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Like a Boss review – who’s to blame for this confused female-friendship comedy? Kiss and Makeup
Let’s not waste anyone’s time here — Like a Boss isn’t a good movie. It’s pandering and derivative, it wastes a good
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Underwater review – Kristen Stewart takes a plunge into a Lovecraftian nightmare It's Not That Deep
William Eubank’s confidently no-nonsense Underwater doesn’t give you time to find your sea legs, and perhaps that’s just as well — paying
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Missing Link review – gorgeous, low-stakes, action-packed fun
When the Golden Globes aired recently in early January, the majority of the categories felt up-in-the-air. Pundits struggled to predict
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The Grudge (2020) Review: Making A House A Clone Cursed
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone that The Grudge (2020), a horror movie released in January as the
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Cole Sansom’s Top 10 Films of 2019 2019? A good year? For movies!
Cole Sansom’s Top 10 Films of 2019 2019 delivered a surprising number of great films. I got around to seeing
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Cole Sansom’s Top 25 Films of the Decade
Cole Sansom’s Top 25 Films of the Decade Can you remember 2010? It seems like a lifetime away. In the
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1917 Review: A Stunning Cinematic Achievement A Good Walk Unspoiled
The only thing that kept popping up in my head while watching director Sam Mendes’s gloriously immersive, thoroughly gripping and
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Cats Review: A Litter Box of a Mess Catastrophe
I now have a theory that the great play by play man, Jack Buck(I previously attributed it to Vin Scully),
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Ghost Stories Review: Once Upon A Time In Bollywood Hindi Horror
Released on New Year’s Day, Ghost Stories (Netflix) combines the efforts of four of Bollywood’s leading filmmakers into a two-and-a-half-hour horror anthology,
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10 Underappreciated Movies of 2019
10 Underappreciated Movies of 2019 2019 might well have seen Avengers Endgame break records, the end of the Star Wars
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