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Lift
by admin|3 years ago|Roger Ebert
“Lift” is as generic and forgettable as its title, the kind of glossy, empty action picture that Netflix just keeps pumping out, whether we need it or not. It’s not as aggressively glib as “Red Notice,” for example, but rather...
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Role Play
by admin|3 years ago|Roger Ebert
Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband, Dave (David Oyelowo), and two beautiful children, but she also moonlights as a secret assassin. Her frequent “business trips” lead to emotional and physical distance from her family,...
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The Settlers
by admin|3 years ago|Roger Ebert
"Here beyond men’s judgements all covenants were brittle."—Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian The word "settle," typically a cozy verb, should probably be retired, at least when it comes to "settling" land. "Settling" is hostile. "Settling" is murderous. Words matter. Language can clarify, but...
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Destroy All Neighbors
by admin|3 years ago|Roger Ebert
A few names stand out during the opening credits for “Destroy All Neighbors,” a neurotic horror-comedy about annoying neighbors and a self-described “serial manslaughterer.” There’s Rich Zim, who animated the trippy opening credits sequence, which sends viewers barreling down a...
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Driving Madeleine
by admin|3 years ago|Roger Ebert
Actor and filmmaker Dany Boon is one of contemporary French cinema’s most prominent portrayers of the everyman, and when we see him in the driver’s seat of a taxi emerging from a car wash in the opening scene of this...
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THE BEEKEEPER Review: BEE-lieve The Buzz, Statham Stings In This Rip-Roaring Actioner
by admin|3 years ago|Screen Anarchy
When a kindly old woman loses everything, her friendly neighborhood honey farmer strikes out on a brutal campaign of violent vengeance in David Ayer’s latest blast of hyperkinetic action, The Beekeeper. The film finds Jason Statham in his element as...
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New to Streaming: Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon, Going to Mars, A Ghost Story & More
by admin|3 years ago|The Film Stage
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Beyond Utopia (Madeleine Gavin) A harrowing, brave account of what it’s like to defect...
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Charlie Kaufman Returns to the World of Animation in First Trailer for Orion and the Dark
by admin|3 years ago|The Film Stage
After his uncredited studio work on Kung Fu Panda 2‘s script and his independent feature Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman is expanding his animation resume. He’s scripted the new DreamWorks animation Orion and the Dark, which is directed by Sean Charmatz and...
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THE BOOK OF CLARENCE Review: New-School Biblical Epic Undermined By Tonal Imbalance
by admin|3 years ago|Screen Anarchy
Old-school Biblical epics have long been relics of the past, particularly a conservative, homogenous (i.e., white), Christian-oriented culture, reflecting values, attitudes, and an ideology considered universal more than half a century ago. For writer-director-musician Jeymes Samuel (The Harder They Fall),...
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Interview: Selman Nacar – Hesitation Wound
by admin|3 years ago|Ioncinema
Every few years, a notable new Turkish filmmaker emerges, and in this instance, we find Selman Nacar floating to the top of major film fests. Front-loaded with moral and legal quandaries, Hesitation Wound (Tereddüt Çizgisi) blurs the lines, seamlessly intertwining...
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