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‘Lumière, Le Cinéma!’ Review: Thierry Frémaux Compellingly Celebrates the Birth of Movies
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Lumière, Le Cinéma! exalts pioneers of cinema without resorting to lazy hagiography. The post ‘Lumière, Le Cinéma!’ Review: Thierry Frémaux Compellingly Celebrates the Birth of Movies appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Reminders of Him’ Review: Another Earnest and Predictable Colleen Hoover Adaptation
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Vanessa Caswill’s film feels reverse engineered to maximize emotional impact. The post ‘Reminders of Him’ Review: Another Earnest and Predictable Colleen Hoover Adaptation appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Review: Close Encounters of the Thoughtful and Charmingly Goofy Kind
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Phil Lord and Christopher Miller put a winningly comedic spin on Andy Weir’s 2021 novel. The post ‘Project Hail Mary’ Review: Close Encounters of the Thoughtful and Charmingly Goofy Kind appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Oscar Predictions 2026: What Will Win This Year
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This year’s best picture race is a legitimate death match between two equally appealing options. The post Oscar Predictions 2026: What Will Win This Year appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Messy Punk Tale Gives Mary Shelley Her Due
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This is a shotgun blast of a movie with no fealty to the conventions of modern gothic horror. The post ‘The Bride!’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Messy Punk Tale Gives Mary Shelley Her Due appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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All 30 Pixar Movies, Ranked
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On the occasion of Hoppers’s release, here’s our ranking of every Pixar feature to date. The post All 30 Pixar Movies, Ranked appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Hoppers’ Review: ‘Avatar’ Meets ‘Pom Poko’ in Pixar’s Manic Eco-Conscious Adventure
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The film lays on chatty world-building that becomes less coherent the more of it there is. The post ‘Hoppers’ Review: ‘Avatar’ Meets ‘Pom Poko’ in Pixar’s Manic Eco-Conscious Adventure appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Heel’ Review: Jan Komasa’s Funny and Disturbing Thriller About the Fixing of a Bad Bloke
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The film basically imagines what My Fair Lady would look like if it had teeth. The post ‘Heel’ Review: Jan Komasa’s Funny and Disturbing Thriller About the Fixing of a Bad Bloke appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Salvation’ Review: A Multifaceted, If Sluggish, Exploration of Inter-Ethnic Conflict
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The weight of symbolism eventually drags the story down and stalls the characterizations. The post ‘Salvation’ Review: A Multifaceted, If Sluggish, Exploration of Inter-Ethnic Conflict appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Erupcja’ Review: Charli XCX Feels Wanderlust in Pete Ohs’s Freewheeling City Symphony
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The film is a drug-and-dance-music-fueled party girl’s lament. The post ‘Erupcja’ Review: Charli XCX Feels Wanderlust in Pete Ohs’s Freewheeling City Symphony appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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