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‘Knives Out’ is a fucking blast

9/10 I had the chance to see Knives Out for free and couldn’t wait for the chance to pay to see it again. It is so much fun. It’s a kind of fun I’d almost given up on having in … Continue reading

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‘Honey Boy’ enumerates, hopefully concludes LaBeouf’s long troubles

Honey Boy is a decent movie as a viewer, but it’s not for viewers. It’s for Shia LaBeouf. Honey Boy is LaBeouf’s autobiographical retelling of his childhood stardom and abuse at the hands of his father, Jeffrey, and his troubled … Continue reading

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‘21 Bridges’ deftly navigates tightrope of action, social pitfalls

8/10 Is 21 Bridges exploitative? Is it cop-friendly propaganda? It’s a damn good action movie, is what it is. In 21 Bridges, two hired assassins, Michael Trujillo and Ray Jackson (Stephan James and Taylor Kitsch), kill eight NYPD officers in … Continue reading

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‘Frozen II’ expands, doesn’t improve franchise

3/10 I never made time for Frozen in November 2013. It’d come a bit out of nowhere, and I sort of pretended it hadn’t had the success that it had. Glancing over it on Disney+ before its long-awaited sequel six … Continue reading

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‘The Good Liar’ brings all-world stars together and gives them nothing to do

1/10 The Good Liar is exhibit A for how poor control of information can utterly ruin a movie. London, 2009- con artist Roy Courtnay (Ian McKellen) has found his final mark, Betty McLeish (Helen Mirren), whom he has approached on … Continue reading

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