Anna Kendrick and Toni Collette star in a heady space drama from Arctic writer-director Joe Penna. When a crew of three discover a fourth person on their two-year mission to Mars, they’re confronted with an ethical question of what to do with a limited oxygen supply. There’s plenty of snazzy […]
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The Year Earth Changed
A vitally important documentary, this BBC film chronicles how Mother Nature came back to life in the months immediately after the COVID lockdown around the world. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, it’s a fascinating look at the restorative power of nature contrasted with the destructive power of the human race. […]
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Two Distant Strangers
BIPOC violence at the hands of law enforcement gets the Groundhog Day treatment in this powerful short (32 minutes) that just won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. It’s gut-wrenching and brilliant in its message, production, and succinct script. Though its main theme presents the futility of the […]
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Thunder Force
Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer star in a goofy comedy about two unlikely superheroes who team up to fight mutants—including the sandpaper-dry Jason Bateman as a bad guy with crab legs for arms. If you’re looking for a silly, just-laugh-for-a-bit flick, you’ve found it. Not every joke finds its mark […]
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The Last Right
This sweet and charming Irish flick finds ex-pat Daniel (Michiel Huisman) on a road trip up the length of the country with his autistic brother and a woman he just met. And did we mention the dead old man strapped to the roof of his car in a cardboard coffin? […]
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Say Your Prayers
Starring Harry Melling and Tom Brooke as good Christian hitmen sent by their priest to bump off an atheist intellectual, this British black comedy certainly had the potential for some dry, whack-a-doo fun. And though there are plenty of moments (including a delightful Greek Chorus of spiffy gents) to warrant […]
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Shiva Baby
This gloriously awkward Indie about a young Jewish woman and all the painfully uncomfortable people and events in her life is a raw and honest, mostly real-time exercise in character-driven filmmaking. It’s as exquisitely crafted as it is tough to watch unfold. Sometimes funny, mostly heartbreaking, Shiva Baby will make […]
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Godzilla vs. Kong
I’m not sure that Michael Bay, even on his best day, could put together something as big, loud, and over-the-top as this two-hour monster extravaganza. It’s dumb, sure, but it’s a great kind of dumb… just an all-out super-destructive (poor Hong Kong!) action flick that is precisely the kind of […]
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Bad Trip
Half Jackass-style prank show and half raunchy road trip comedy, this over-the-top flick starring Eric Andre and Lil Rel Howry does have its moments but, overall, gets tiresome right around the 60-minute mark. You’ll laugh here and there, but you’ll cringe throughout, and may even throw up in your mouth […]
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