Eerily similar to 2022’s ‘Press Play’ (which no one saw, so… no harm, no foul?), this time-travely rom-com centers on young Harriet (Lucy Boynton), who is mourning the death of her boyfriend and gets sent back through a wormhole to their time together whenever she hears particular songs. The standard […]
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The Settlers
Winner of the Fipresci Prize for enterprising filmmaking at Cannes in 2023, this dark and violent film about three men in late-19th century Chile trying to clear the land of natives is a haunting and at times terrifying work of art. Along with the story of the bloody expedition, the […]
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
I’m not convinced the world needs yet another big ol’ monster movie, but the Legendary MonsterVerse keeps spitting them out. This latest, the fifth in the franchise, is the weakest and most unnecessary of the bunch—though fans of the genre will, no-doubt, get all they need from it. Yet again, […]
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Wicked Little Letters
The always-great Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley take center stage in this (believe it or not) true story about a woman in 1920 England who accuses her neighbor of sending her (and later much of their village) wildly racy and profane letters in the post. As the zany mystery unfolds, […]
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The Beautiful Game
Based on the true story of the annual Homeless World Cup soccer competition, this feel-good Netflix original stars Bill Nighy as the coach of the England squad. All the standard tropes abound, but dang it, this thing’s actually pretty good. Sure, at its core it’s a fairly basic underdog sports […]
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The Lie: The Murder of Grace Millane
In true ripped-from-the-headlines fashion, this spooky and eminently compelling documentary unravels the truth of what happened to a young British student murdered in New Zealand in 2018. Primarily relying on thousands of hours of CCTV footage, the police piece together the case, which went on to become a rallying cry […]
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In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Liam Neeson has made a nice little living in recent years doing crappy-to-middling flicks about a haggard hero out to kill the bad guys in whatever situation he finds himself in. His latest, set in 1970s Ireland, finds him staring down the barrel of a gun when IRA terrorists come […]
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Finestkind
This seafaring tale of two scallop-fishing brothers and the struggles they face both out on the ocean and back on dry land has the promise of at-sea dramas like ‘The Perfect Storm’, but it falls woefully short. Hampered by an ultra-clichéd plot and groan-worthy dialogue, even the top-shelf cast (Ben […]
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
The follow-up to 2021’s ‘Afterlife’ is a bitter disappointment, despite the return of all the key players (including the OG gang of BIll Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Annie Potts, and Ernie Hudson). Director Gil Kenan (who also co-wrote the screenplay) seems like a lost little puppy, not sure what to do […]
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Road House
This remake of the iconic 1989 Patrick Swayze flick is fine enough for what it is (testosterone-fueled mayhem) but unfortunately takes itself way too seriously to succeed as the cheesy bit of mindlessness it could (and should) have been. Much of the appeal of the original was the almost-goofy, tongue-in-cheek […]
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