Jeff Fowler, director and chief creative behind all three Sonic films thus far (as well as the ‘Knuckles’ show) got his start within the franchise early on, and it continues to pay off in ‘Sonic 3’.
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While stars Nicole Kidman and Antonio Banderas give their all in ‘Babygirl’, the film is hindered by a severe lack of chemistry with its lead star and a profoundly miscast Harris Dickinson.
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Following in the footsteps of abysmal prior efforts, ‘Kraven The Hunter’ seemingly ends Sony’s extended universe with a limp, lifeless comic book film that fails to excite or intrigue.
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Tim Fehlbaum’s attempt at criticizing the normative ideals of journalistic objectivity in ‘September 5’ turns into a total and complete failure by being afraid of engaging itself with the backdrop it presents.
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‘Nosferatu’ may truly be Robert Eggers’ best film yet. He fired on all cylinders here and delivered a spirited modern rendition of a classic story that belongs in the same hallowed halls as the 1922 original from which it was wrought.
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William Goldenberg energetically depicts Anthony Robles' inspiring story in ‘Unstoppable’, a sports drama anchored by compelling turns from Jharrel Jerome, Don Cheadle, and Jennifer Lopez.
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If you have the time, ‘Wicked’ is a totally worthy afternoon at the movies meant for family and friends. The World of Oz needed a refreshment, and perhaps this wizardly revisit is exactly what the wizard ordered.
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Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans attempt to save Christmas in their big budget holiday adventure film ‘Red One’ - a holiday film that miserably fails to entertain and deliver what it easily could have.
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Director Ridley Scott boldly heads back to the colosseum for ‘Gladiator II’, a sequel that fortunately is a highly entertaining and worthy successor to its award winning and epic predecessor.
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Tyler Thomas Taormina depicts the euphoric chaos of Christmastime unlike any filmmaker has ever showcased in ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’. Yet there are glaring flaws that prevent it from becoming the next great Christmas classic.
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Despite an assured visual style, Steve McQueen’s latest fiction film, ‘Blitz’, is an often muddled and dull drama that doesn’t know what it wants to say about the central characters it focuses on.
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Clint Eastwood gives aspiring filmmakers a true lesson in shot-reverse-shot with ‘Juror #2’, a gripping procedural thriller on the fallacies of our legal system(s).
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Liam Neeson gives his all for the first time in a long time in ‘Absolution’, even if the material he has to work with tends to be on the muddled side.
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Robert Zemeckis teams up with Tom Hanks and AI, but the garish experiment simply becomes non-linear, static and a complete miss. The resulting film is ‘Here’, and it is just as baffling as you think.
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Andrea Arnold turns her social realist lens into a magical one with ‘Bird’ and fails at drawing any meaningful arcs on its central characters despite a constantly assured stylistic touch.
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Eddie and Venom are back on the big screen for one final adventure in ‘Venom: The Last Dance’, a conclusion that is emotionally limp and easily the weakest of the trilogy.
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Jacques Audiard attempts to depict the tragic story of its titular character in ‘Emilia Pérez’, but the narrative/aesthetic results are constantly baffling and, more offensively, deeply transphobic.
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The aptly named ‘Smile 2’, Parker Finn’s sequel to the successful ‘Smile’ offers new themes and great performances, although it can still a feel a bit too familiar.
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While ‘Goodrich’ is nothing completely unique, it flourishes due to the charisma and gravitas of Michael Keaton, resulting in a tried-and-true kind of family drama, amplified by scattered moments of genuine resonance along the way.
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