Director Bradley Cooper has decided to scale things back for his third feature film ‘Is This Thing On?’, a tender and often very funny comedy that makes great use of its talented cast and emotionally accessible story.
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Yorgos Lanthimos remakes Jang Joon-hwan’s ‘Save the Green Planet!’ with ‘Bugonia’, and the results aren’t as successful as his previous collaborations with Emma Stone, despite its staggering VistaVision photography and solid turns from its lead stars.
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Noah Baumbach reflects on the dwindling nature of stardom in the metafictional ‘Jay Kelly’, which sees George Clooney grapple with the finitude of a career inside an era that Hollywood now rejects.
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Shane Black has fun in the cartoonishly glorious adaptation of Donald E. Westlake’s work with ‘Play Dirty’, containing Mark Wahlberg’s best performance in years as he dons the mantra of Westlake’s most iconic character.
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While ‘Eleanor the Great’ is elevated by a legendary turn from June Squibb as the titular character, the film’s handling of several subjects leaves much to be desired, as does Scarlet Johansson’s direction.
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At long last, director Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio collaborate for ‘One Battle After Another’, an offbeat, thrilling, and often hilarious adventure that earns its keep in the talented director’s already stunning filmography.
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Romance stories are a dime a dozen, but Kogonada’s ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ dares to be different. However, despite the star power of its two considerably talented stars, this unconventional love story fails to leave a mark.
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For Channing Tatum fans, this is definitely not a film to miss – as always, he is a standout as his natural charisma brings a lot of life to ‘Roofman’ and makes the film more than worthwhile. Other audience members may not be convinced.
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The sardonic comedy ‘Bad Apples’ plants itself in utter absurdity, and yet, it may be an effective public service announcement for education reform.
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‘Poetic License’ is sweetheart, laugh-out-loud comedy, well-acted by the entire cast. Taking place on a university campus at the beginning of the Fall semester, is a perfect movie to watch on a cozy autumn day – fresh and unexpectedly great, this isn’t one to miss.
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After catapulting Brendan Fraser to his first Academy Award, Director Darren Aronofsky has his sights set on further showcasing Austin Butler’s versatility in ’Caught Stealing’, a wonderfully grungy tale of crime and chaos in 90’s NYC.
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Thanks to an assured sense of style and magnifying performances from its core cast, Michael Angelo Covino’s ‘Splitsville’ manages to stay afloat, despite a cyclical structure that makes some of its funnier beats less impactful.
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Thanks to a captivating performance by Margaret Qualley and an assured sense of style and hyper-violence, Ethan Coen manages to make ‘Honey Don’t!’ a memorable affair, even if it continuously stumbles along the way.
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Bob Odenkirk is back with his unique brand of justice in ‘Nobody 2’, an action sequel that doubles down on what made the original such a refreshing entry into the action genre and delivers a follow-up that may just be even more enjoyable than its predecessor.
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‘Freakier Friday’ is Disney’s best theatrical live-action release in ages, thanks in no small parts to the ineffable charm of both Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
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Director Akiva Schaffer uses his comedic sensibilities to revive the police squad for 80 minutes of non-stop laughs in ‘The Naked Gun’.
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FilmSpeak begins the Fantasia Festival looking at Ari Aster’s attempts to make sense out of a year (and decade) that doesn’t make sense with his latest dark comedy, ‘Eddington’.
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‘Sorry, Baby’ is just an assured debut in every sense. It is very methodic and well-plotted in its cathartic ambitions, and equally deft, light, and profound. Director Eva Victor is a rising talent, and it already excites to think about what her cinematic instincts will provide us with next.
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The sassy, murderous robot has returned to the big screen in ‘M3gan 2.0’, a sequel that takes the franchise in a brand new direction, but fails to capitalize on the potential that new territory brings with it.
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While Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney give somewhat impassioned performances, Jon S. Baird can’t follow up the same momentum he built with ‘Tetris’ in his latest motion picture, ‘Everything’s Going to Be Great’.
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