Even by Disney’s own standards, ‘Wish’ is often too generic and predictable. For a film billed as a celebration of Disney’s centennial and a love letter to its lore, it only feels a fraction as special as it should.
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Mali Elfman’s feature length directorial debut, Next Exit thoughtfully navigates our complex relationship with life after death, suggesting that our lack of knowledge may be a good thing.
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The Good Nurse takes the concept of a slow-burn mystery and fundamentally misunderstands it - instead of sparking a fire and letting it gradually flare into something spectacular, the film piles way too many logs onto a weak flame until all glimpses of light are extinguished and fizzle away.
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‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ is a colossal disappointment. It completely dismisses everything that the franchise has done successfully up to this point, crafting a pointless and underdeveloped narrative that acts purely as a backdrop for brutal violence and shoehorned inclusion of basic, nostalgia-driven character work.
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To those who complain that the ‘Jackass’ franchise is nothing but immature jokes and childish hijinks, Jackass Forever is here to say… they’re absolutely right. In the best way possible. There isn’t a moment of the film that takes itself any more seriously than what it is; an insanely juvenile group of friends whose sole intentions are to prank each other until they either give up or the law stops them.
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There shouldn’t have been skepticism to think Aaron Sorkin’s latest effort, ‘Being the Ricardos’, would be any less entertaining as the rest of his recent filmography. Sorkin silences early skeptics, as his latest effort delivers a crowd-pleasing dramedy with a stellar lead performance by Nicole Kidman.
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While the new formula of ‘Don’t Breathe 2’ explores new avenues in Norman’s character, it never truly commits to engaging with the potential complexity of his character, bypassing the monstrous acts of his past.
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It’s no masterpiece, and certainly falls victim to genre clichés and predictability, but “The Little Things” is enjoyable enough, standing largely on the shoulders of a punching-below-his-weight Denzel Washington.
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After spending the past few years in the Supporting Role category, Riz Ahmed’s latest performance in Amazon Prime Video “Sound of Metal” pushes him to the Lead and proves, he’s worth the part.
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