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'Wish' Review: A Flawed Yet Fantastic Fever Dream For Disney Fans

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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‘Finch’ Review: A Predictable Re-Tread of ‘Cast Away’

In ‘Finch’, Hanks is stranded again, this time in a dystopia where radiation has killed most of life on earth, with a dog as his best friend. Hanks plays Finch Weinberg, one of the last humans on Earth slowly dying of radiation poisoning. While Finch contains a terrific performance from Tom Hanks and stark cinematography, the movie’s predictable re-tread of survival drama tropes makes it a tiring watch instead of a compelling one.

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‘Earwig’ Review: A Fantastical Horror Story With Nothing To Say [TIFF 2021]

The basis of an interesting short film is there, but not a nearly two-hour film in which characters constantly mope around and do practically nothing to advance the plot or develop its characters and world. As a result, Earwig may very well be the most interminable film of the entire Toronto International Film Festival and one of the most disappointing films of the year.

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‘Lost Girls and Love Hotels’ Review: Love, Life, and Depression in Tokyo

“Lost Girls and Love Hotels” perfectly captures the love story that finds you when you need it the most and changes your entire world before leaving you broken. Through a glossy finish, the film shows an upfront & honest look at depression and how some choose to confront that pain.

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