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Director Liz Garbus delves into the life of the legendary oceanographer through unique uses of voiceover, stock footage and visuals to bring an urgency to our current climate crisis.
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‘The Power of the Dog’ is Jane Campion’s first film in 12 years, since the release of 2009’s ‘Bright Star’, and tells the story of Phil Burbank (Cumberbatch), who runs a cattle ranch with his brother George (Jesse Plemons). Cumberbatch and Plemons are a phenomenon on screen, but its uneven script quickly degrades the film into a sappy melodrama.
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‘The Card Counter’ is a film that gambles, but doesn’t quite play a winning hand. Imagine the illegitimate love child of ‘Rounders’, ‘Drive’ and ‘The Big Short’. Then imagine that it was haphazardly executed with a weak script and had no clear direction or intention. That’s ‘The Card Counter’.
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Releasing on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the tragic losses during 9/11, AppleTV+ debuts ‘Come From Away’, the professional recording of the Broadway musical of the same name. The show is based on the true story of 38 planes that were forced into an emergency landing in the town of Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, as the events of 9/11 were unfolding in real time.
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‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ is the twenty-fifth theatrical instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the second film in the MCU’s Phase Four. With Marvel fatigue high after the epic conclusion of the Infinity Saga, and multiple delays in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, how does ‘Shang-Chi’ fare compared to its predecessors?
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While ‘Vacation Friends’ contains decent performances, its story feels way too predictable, which combines with dull humor to produce a forgettable comedy.
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Audiences finally get to witness the latest horror cult-classic revival, Candyman. All the ingredients are there for this to be the next great film from recently prolific writer/producer Jordan Peele and director Nia DaCosta and bring the iconic character into the modern world. Instead, audiences are given an uneven mess that could have been so much more.
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The entire premise of Lisa Joy’s directorial debut, ‘Reminiscence’, is enough to entice any fans of mind-bending sci-fi films, but in film, execution trumps everything else. An artist can have the greatest idea in the world for a movie, TV show, or book, only for it to be a mediocre experience if the execution of that said idea wasn’t successful.
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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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In this current, limited, cinematic world full of sequels, franchises, and adaptations, ‘Free Guy’ enters the game as a refreshingly original idea. Guy (played by Ryan Reynolds), a non-player character in the fictional video game, Free City lives a pleasant life as a bank teller, dreams of one day breaking free of his regimented video game existence. In doing so, ‘Free Guy’ crafts what can easily be considered a perfect summer film.
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With James Gunn at the helm, The Suicide Squad is a self-aware, gore-filled, anti-Superhero comedy that was tasked with resuscitating the franchise and providing a shot in the arm to the DCEU. Being Warner Brothers’ and DC’s second stab at Task Force X, and with viral campaigns targeting the DCEU constantly, there was a lot of pressure for this film to perform and please audiences
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Disney’s JUNGLE CRUISE is the newest vehicle for the mega-company, built around and inspired by the real-life Jungle Cruise ride in their Disneyland parks. After many shuffles of potential cast and crew, as well as several redesigns to the ride - star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and his production company partnered with Disney to re-imagine the ride and launch a potential film franchise.
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Adapted from a 14th century poem by an unknown author, The Green Knight is a medieval coming-of-age story that doesn’t center around the usual players, and has only been put on screen a few times (clearly, not often enough).
In doing so, A24 and Director David Lowry convincingly conveys to modern audiences what medieval fantasy films should and can be.
“Old” is the latest horror film from the King-of-Twists himself, M. Night Shyamalan, which premiered this Friday exclusively in theaters worldwide. But is Shyamalan’s fourteenth film a standout of the genre in the 2021 movie season or yet another blemish on M. Night’s controversial filmography?
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Pig is a masterful portrait of human fragility and the potential memories we find in cooking, while its theme of loss is lyrically paced and honestly portrayed by its leading stars.
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Navot Papushado’s Gunpowder Milkshake has plenty of flash and style, but forgets that story and character should come first before trying to expand their universe for multiple sequels and spin-offs.
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Natasha Romanoff’s solo film doubles as an origin story and a peek into what happened to Natasha following the events of 2016’s CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, but is it too late?
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While “The Tomorrow War” contains explosive action sequences, its undeveloped main story and characters quickly fizzle out.
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The vicious allegorical image of the werewolf allows Josh Ruben to probe into the social and political distrust that remains in the post-Trump era, but Werewolves Within inability to tighten up the tried-and-tested horror-comedy genre with various gags that fizzle out may ultimately irritate some.
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Bright-eyed and curly-haired, Luca is a regular Italian boy living in a regular Italian town who becomes entangled in a regular Italian friendship with a new companion, Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer), however upon further scrutiny, “Luca” might not be as simple a tale.
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