Benjamin Millepied’s ‘Carmen’ is a visual marvel, with career-best performances from Melissa Barrera and Paul Mescal giving massive amounts of humanity to its intricate dance sequences.
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3’ ends the best MCU trilogy on the highest of notes, delivering a surprisingly dark and mature comic book movie with stellar performances from Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper and Chukwudi Iwuji.
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One cannot deny that ‘Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret’ was made by talented people - both in front of and behind the camera - who were interested in telling a complex story without simple answers.
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While ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ rights many wrongs perpetuated by Disney’s 1953 animated film, it’s also a dour remake filled with risible performances, poor cinematography and nausea-inducing editing.
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Dexter Fletcher’s ‘Ghosted’ doesn’t feel like an actual filmmaker directed it but as if it were constructed by an A.I. who recently learned what the word “content” means.
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Director Ari Aster has described ‘Beau is Afraid’ as a “nightmare” - and to give him credit, that is an apt description, but not in the way that he probably intended. The film feels exactly like one of those incoherent fever dreams which you only half-remember after it’s over, and quickly forget as you go about your day.
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Director Guy Ritchie delivers a departure from his usual fare with ‘The Covenant’ - A harrowing and emotionally compelling war story that gives a new meaning to “no man left behind”.
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Daniel Goldhaber’s ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ mixes a thoughtful social commentary on our fossil fuel-laden society with the anxiety-ridden structure of a Safdie Brothers’ film with staggering results.
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While Ben Affleck’s ‘Air’ may be approached in an incredibly paint-by-numbers structure, its high spirits will make you leave the theater happy.
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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ is a great film to catch in theatres, if you’re a kid or a kid at heart – fun for the whole family, even if it does remain a little uninspired. The animation is top-notch, with fun character designs and dazzling landscapes, and the score and accompanying soundtrack just add to this adventure.
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While Tetris’ filmmaking techniques and storylines feel conventional, the movie remains an insanely fun ride with great performances from Taron Egerton, Roger Allam, and Anthony Boyle.
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The Baba Yaga has returned yet again in ‘John Wick: Chapter Four’, a sequel that not only manages to surpass its impressive predecessors with effortless flair, but deliver some of the best action ever put on celluloid.
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With four major premier’s at this year’s festival, SXSW 2023 can be known as the “Year of The Biopic”. We take a look at all four films this year in a SXSW Exclusive festival review.
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DC’s goofy, lovable superhero has returned to the silver screen in ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’, a sequel that is able to take the training wheels off and let the character truly fly.
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Often Festival Films Can overload its audience with drama, emotion, or ham-fisted messages, but in a delightfully subtle film, ‘Pure O’ makes you candidly connect with the characters and the plot.
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‘Evil Dead Rise’ - the latest soft reboot of the storied franchise succeeds by finding its own campy yet terrifying place amongst not only the previous films in the franchise but in the horror genre as a whole. Continue for our exclusive SXSW review:
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