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Castle FallsA
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December 3, 2021

Action legend Dolph Lundgren’s Castle Falls offers sturdy thrills

Lundgren directs the great Scott Adkins and himself well in his scramble-filled cats-and-mice thriller.
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December 2, 2021

“You’re not curator of anything!” Ragtime at 40

Milos Forman's 1981 adaptation of the E.L. Doctorow novel survived a change of directors to become a fascinating cult curio 40 years on.
West Side Story (2021) (20th Century Studios)S
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December 2, 2021

Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story is a staggering showcase for Sondheim

Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner adapt the classic Stephen Sondheim musical into a vivid, gripping tale that builds on what the Robert Wise version did right.
The Advent CalendarT
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December 1, 2021

The Advent Calendar is a bleak bit of holiday nastiness

From France comes cursed object horror with a vague Christmas twist.
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November 30, 2021

5 movies to get you through waiting to see Licorice Pizza

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest won’t be available in wide release until the end of December, so in the meantime here are a handful of movies that also capture that unique lurid sunniness of 70s & 80s Southern California to tide you over.
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November 30, 2021

KinoKultur: Structure and the Supernatural in 4 Household Tales

B.L. Panther takes a look at four films from Kino Lorber that explore the intersection of structure and the supernatural in the latest KinoKultur
Writing With FireW
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November 30, 2021

Writing With Fire thoughtfully spotlights the journalists of India’s only women-run newspaper

It's a compelling documentary that engages its subjects with the same care they bring to their own reporting.
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November 27, 2021

Don’t bother unwrapping the formulaic comedy 8-Bit Christmas

1980s nostalgia is nowhere near enough to keep this project afloat.
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November 26, 2021

Licorice Pizza suffers in shying away from an uncomfortable subject

Lighthearted & boasting two excellent newcomer performances, Paul Thomas Anderson's latest nevertheless avoids addressing a very large elephant in the room.
Bruised Going RoundsB
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November 24, 2021

Bruised wastes its shot at the title

Halle Berry's directorial debut fails to satisfy sports movie thrills or push the subgenre anywhere new.