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December 14, 2021

Manners maketh man—dismal filmmaking maketh The King’s Man

The only new thing The King’s Man brings to the Kingsman series is crummy craft.
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September 17, 2021

TIFF 2021: The Forgiven offers up yet more rich white people problems

Despite its top shelf cast & capable direction, this drama about tourists behaving badly is nothing we haven't seen before.
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January 28, 2021

“The Dig” explores our aching need to be remembered

Simon Stone crafts an exquisite drama about the importance of history on our personal and societal stories, anchored by beautiful turns from Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes.
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November 21, 2020

“The Hurt Locker” told a starkly modern war story

Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar winning drama tossed aside the bombastic, jingoistic cliches of war pictures in favor of something more chilling.
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November 16, 2020

“Strange Days” says more about 2020 than it did about 1999

Kathryn Bigelow's vision of a grim future was mostly rejected by audiences -- now we're living in it.
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October 19, 2020

P.S.H. I Love You: Hoffman serves up sleaze in the middling “Red Dragon”

Try as he might, Philip Seymour Hoffman can't lend enough sleaze to Brett Ratner's Hannibal Lecter sequel to make it feel less like a bland retread.
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January 15, 2020

“Dolittle” Does Just Enough to Treat the January Blues

Despite some strange tonal shifts, this warm family film has sweetness & heart.
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December 30, 2019

“Spectre” Loses Itself in the Ghosts of Franchise Past

While Skyfall was a rousing success, Mendes' return to the Bond franchise, bogs itself down in tiresome lore and continuity.
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May 11, 2019

The White Crow Review: Lots of Technique, But Not Enough Purpose

Ralph Fiennes' tale of real-life Russian dancer and defector Rudolph Nureyev is stylish enough but fails to slip deeply into its' characters ballet flats.