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‘HEART OF THE BEAST’ Review: Pitt and Pup Brave The Wilderness In A Harrowing Survivalist Actioner

Courtney Howard // Film Critic HEART OF THE BEAST Rated PG-13, 1 hour and 45 minutes Directed by: David Ayer Starring: Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons, Anna Lambe, Uber The filmmakers behind HEART OF THE ...
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‘FORGOTTEN ISLAND’ Review: A Fantastic Fantastical Animated Adventure & Heartfelt Ode to Female Friendship

Courtney Howard // Film Critic FORGOTTEN ISLAND Rated PG, 1 hour and 50 minutes Directed by: Joel Crawford, Januel P. Mercado Starring: Liza Soberano, H.E.R., Dave Franco, Lea Salonga, Manny ...
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‘PRIMETIME’ Review: Robert Pattinson’s Uncanny Impersonation Unsettles in a Dark Satirization of True-Life Events

Courtney Howard // Film Critic PRIMETIME Rated R, 1 hour and 50 minutes Directed by: Lance Oppenheim Starring: Robert Pattinson, Skyler Gisondo, Merritt Wever, Matthew Maher, Phoebe Bridgers, ...
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‘THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS’ Review: Lili Reinhart Leads a Surprisingly Leaden Romantic Comedy

Courtney Howard // Film Critic THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS Rated R, 1 hour and 50 minutes Directed by: Claire Scanlon Starring: Lili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas ...
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‘RESIDENT EVIL’ Review: Zach Cregger Delivers Demented Body Horror in His Superior Video Game Adaptation

Courtney Howard // Film Critic RESIDENT EVIL Rated R, 1 hour and 30 minutes Directed by: Zach Cregger Starring: Austin Abrams, Paul Walter Hauser, Kali Reis, Zach Cherry, Andrea Miltnerova In the ...
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Action-thriller ‘PARADISE CITY’ features a ‘PULP FICTION’ reunion, director and star talk Willis-Travolta showdown

Do you need more diehard devotion to iconic leading man (and the recently retired) Bruce Willis? How about a new action movie where bullets and playground insults are fired between him and John ...
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‘THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE’ Review: John Wilson’s Beautifully Unfocused, Unfussy Ode to Foundations

Courtney Howard // Film Critic THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE Not Rated, 1 hour and 41 minutes Directed by: John Wilson Starring: John Wilson The Emmy nominated HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON blazed a new path ...
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‘SELENA GOMEZ: MY MIND AND ME’ Review: A Superstar’s Struggles Come Into Focus

Filmmaker Alek Keshishian brought us one of the all-time great pop docs with MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE. His no-holds-barred look at the titular icon’s life during her Blonde Ambition tour not only ...
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‘THE CONJURING: LAST RITES’ Review: A Final Farewell Boasts Scares, Spooks and Ghouls Galore

Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Ben Hardy, Mia Tomlinson, Elliot Cowan, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Beau Gadsdon, Rebecca Calder, Molly Cartwright, Tilly Walker, Orion Smith, Madison Lawlor THE ...
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‘DOGMAN’ Review: Caleb Landry Jones is Fur-ocious in an Anti-American, Pro-Incel Film Featuring Dog Burglars Setting HOME ALONE Inspired Booby Traps

Starring: Caleb Landry Jones, Jojo T. Gibbs, Christopher Denham, Clemens Schick, John Charles Aguilar, Grace Palma, Iris Bry, Alexander Settineri, Lincoln Powell, Michael Garza, Marisa Berenson For a ...
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‘PSYCHO KILLER’ Review: A Horror Film That Refuses To Slay All Day

It should be absurdly funny to see a group of try-hard Satanists sitting around a table in a wealthy benefactor’s mansion scarfing down Chinese takeout and plotting to take over the world. It should ...
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‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’ Review: A Relentless, Revolutionary Masterpiece That’s Nothing Short of Miraculous

Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson pulls at least two magic tricks during ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. The first is that the auteur blends wildly extreme tones – absurdist satire, poignant drama and ...