Tag: drama
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‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Is a Cinematic Panic Attack
Films can often make us laugh or cry, but very few are able to execute the goal of making us feel quite as uncomfortable as If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
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Quality Characters Can’t Save ‘After the Hunt’ From Fizzling Out
‘After the Hunt’ covers controversial subject matter through complex characters, but can’t sustain momentum through a runtime that can sometimes feel tedious.
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Rishab Shetty makes Cinematic Magic with ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’
Rishab Shetty blends cinematic spectacle with cultural folklore for a grand-scale prequel in ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’.
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Channing Tatum’s Charming Criminal Will Steal Your Heart In ‘Roofman’
In Roofman, Channing Tatum is a thief on the run who takes up residence inside a Toys ‘R’ Us, but it’s the performances that really steal the show.
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‘The Smashing Machine’ Gives Dwayne Johnson an Easy Win
The Smashing Machine is a sports movie, a biopic, and an award-season movie that doesn’t want to fall into the expected tropes of those categories.
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‘One Battle After Another’ Funny, Frantic, and Fantastic
Make some room on your top 10 list because Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is a frantic, funny, and heartfelt father-daughter story that feels incredibly relevant in our current political climate.
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‘Sorry, Baby’ Walks the Tightrope of Comedy and Trauma
Comedy is tragedy plus time in writer-director-star Eva Victor’s hilarious and impactful ‘Sorry, Baby’.
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‘Kuberaa’ a Captivating Story of Wealth Inequality
Kuberaa tackles the corruption of obscene wealth with rich characters, vibrant visuals, and an absolutely stellar soundtrack.
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Is Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Style Over Substance?
With The Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson gives us exactly what we expect from him: glorious visuals, quirky characters, and his trademark deadpan dialogue. But is that enough?
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‘HIT: The Third Case’ Goes From Police Procedural to Superhero Slaughterfest
HIT: The Third Case is a blood-soaked action spectacle that abandons its investigative roots for bombastic violence, for better and worse.
