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Widows (2018)::rating::3.5
W idows begins with the post-mortem mayhem of a Reservoir Dogs-style heist gone horribly wrong.  Desperate men scream over the sound of sirens, their bodies soaked in blood and sweat.  After this scene, however, the movie goes in an interesting direction:  It's the aftermath of the aftermath, where a group of shell-shocked widows sift through the smoking…
November 16, 20181Comment
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The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018)::rating::3
I n The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo--the first English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel series--director David Fincher and über-writer Steven Zallian built a thriller that smoldered with carefully-contained heat.  The Girl in the Spider's Web, a soft reboot with a different cast and crew, burns brighter and higher but goes out much sooner.  It somehow has…
November 16, 20180Comments
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Overlord (2018)::rating::3.5
A strange cinematic bisque, Overlord so effectively stirs genuinely jarring horror elements into a gripping war movie until it's impossible to distinguish the ingredients in the pot.  It somehow combines tropes that have survived throughout decades of movies and books and video games into something new and...can you use the word "refreshing" about a movie that features so many Nazi entrails?  To hell with it--I'm using it, anyway.  Overlord is ballsy, well-made, and--if you're not terribly squeamish--a damn good time.
November 10, 20180Comments
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)::rating::2.5
T he first fifteen minutes of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms spark with real imagination and wonder:  Long-ago London is vividly recreated, with snowflakes flitting soundlessly to the cobblestones.  Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite teases on the soundtrack during an elegant dance scene, replete with billowing ballgowns and Morgan Freeman handing out enchanted presents, and....damn it, Christmas is…
November 7, 20181Comment
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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)::rating::4
I t's telling that Freddie Mercury chose to pepper his mansion with cats, maybe because their personality traits mirrored his own:  As a man, Mercury was proud, unapologetically high-strung, and ferociously independent.  As a rock god, he burned onstage like an incandescent singularity, his shimmering voice serving as a conduit for Queen's pounding arena anthems.…
November 4, 20181Comment

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