Category: Reviews
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Marshall Review
This is as much a study of the case itself, and the implications it had in America, as it is about those who were involved in it. Read More >
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Borg/McEnroe Review
The life of Bjorn Borg has enough about it to sustain a feature length film, it’s just a shame we’d gone in expecting something entirely different. Read More >
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Victoria and Abdul Review
Stephen Frears likes to study significant characters with stories to tell – but most of the time, we adopt the perspective of an outside source. Whether it be that of the journalist in Philomena and The Program, or the beleaguered other half of Florence Foster Jenkins – his films are proof that sometimes the very… Read More >
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Crown Heights Review
Even if it only has a small impact, Crown Heights will have done its job if it resonates with at least one lawyer, judge, or juror that’ll decide the outside of a person’s life. Read More >
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Final Portrait Review
The paramount theme in Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait is that of tedium. The narrative revolves around the art of a portrait, at the hands of a perpetual perfectionist, thus meaning we have to wait, ages, and ages, and ages, for him to get it right. Then even when we believe he has done, he rips… Read More >
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The Glass Castle Review
The result has a fair deal in common with a literal glass castle. It might’ve been made with good intentions, but was destined to collapse. Read More >
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Maudie Review
In spite of the warmth that emanates from this title, it can be accused of feeling a little televisual in its approach, as the sort of film you’d happily sit down and watch on a quiet Sunday afternoon Read More >
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Churchill Review
While compelling in parts, Churchill may well have found its home more so on a smaller screen, feeling all too televisual in its approach. Read More >
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Redoubtable Review
For the most part Redoutable is actually a rather fun and frothy comedy, filled with broad gags. Read More >
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The Zookeeper’s Wife Review
You would think, given the narrative, that suspense would be a prevalent sensation within this movie, and yet the film comes devoid of any real tension. Read More >
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