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Jackpot!
“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in…
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The Good Half
“Are you lost?,” an old lady at the mall asks sad-sack Renn Wheeland…
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Running on Empty
Would you like to know the day you will die? It’s a…
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Dìdi
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I return to a film to…
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Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds
Patient and kindhearted, a painted storybook in motion, “Sirocco and the Kingdom of…
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Hundreds of Beavers
“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly wordless slapstick comedy about a…
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The Fabulous Four
If you’re a distinguished older male actor in Hollywood, you’re typically cast as…
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…
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Coup!
This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words…
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Kneecap
The Belfast schoolchildren stand in their classroom, singing “Óró Sé do bheatha…
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Peak Season
Co-directors Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner reunite (after their COVID-set breakup comedy…
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The Instigators
I didn’t think Doug Liman could deliver a worse film than “Road…
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My Spy The Eternal City
The original “My Spy” from 2020 was a surprisingly amusing romp with…
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Crumb Catcher
I didn’t believe a single second of “Crumb Catcher.” It begins with…
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Find Me Falling
When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…
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Deadpool & Wolverine
“Deadpool & Wolverine” exists because Hugh Jackman, who has played Wolverine nine…
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Fly Me to the Moon
“Fly Me to the Moon” lurches wildly from zippy, retro rom-com to cynical political…
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel…
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Space Cadet
You can almost hear the elevator pitch: “Legally Blonde” in space, an…
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The Nature of Love
Writer-director Monia Chokri’s “The Nature of Love,” is a two-hour foray into…