Brightburn (2019) Director: David Yarovesky Screenwriters: Brian Gunn, Mark Gunn Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Davis Denman, Jackson A. Dunn I’ve waited so long for a great superhero-horror film, yet while Brightburn hooked me with its villainous Superman premise, it failed to deliver enough on the “superhero” portion; the film is structured and paced more like a […]
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Booksmart (2019) Director: Olivia Wilde Screenwriters: Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins Starring: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, Victoria Ruesga, Mason Gooding, Skyler Gisondo, Diana Silvers, Molly Gordon, Billie Lourd, Eduardo Franco, Nico Hiraga, Austin Crute, Noah Galvin Olivia Wilde’s ebullient directorial debut Booksmart is the coming-of-age comedy we’ve been
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Us (2019) Director: Jordan Peele Screenwriters: Jordan Peele Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elizabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker I loved Get Out, and it’s hard to not compare the two films. One thing I prefer about Us is that it leaves you with just as many questions as answers. Is it
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Wild Rose (2019) Director: Tom Harper Screenwriter: Nicole Taylor Starring: Jessie Buckley, Julie Walters, Sophie Okonedo, Jamie Sives, Craig Parkinson, James Harkness Jessie Buckley’s Rose-Lynn wishes to be ‘made into an angel to be flown from “Glasgee” (Glasgow)’ in Wild Rose, the British A Star Is Born with more heart and rhythm in its little guitar playing
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Captive State (2019) Director: Rupert Wyatt Screenwriters: Erica Beeney, Rupert Wyatt Starring: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Machine Gun Kelly When you saw Battlefield Earth did you think you needed a more complicated version? If so, here’s some good news… that’s what Captive State is. The premises of both films are that an alien force
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Unplanned (2019) Director: Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon Screenwriters: Chuck Konzelman, Cary Solomon Starring: Ashley Bratcher, Brooks Ryan, Robia Scott My first note on this film is, “Terrible fake Texas license plate.” That would turn out to be the least of my worries, though it is emblematic of the film as a whole; a poorly reconstructed
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The Dirt (2019) Director: Jeff Tremaine Screenwriter: Amanda Adelson, Rich Wilkes Starring: Machine Gun Kelly, Douglas Booth, Daniel Webber, Iwan Rheon, Anthony Cavalero, Pete Davidson, David Costabile From the director of Jackass and Bad Grandpa comes the latest in a spate of recent biopics that are self-conscious of their own questionable testimonies, in this case
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Ray & Liz (2018) Director: Richard Billingham Screenwriter: Richard Billingham Starring: Ella Smith, Justin Sallinger, Joshua Millard-Lloyd, Tony Way A bedraggled, stubbled middle-aged man awakens in a hazy stupor and immediately lights a cigarette. His surroundings are singed with the deep, smoky cyan of the late afternoon. For extended minutes he simply sits and listens
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Us (2019) Director: Jordan Peele Screenwriter: Jordan Peele Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex Jordan Peele comes off his hugely successful debut film Get Out, the first horror film in ages to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, and stepping up to the sophomore plate is
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) Director: Jan de Bont Screenwriters: Dean Georgaris Starring: Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Noah Taylor, Ciarán Hinds, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger, Christopher Barrie Two years after audiences got their first look at Lara Croft on the big screen, the twin-pistol shooting, pony-tail whipping heroine saddled up for
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