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HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U: Genre-Bending Sequel Goes Off The Rails
HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U: Genre-Bending Sequel Goes Off The Rails

Happy Death Day 2U is like watching a million ideas hit the screen at the same time, progressively moving itself to shakier ground before losing any sense of narrative necessity.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD: Visually Dazzling End To Heartfelt Trilogy
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD: Visually Dazzling End To Heartfelt Trilogy

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World brings the franchise to a moving conclusion in a way that touches on very relevant themes about animal rights, growing up, and making sacrifices.

PIERCING: More Style Than Substance, But Still Wickedly Enjoyable

Piercing is an absolutely weird, kinky, stylish film that might not be to everyone’s taste; it is guaranteed to thrill some filmgoers and offend some others.

GLASS: A Grossly Disappointing Superhero Film
GLASS: A Grossly Disappointing Superhero Film

Glass may have been a film nineteen years in the making, but it feels superfluous and incredibly out of touch in a world littered with superhero films.

WELCOME TO MARWEN: Zemeckis By Way Of Doll Horror

Welcome to Marwen is an unfortunately shallow endeavor, with trite dialogue and a saccahrine portrait of very serious issues.

Why THE HOLIDAY Is The Perfect Embodiment Of The Christmas Rom-Com Craze
Why THE HOLIDAY Is The Perfect Embodiment Of The Christmas Rom-Com Craze

The Holiday is expertly crafted wish fulfillment of the highest level, exhibiting the very best of what can be gleaned from such an unabashedly feel-good genre.

MORTAL ENGINES: Better Than It Could Have Been; Worse Than It Should Have Been
MORTAL ENGINES: Better Than It Could Have Been; Worse Than It Should Have Been

Mortal Engines clearly understands its source material, which makes for a fantastic first act, but has trouble successfully adapting it, resulting in the rest of the film being lackluster.

THE LONG DUMB ROAD: A Trip Worth Taking
THE LONG DUMB ROAD: A Trip Worth Taking

Hanna Fidell and co-writer Carson Mell accomplished a feat rarely seen with The Long Dumb Road, a believable wacky comedy.

GREEN BOOK: A Spoonful Of Sugar

Green Book is an easygoing film about difficult issues, and that dichotomy will rub many people the wrong way, but will charm others.

THE GRINCH: An Idea That’s More Wonderful Than Awful

Was The Grinch necessary? Absolutely not. Sure, there’s some filler. Sure, there’s some cringe. But the quantity of them was not enough to impinge.

HALLOWEEN: A Missed Opportunity 40 Years In The Making
HALLOWEEN: A Missed Opportunity 40 Years In The Making

Halloween ends strongly, which always helps, but the picture lacks imagination in too many other areas to have any lasting impact.

JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN: A New Low For British Comedy
JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN: A New Low For British Comedy

If you belong to nearly any demographic, Johnny English Strikes Again will serve as a colossal letdown, and leave you contemplating how Rowan Atkinson could enter such a slump.

AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN: Has a Unique Voice, But A Weak Ending
AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN: Has A Unique Voice, But A Weak Ending

An incredibly funny film, An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn is a wonderful example of a film that is able to be surreal, comic, and emotional – even if the ending is really very, very bad.

Film Fest 919: GREEN BOOK: Friendship & Prejudice On A Journey Through The Deep South
Film Fest 919: GREEN BOOK: Friendship & Prejudice On A Journey Through The Deep South

Green Book is cinematic comfort food, equipped with witty performances and the aura of social importance, yet undistinguishable from the tons of other polite Oscar dramas that came before it.

FIRST MAN: Thrilling Space Adventure Is Out Of This World
FIRST MAN: Thrilling Space Adventure Is Out Of This World

There has never been a film that so thoroughly captures the excitement and danger of space travel as First Man, capturing that intoxicating mix of euphoria and terror of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing.