Category: CPE
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Shudder’s The Room (***1/2) is better than it should be
This is not necessarily something that would succeed on the big screen. It is definitely something worth watching after dark on a weekend.
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Another Look: Almost Famous Bootleg Cut (****) feels real but still too perfect
In Almost Famous, we have all problems wrapped up in a nice little bow with not much more than smiles to remember. There should have at least been some sort of venerial disease as a result of all that messing around.
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Pixar’s Turning Red (****1/2) is adorably coming of age
Shi definitely has a gift for portraying the difficulty of navigating from one generation to another with love being the ballast for the family.
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Netflix’ The Adam Project (***1/2) Superhero Landing
The Adam Project is a good diversion if you are home looking for something to explode on screen just a little and warm your heart a little more.
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The Colony (**) for Paxton completists only
If you need a fix of Paxton and Fishburne on cruise control, you could do worse. Just not much worse.
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Hulu’s No Exit (**) shows its cards too early
Hard to believe the film will be remembered for anything more than Liu’s obvious talent.
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Another Look at Falling from Grace (***1/2) Mellencamp’s first film
As it stands the film feels like a particularly brutal television movie with a few good lines and way too many characters speechifying.
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The Cursed (***1/2) is serious
Reilly gives back all the ground she has gained as Beth in Yellowstone, but that is fine. One can’t verbally abuse a cursed beast that is taking the village apart.
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In Between (*1/2) is not far enough
They have a debate on the authenticity of Titanic, because of course they would.
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