Category: CPE
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Gretel and Hansel (**) Mephistopheles is not your name
The dread / fascination with and of Krige feels more like a weekend spent with a widowed aunt who just can’t wait to tell you her recipe for fruitcake.
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I don’t have a vote for Oscars 2019 – Movies of the year
Alright, let’s cut the crap.
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Birds of Prey… (****): On their knees for no one
“…Yan and Hodson strike a nice balance between feminine wile and Deadpool comic brutality. The film might seem derivative, were it not for Robbie’s complete absorption into the humor and brutal comic lunacy of Gotham without Batman looming. ”
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The Turning (**) doesn’t make it all the way around
There isn’t enough here to qualify for halfway satisfying. If they had pushed a little harder to complete the circle, maybe. Not this. This is an incomplete scare handed off into thin air.
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Rambo Chronology: Blood and Putz
Come for the rankings, stay for the White Douchebag analysis.
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Mother (****1/2) is responsible
Bong is one of the best directors of his time, as evidenced by this year’s Parasite. His form is exceptional here, as he is able to strike every resonant chord of truth and still keep enough of a mystery for the viewer to hope.
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The Lighthouse (****1/2) Edge of the dark and stormy sea
This is an excellent film to watch unless you have cabin fever. Even if you do, it might help clear the air of the pretense of civility.
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The Gentlemen (****) enjoying the familiar
“If one knows and enjoys Guy Ritchie, this movie will not disappoint. It may not break any new ground, but it still feels fresh.”
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Winchester (***) takes a grain of truth…
It’s a training wheels ghost story. The house may deserve better, but we will need to suffice with Dame on a vacation.
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Tusk (*) Boring and gross
So do you need to see this film? Do you want to see this film? Do you have two hours to waste? No you don’t.
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