Category: CPE
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Unsane (***1/2) good old fashioned crazy
#unsane “…For her part, Foy is entirely on her game. Her Sawyer Valentini is given the full breadth of someone who’s been pushed a little too far. She wasn’t enjoying life all that much, sure. It didn’t mean she needed to have drama injected into it, however it happens. It’s entertaining to see the ways…
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Just Getting Started (*) is an early retirement
#justgettingstarted I don’t think this was scripted. I don’t even think it was improvised. I am pretty sure it was just boredom. See this film only if you can’t live without seeing Russo in everything.
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Tomb Raider (**) feels like an audition
It’s hard to say who this film is marketed towards. Croft is muscular and angular. There are almost no curves. Teenage boys who played the first game are old enough to have grand kids playing the game now. Not sure which of the generations need to feel pride in the accomplishments of a scrappy Croft…
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The Strangers: Prey at Night (**1/2) not too hard
If this film catches the viewer at the right time, it could be effective. The best thing about the first film – the hapless victim stuck in a place where they should feel safe – is absent this time around. Instead we have running, screaming, house to house hiding, scare, then repeat. Not great, but…
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The Florida Project (*****) is the scariest movie ever
Moonie, her life is a fragile bubble that could pop at any time. Or she could learn to live like this, relying on the good will, mercy or silence of others to subsist in a life that is dishonest to us but just plain life to her.
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Mute (*) is doesn’t have enough to communicate
Netflix is pushing out a lot of stuff that is not being picked up other places. They are grabbing a lot of properties and talents that are on a downward swing. If they keep this trend up, they may need to change the name of the company to Developed Hell.
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Game Night (****) is great in how good it is
It’s early in the year, but so far, this is the best comedy. I haven’t laughed at a film considered a comedy in several years. Let’s hope this is the start of a trend.
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I Don’t Have A Vote: The 90th Annual Oscars – Great Year for Film, Not Politics
“Hugh Jackman had a great year, with The Greatest Showman and Logan. On the latter film, he does the near impossible in creating an unbreakable character who is finally driven to the point of breaking. His work with Stewart is some of the best of both of their careers. He should have been rewarded for…
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Death Wish (***) is down the middle
If this were a great film, there might be something to say about the rights to bear arms to protect oneself from the criminals. The filmmakers are not interested in waging a war in politics. They really just wanted a vehicle for Eli Roth to be just a little more mainstream and for Bruce Willis…
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The Second Most Exotic Marigold Hotel (***1/2) treads delightfully
The Second story, featuring all of the surviving members of the cast, has the effect of so many episodes of the Love Boat. Everyone is looking for love, no one says what they mean and wacky hijinks rule the day.
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