Bo Burnham: Inside (2021)
95%
“When your show's premise is tap dancing over an abyss, you have to be a spectacular tap dancer, and fortunately, Burnham is.” –
Slate
Jun 1, 2021
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The Little Things (2021)
44%
“If Hancock had made it in the 1990s, it would have been a solid middle-of-the-pack entry. In 2021, it's a throwback.” –
Slate
Jan 28, 2021
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The Vast of Night (2019)
92%
“Every scene has been staged and shot with intelligence, intent, inventiveness, and a sense of play. To watch it is to get excited about the billions of different ways you can combine sound and moving images to tell a story.” –
Slate
May 26, 2020
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Sincerely Louis C.K. (2020)
80%
“I find it so depressing and boring-the special, Louis' new fans, Louis himself-that I don't ever want to give any of it my time or attention again.” –
Slate
Apr 28, 2020
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Guava Island (2019)
74%
“Murai's "This Is America" video made Glover's music sharper and more specific; Guava Island glops up the same music with a half-baked allegory that dulls every note. Steer clear.” –
Slate
Apr 14, 2019
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Dumbo (2019)
46%
“There's a lot going on in the movie, none of it entirely coherent...” –
Slate
Mar 29, 2019
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Stan & Ollie (2018)
93%
“It's a little disappointing to see a film whose tight focus seems tailor-made to free it from the constraints of the genre color so vehemently inside the lines. Inside those lines, though, the colors are remarkable.” –
Slate
Dec 29, 2018
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The House With a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
65%
“The House With a Clock in its Walls is a bullseye, perfectly balanced between funny and scary.” –
Slate
Sep 20, 2018
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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
89%
“Your reaction to John Wick: Chapter 2 will depend on whether you find that sort of "why are you hitting yourself?" thing funny or not-and how many times in a row you find it funny.” –
Slate
Feb 9, 2017
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Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
37%
“If you watched Cruise bruise his way through the first Reacher film and thought, "I wonder if that guy's good with kids?" this is exactly the movie you've been waiting for. Otherwise: Run run run run run.” –
Slate
Oct 19, 2016
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Glass Chin (2014)
85%
4/5
“Stoll and Ireland are both in top form-Ireland, in particular, brings heartbreaking depth to a part that usually gets short shrift in noirs.” –
The Dissolve
Jun 24, 2015
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Phantom Halo (2014)
9%
1.5/5
“Phantom Halo is overstuffed even before Bogdanovich starts layering in the soliloquies and comic book metaphors.” –
The Dissolve
Jun 17, 2015
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Love at First Fight (2014)
82%
3.5/5
“The title does a real disservice to the film, a romantic comedy made with both visual and narrative intelligence, centered by great performances from Kvin Azas and Adle Haenel.” –
The Dissolve
May 20, 2015
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Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed (2013)
93%
3/5
“Cámara's performance is excellent, suggesting a deep melancholy that's only hinted at in the script.” –
The Dissolve
May 4, 2015
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Alex of Venice (2014)
74%
2.5/5
“The whole enterprise is at the mercy of an outline that doesn't entirely suit it.” –
The Dissolve
Apr 15, 2015
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Batched (2014)
66%
2/5
“They've made an unpleasant film about unpleasant people behaving unpleasantly. Unfortunately, nothing else about The Riot Club is as clean as its tone.” –
The Dissolve
Mar 25, 2015
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'71 (2014)
96%
4/5
“It's a master class in structure, a meticulously built period piece, a powerful anti-war film, and rarest of all, a thriller whose tension and suspense feel genuinely earned.” –
The Dissolve
Mar 2, 2015
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Call for Help (2013)
2.5/5
“Call For Help drags in its second half, particularly in an interlude back in the States that makes the same point over and over again.” –
The Dissolve
Feb 4, 2015
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Something, Anything (2014)
93%
4/5
“Something, Anything is the rare film that gently asks the big questions, then gives us space, and room.” –
The Dissolve
Jan 7, 2015
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Comet (2014)
44%
1/5
“There's no way to sell this sort of garbage, but everyone involved tries valiantly.” –
The Dissolve
Dec 5, 2014
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Late Phases (2014)
60%
1.5/5
“Late Phases transforms from laughably non-frightening horror film to self-serious family drama and back again, all the while remaining ferociously, ravenously boring.” –
The Dissolve
Nov 19, 2014
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We Gotta Get Out of This Place (2013)
80%
3.5/5
“Bad Turn Worse takes its best shot at the slow-motion apocalypse that was Jim Thompson's specialty, and most of the film is beautifully claustrophobic.” –
The Dissolve
Nov 12, 2014
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The Lookalike (2014)
20%
2/5
“it's neither clever enough to get away with being stupid, nor stupid enough to just be nasty fun.” –
The Dissolve
Nov 5, 2014
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A Thousand Times Goodnight (2013)
71%
3/5
“When Poppe is filming the things he cares about-war, domestic battles, or even the planes of Juliette Binoche's face-1,000 Times Good Night is exquisite.” –
The Dissolve
Oct 22, 2014
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Diplomacy (2014)
94%
3/5
“Schlndorff does the expected thing with handheld cameras, slowly circling the combatants, but he also finds interesting and exciting ways to use the space.” –
The Dissolve
Oct 15, 2014
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