New Releases

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  'Crown and Anchor' Review: Newfoundland Is No Country for Old Men

  Directed by Andrew Rowe

  PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2018

  Crown and Anchor is a hardcore-inspired independent melodrama starring Michael Rowe as James Downey, a somewhat crooked police officer serv...

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  'Ahockalypse' Review: 'Goon' Meets 'Walking Dead'

  Directed by Wayne Harry Johnson Jr.

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2018

  It's pretty easy to see, from the first blow of the whistle, what Ahockalypse is trying to do. Part Goon, part Wolfcop (trading Canada for...

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  'Juliet, Naked' Is a Warm-Hearted Old-School Rom-Com

  Directed by Jesse Peretz

  PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2018

  British novelist Nick Hornby has made a career out of writing touching rom-coms about shitty, selfish dudes. Most famously, High Fidelity w...

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  'Dog Days' Review: Goofy Charm Lacks Payoff

  Directed by Ken Marino

  PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2018

  For a lighthearted summer comedy that piles in as many cute dogs, kids and clichés as it can, Ken Marino's Dog Days has some goofy charm....

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  'The Meg' Review: Outrageous Shark Romp Brings Prehistoric Thrills

  Directed by Jon Turteltaub

  PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2018

  On one end of the shark movie spectrum, you've got Jaws: a terrifying, realistic thriller that made an entire generation afraid to go swimm...

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  'Christopher Robin' Review: Stuffed Animals in Real World Lack Magic

  Directed by Marc Forster

  PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2018

  When Winnie the Pooh (voiced by Jim Cummings) goes to the house of adult Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor), his relentless questions and pa...

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  'BlacKkKlansman' Review: Condemnation of 1970s Racism Feels Viscerally Relevant

  Directed by Spike Lee

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2018

  BlacKkKlansman takes place against the backdrop of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War, but despite the setting, it's not actually about the...

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  'The Darkest Minds' Review: Teen Dystopia Meets Romantic Schmaltz

  Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2018

  The Darkest Minds is the latest in a trend of teen dystopia movies, following like-minded book adaptations including The Maze Runner and Th...