New Releases

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  'Bad Boys for Life' Is a Welcome Buddy-Cop Throwback

  Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2020

  Just like its characters Mike (Will Smith) and Marcus (Martin Lawrence), the returning titular "bad boys" in Bad Boys for Life, there's lit...

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  'Dolittle' Does Little to Help Robert Downey Jr.'s Next Chapter

  Directed by Stephen Gaghan

  PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2020

  Robert Downey Jr.'s post-Iron Man career is off to a clumsy start. His latest foray into the world of franchise IP is an unfortunately dead...

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  'Just Mercy' Is an Emotionally Taxing Chronicle of Injustice

  Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton

  PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2020

  Have you ever listened to the sounds of the labour you perform? Legal drama Just Mercy opens with the sounds of a chainsaw roaring, the str...

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  'Underwater,' Kristen Stewart's Deep-Sea Monster Movie, Stays Nice and Shallow

  Directed by William Eubank

  PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2020

  Deepwater drilling is a dangerous practice, and incidents like the 2010 BP oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico serve as a reminder of t...

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  'Like a Boss' Wastes the Potential of a Tiffany Haddish/Rose Byrne Pairing

  Directed by Miguel Arteta

  PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2020

  On paper, Miguel Arteta's latest, Like a Boss, is full of great ideas. A film centred on the deep bond between two ambitious women running...

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  'Cats' Is a Reminder That Modern Life Is Hell

  Directed by Tom Hooper

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2019

  As major movie studios continue to reveal themselves as corporate monopolies and technology renders nearly anything possible, we must ask o...

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  'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Saps Some Joy Out of the Skywalker Saga

  Directed by J.J. Abrams

  PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2019

  The latest Star Wars trilogy hasn't broken much new ground, but great characters combined with a satisfyingly predictable story made The Fo...

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  Adam Sandler Is Amazing in 'Uncut Gems' Because He's Amazing in Everything

  Directed by Josh & Benny Safdie

  PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2019

  Grown Ups 2, Adam Sandler's much-maligned comedy-crew gangbang that currently boasts a score of seven percent on Rotten Tomatoes, is a most...