New Releases

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  'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' Dulls Jolie's Spark in Revisionist Disney Adventure

  Directed by Joachim Rønning

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2019

  Is it art reflecting life, or merely a lack of originality, that has led us to the "Age of the Villain" in the Disney live action canon? As...

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  'Zombieland: Double Tap' Doesn't Have Any Braaaaaaains

  Directed by Ruben Fleischer

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2019

  The original Zombieland was basically a Judd Apatow rom-com set in a zombie apocalypse, complete with a nerdy underdog protagonist and an a...

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  'The Laundromat' Has Fun Letting the Rich Off the Hook

  Directed Steven Soderbergh

  PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2019

  At one point in The Laundromat, Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas — each in character as Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca, respectively — tu...

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  'Gemini Man' Bends Minds but Story Suffers

  Directed by Ang Lee

  PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2019

  Will Smith is back in his first leading role since David Ayer's Netflix fantasy film, Bright, as Henry Brogan, an extremely vigilant and pr...

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  'Dolemite Is My Name' Is a Flagrant and Outrageous Biopic

  Directed by Craig Brewer

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2019

  Charting the unconventional real-life rise to stardom of one idealistic dreamer who, despite being an acquired taste, refused the world tel...

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  'Harpoon' Is an Amusing Three-Jerks-on-a-Boat Horror

  Directed by Rob Grant

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2019

  A bottle movie is hard to pull off, and even more so when you're imbuing that tense energy with gleefully gory black comedy. But Harpoon ma...

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  'In the Shadow of the Moon' Squanders Genre-Bending Potential

  Directed by Jim Mickle

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2019

  Netflix's latest feature tells the story of a detective's obsession with a killer, but it could've been more.   Shot in Ontario, In the Sha...

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  'Official Secrets' Is an Affecting Story of Heroism

  Directed by Gavin Hood

  PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2019

  Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, John Doe — all individuals in recent years who acted unlawfully against their government for their country...