film reviews

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  'Fly Me to the Moon' Doesn't Quite Achieve Liftoff

  Directed by Greg Berlanti

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2024

  Set against the backdrop of the 1960s Space Race, romantic dramedy Fly Me to the Moon highlights the efforts taken by NASA to ensure the Un...

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  'Yintah' Urgently Honours Canada's Land Defenders

  Directed by Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell and Michael Toledano

  PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2024

  The day that LNG Canada authorized the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brimmed with...

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  The Chilling 'Longlegs' Nearly Lives Up to the Hype

  Directed by Osgood Perkins

  PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2024

  Osgood "Oz" Perkins is an odd talent in Hollywood. The son of Anthony Perkins, who famously portrayed Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's ...

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  Seth Rogen’s 'Sausage Party: Foodtopia' Lacks Bite

  Created by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Conrad Vernon

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2024

  Armed with a stellar ensemble cast including Seth Rogan, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, Edward Norton and Natasha Rothwell, 'Sausage Party...

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  'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F' Is a Crime Against Nostalgia

  Directed by Mark Molloy

  PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2024

  At this point, Eddie Murphy is a cultural institution — a powerhouse comedian and performer who cultivated a career based on lewd jokes, bo...

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  The Thrilling 'Kill' Slays Hollywood's Popcorn Blockbusters

  Directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat

  PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2024

  Back in the 1960s, Hollywood hit a bit of a snag: the Golden Age was over, the Hays Code was petering out but still in effect up to 1968, a...

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  'The Bear' Season 3 Isn’t Quite a Full Meal

  Created by Christopher Storer

  PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2024

  As strange as it may sound given how successful Season 2 of 'The Bear' became, I believed at that the time that the series should've ended...

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  'MaXXXine' Lacks Moxie

  Directed by Ti West

  PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2024

  In California in the mid-'80s, a serial killer dubbed the Night Stalker hunted through San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles...