Articles by Rachel Ho

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  'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' Jumps a Tiny Shark for the MCU

  Directed by Peyton Reed

  PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2023

  Welcome to Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where the green screen is plentiful, seasoned actors are phoning it in and we're a...

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  'Somebody I Used to Know' Is a Hollow Imitation of a Movie We Used to Know

  Directed by Dave Franco

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2023

  Somebody I Used to Know is the very definition of a fine-but-not-good movie. It's amenable, has some good performances and is decently made...

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  ​'80 for Brady' Is a Satisfyingly Silly Touchdown

  Directed by Kyle Marvin

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2023

  At the same time as my screening for 80 for Brady was a special preview of Magic Mike's Last Dance. Two very distinct crowds milled outside...

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  ​Sundance 2023: 'Magazine Dreams' Is a Delicate Depiction of Brutality

  Directed by Elijah Bynum

  PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2023

  There's a lot to unwrap in Elijah Bynum's Magazine Dreams. The exploration and unravelling of extreme masculinity through an amateur bodybu...

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  The Grotesque ​'Infinity Pool' Is Worth Wading Into

  Directed by Brandon Cronenberg

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2023

  It's official: this is Mia Goth's world and we're all just living in it. Ever since her feature film debut in Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac...

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  Sundance 2023: 'birth/rebirth' Reanimates the Story of 'Frankenstein' in an Exciting New Way

  Directed by Laura Moss

  PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2023

  Frankenstein author Mary Shelley's life was marred by illness and the deaths of those closest to her, including a miscarriage and the prema...

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  Sundance 2023: 'Cat Person' Belongs in the Litter Box

  Directed by Susanna Fogel

  PUBLISHED Jan 26, 2023

  Kristen Roupenian's short story Cat Person set off a storm of online discourse in 2017 when it was originally published in The New Yorker....

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  'The Son' Fails to Live Up to 'The Father'

  Directed by Florian Zeller

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2023

  The Son befuddles viewers with every passing minute. How could a cast this talented struggle to keep the movie afloat? How could the same f...