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Movie review: ‘The Seagull’ is bloodless but brilliantly acted
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Is it a contradiction to call “The Seagull,” the authoritative film adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s 1895 stage play, a peerlessly wrought interpretation of a theater classic, while also less than a great movie? It’s certainly…
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Movie review: After 14 years, a heroic, and meta, return in ‘Incredibles 2’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fourteen years have passed since the animated superhero comedy “The Incredibles” burst into theaters. But when fans of the hit Pixar film sit down to the sequel – about a family of suburban crime-fighters who…
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Movie review: ‘Tag’ is a fun yet forgettable bromantic comedy with a nimble cast
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Tag,” a genial comedy about best buds who have been playing the same game of tag for 30 years, is about arrested adolescence at its core. And this haphazard collection of setups, stunts and gags…
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Movie review: ‘The Seagull’ is bloodless but brilliantly acted
Is it a contradiction to call “The Seagull,” the authoritative film adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s 1895 stage play, a peerlessly wrought interpretation of a theater classic, while also less than a great movie? It’s certainly a very good one. But something also is over-intellectualized and bloodless about this version. This despite the play’s well-known blood,…
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Movie review: After 14 years, a heroic, and meta, return in ‘Incredibles 2’
Fourteen years have passed since the animated superhero comedy “The Incredibles” burst into theaters. But when fans of the hit Pixar film sit down to the sequel – about a family of suburban crime-fighters who must hide their X-Men-like abilities from a world that has outlawed “supers” – 2004 might feel like only yesterday. The…
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Movie review: ‘Tag’ is a fun yet forgettable bromantic comedy with a nimble cast
“Tag,” a genial comedy about best buds who have been playing the same game of tag for 30 years, is about arrested adolescence at its core. And this haphazard collection of setups, stunts and gags has that same scattershot, digressive energy. The best way to appreciate this fitfully funny collection of japes and jests is…
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Movie review: This new flick gets right everything that ‘Mother!’ got wrong
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Philip Ettinger, Cedric the Entertainer; directed by Paul Schrader; 113 minutes; R for some disturbing violent images. “First Reformed,” an austere drama of one man’s apocalyptic crisis of faith, feels…
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Movie review: Yes, ‘Ocean’s 8’ is a heist movie, but it’s also an empowering, cheeky comedy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling; directed by Gary Ross; 110 minutes; PG-13 for strong language, drug use and some suggestive material. Most every successful heist movie, like a…
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Movie review: This new flick gets right everything that ‘Mother!’ got wrong
Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Philip Ettinger, Cedric the Entertainer; directed by Paul Schrader; 113 minutes; R for some disturbing violent images. “First Reformed,” an austere drama of one man’s apocalyptic crisis of faith, feels like the movie Paul Schrader was put on this planet to make. As a tense study in spiritual pain and…
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Movie review: Yes, ‘Ocean’s 8’ is a heist movie, but it’s also an empowering, cheeky comedy
Starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling; directed by Gary Ross; 110 minutes; PG-13 for strong language, drug use and some suggestive material. Most every successful heist movie, like a heist itself, functions by obeying a well-defined formula. First comes the setup and backstory. Next up: the assembly of the…