MAGPIE
“As thin as Ben is on the page, Latif’s performance makes him practically transparent. He starts as a scumbag and only grows scummier as the story movies along.” – John Black, Cinekong
MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK
“My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock is an unusual approach to the oeuvre of filmdom’s ‘Master Of Suspense.’ Some forty years after his death, it imagines him coming back and discussing his life and career from a modern perspective. It is audacious and it works.”– Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
VENOM: THE LAST DANCE
“Tom Hardy and director Kelly Marcel made a film that was joyless and cynical.” – Byron McNeal, On The Reel On Tumblr
HANGDOG
“In the end, Hangdog is just a shaggy dog story in search of a punchline.”– Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“Marcellus Cox makes a powerful debut with his first feature film, Mickey Hardaway.”
“The Mattachine Family shows that we’ve come a long way from a time when a character being gay was the “issue” the film needed to address. Instead, in focusing on the particular lives of these characters, it succeeds in speaking about friendship and family in ways that ought to connect to everyone.”
“French Girl is a serviceable romantic comedy that could have been better, with a solid cast that makes the most of its benefits and does its best with its deficits.”
“Some may find the film overly sentimental, but it earns those emotions honestly. It’s hard not to be moved to tears at the moment when the elder Winton is confronted with the enormity of what he accomplished.”
“From the outset, Uproar, directed by Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett, captured my imagination and stole my heart. While it certainly has much to say about the characters’ time, place, and culture, Uproar does it with a universal voice.”
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“Del Toro, who worked on the script crafted by director Grant Singer and Benjamin Brewer, has a meaty role that – like much of the cast – plays him against type.” –
“Barbie’s about to confront real life, feet on the ground…until Greta and co-writer/husband Noah Baumbach turn into Chatty Cathy (also created by Ms. Handler) and kill the momentum by scripting the elaborate details of a metaphysical portal to the real world, how to get there, all the gadgets on the journey and why weird Barbie is weird.” –
“Nolan has not only crafted one of the best films of year. He has made one that will be watched and discussed long after much of its competition has been forgotten.” –