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Ben is Back
Ben is Back is a great family drama that branches out slightly more than it can handle. It is still quite good, with a couple of really powe
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Jan 12, 2019


The Favourite
This is by far Yorgos Lanthimos' most accessible film, but that certainly does not make it an easy watch. The story of two women battlin
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Jan 7, 2019


Vice
Vice tells a complicated story in a way that strips away its complexity. Its narrative is mostly linear, yet it is kind of confusing. Events
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Jan 5, 2019


If Beale Street Could Talk
It wanders through these lives, catching moments of love, anger, joy and despair. By the end, I felt like I knew them, like I understood the
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Dec 25, 2018


Welcome to Marwen
I would not mind an entire movie set in the fantasy world. Welcome to Marwen uses it only as a way of adding artificial depth to its live-ac
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Dec 23, 2018


Mary Queen of Scots
We go to the cinema primarily to be entertained and that is something it certainly does. It is not great, but it looks great, with wonderful
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Dec 22, 2018


Vox Lux
It is a captivating production that asks questions about things such as survival, celebrity and personal agency. In the end, it does not tot
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Dec 16, 2018


The Mule
This story is told methodically and without dramatic highpoints. Earl goes on several trips; sometimes something of note happens, sometimes
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Dec 15, 2018


At Eternity's Gate
The progression of events are not particularly significant here. Julian Schnabel is more interested in getting to know his subject on a deep
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Dec 12, 2018


Green Book
It is a pleasant movie with likable performances, but its emotions come off as so simplistic and insincere that it did not work on me. It co
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Dec 5, 2018
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