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Review: ‘The Lodge,’ Long on Atmosphere, Short on Everything Else

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Joe Baker

As The Shining showed us almost 40 years ago, nothing good ever comes from a deteriorating mind in an isolated, snow-bound place. In Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s new horror film The Lodge, substituting for Jack Nicholson’s crumbling facade into … Continue reading Review: ‘The Lodge,’ Long on Atmosphere, Short on Everything Else

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Review: ‘Where Is Kyra?”

April 13, 2018April 17, 2018 Joe Baker

Michelle Pfeiffer stars in a new drama. Continue reading Review: ‘Where Is Kyra?”

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Review: ‘James White’

December 3, 2015 Joe Baker

A masterfully acted and nuanced indie drama Continue reading Review: ‘James White’

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Channing Tatum in 'Magic Mike XXL'

Review: ‘Magic Mike XXL’

June 29, 2015July 2, 2015 Peter A. Martin

Channing Tatum, bumping and grinding. Continue reading Review: ‘Magic Mike XXL’

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Review: ‘Mud’ Presents a Clear-Eyed View of Modern American Life

April 25, 2013August 22, 2013 Peter A. Martin

The new film from Jeff Nichols (‘Take Shelter’) features Matthew Conaughey as a mysterious stranger who enters the lives of two teenage boys on the verge of adulthood. But it’s really about America. Continue reading Review: ‘Mud’ Presents a Clear-Eyed View of Modern American Life

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Review: ‘Pain And Gain’ Warns Against the Abuse of Drugs and Too Much Style

April 25, 2013May 16, 2013 Peter A. Martin

Michael Bay explores a real-life story about Miami bodybuilders, circa the mid-1990s, with Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson on board. Does this tale of stupid criminals ring true? Continue reading Review: ‘Pain And Gain’ Warns Against the Abuse of Drugs and Too Much Style

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