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Film Review: Spirited Kieran Culkin shines in Jesse Eisenberg's deft, accomplished 'A Real Pain'

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Film Review: Spirited Kieran Culkin shines in Jesse Eisenberg's deft, accomplished 'A Real Pain'

It's part comedy, part tragedy. It's part road trip saga, part odd couple film, and part Holocaust film. What could possibly have gone wrong? Yes, anything could have gone wrong. So the first miracle “A real pain” Writer-director Jesse Eisenberg's remarkably accomplished film about unlikely cousins ​​on a dark journey through Poland manages the most […]

“Here” Review: Tom Hanks Can’t Save the Film with De-Aging Technology

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“Here” Review: Tom Hanks Can’t Save the Film with De-Aging Technology

Robert Zemeckis' The latest film is incredibly ambitious, from the dinosaurs to the present day with the Roomba. But it is only fixed in one place. “Here” brings together Zemeckis, screenwriter Eric Roth and actors Tom Hanks And Robin Wright, who worked on it “Forrest Gump.” This time they tell not the larger-than-life story of […]

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright are digitally aged in this bombshell

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Tom Hanks and Robin Wright are digitally aged in this bombshell

Film review HERE Running time: 104 minutes. Rated PG-13 (thematic material, some suggestive material, brief strong language and smoking). In cinemas from November 1st. Robert Zemeckis' film “Here” is an example of how to turn a touching idea into an extremely annoying film. Based on the graphic novel of the same name, the “Forrest Gump” […]

Stream or skip?

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Stream or skip?

Catch (Now streaming on Max, in addition to VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) is an M. Night Shyamalan classic: Destined to Divide. It's either so ridiculous you'll love it or so ridiculous you'll detest it. The bottom line is that it's ridiculous – and a roller coaster ride that somewhat mirrors our experience of […]

Nicole Kidman reveals she had to stop filming 'Babygirl' because she didn't want to have an 'orgasm' anymore: 'I hate doing that'

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Nicole Kidman reveals she had to stop filming 'Babygirl' because she didn't want to have an 'orgasm' anymore: 'I hate doing that'

Nicole Kidman admitted she got “so turned on” while filming her new erotic drama Babygirl that she had to temporarily put the brakes on production. In the twisted film, Kidman plays a powerful businesswoman who risks her career and family life to have a passionate affair with her much younger intern, played by “Where the […]

How bloody is it and why is it rated R?

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How bloody is it and why is it rated R?

“Smile 2”: A grinning evil finds new victims in the horror sequel Naomi Scott plays a pop star struggling with career and addiction when she is haunted by an evil spirit in the horror sequel “Smile 2.” If your kids start grinning at a commercial for the horror sequel “Smile 2,” don't be too worried, […]

'Smile 2' Review: Naomi Scott is a great pop star with a demon problem

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'Smile 2' Review: Naomi Scott is a great pop star with a demon problem

In an early scene in “Smile 2,” fictional pop superstar Skye Riley is in her drug dealer's apartment. “Do you believe in strange things?” he asks her while he drinks cocaine. You certainly will after this horror spectacle – the second film from writer-director Parker Finn, which suddenly opens the franchise with the promise of […]

Pharrell Williams' Lego Movie is colorful fun

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Pharrell Williams' Lego Movie is colorful fun

Think “The Lego Movie” with a Neptunes beat. Adam Graham | Detroit News film critic The life of Pharrell Williams, one of music's most vibrant and colorful producers, is celebrated in Piece by Piece, a sometimes wildly entertaining biopic that brings the Virginia native's world to life in Lego form. Williams is worthy of consideration […]

The shallow provocations of “Joker: Folie à Deux”

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The shallow provocations of “Joker: Folie à Deux”

At least the first Joker film, Todd Phillips' 2019 Gotham villain-antihero origin story, had the gall to take its protagonist's revolt to damaging extremes. The abused, neglected and damaged Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) – cursed as a son, lover and comedian – exacts violent revenge that quickly wins him fans and followers. The film's anti-lutocratic […]

Joker: Folie à Deux review: A sequel is stuck

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Joker: Folie à Deux review: A sequel is stuck

Let's put on a happy face at least at the beginning “Joker: Folie à Deux.” If there is something undeniably compelling about both Todd Phillips' controversial 2019 original and its new sequel: These films are best when they dance. The first film may have been a convoluted attempt at adapting 'Taxi Driver'-style '70s realism into […]