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Game Night (2018) ActionComedyCrimeMovie Reviews

Game Night (2018)

Title: Game Night Directed by: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein Written by: Mark Perez Starring: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Jesse Plemons, Kyle Chandler, Lamorne Morgan, Kylie Bunbury Music by: Cliff Martinez From its opening shot, “Game Night” knows exactly what it is: an escapist…
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March 9, 2018
Hostiles (2018) DramaMovie ReviewsWestern

Hostiles (2018)

Title: HostilesWritten and Directed by: Scott CooperStarring: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Jesse PlemonsMusic by: Max Richter “The essential American soul is fundamentally hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer” (D.H. Lawrence). Also charitable. Maybe cruel. Possibly, deeply empathetic. After one viewing of “Hostiles,” anyone might append those…
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February 9, 2018
Downsizing (2017) DramaMovie ReviewsSci-Fi

Downsizing (2017)

Title: Downsizing Directed by: Alexander Payne Written by: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor Starring: Matt Damon, Christopher Waltz, Hong Chau I suspect that if I were very big, as Book One of Gulliver’s Travels allows me to imagine, I would want to be small again. Yet my children…
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January 8, 2018
Three Billboards (2017) ComedyCrimeDramaMovie Reviews

Three Billboards (2017)

Title: Three BillboardsDirectors: Martin McDonaghScreenplay: Martin McDonaghStarring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Lucas Hedges, Caleb Landry JonesMusic: Carter Burwell They got the odd, plain title of this movie, every word of it, just right. They also made one of the best films of the year. You…
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December 29, 2017
Logan Lucky (2017) ComedyCrimeDramaMovie Reviews

Logan Lucky (2017)

Title: Logan Lucky Director: Steven Soderbergh Screenplay: Rebecca Blunt Music by: David Holmes Producers: Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, Gregory Jacobs, Mark Johnson For two hours, “Logan Lucky” offers many fine ,jazz-like riffs on the familiar melodies of the heist-movie plot. Its reworkings of those melodies bring…
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September 21, 2017