The Alternate (2022): Alrik Bursell’s clever and gripping sci-fi thriller is partly set in a deceptively rosier parallel universe. Patrice Binaisa stars.
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Sylvie of the Sunshine State (2022) movie review: Sasha Levinson’s documentary depicts the difficulties of parenting during the COVID-19 era.
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Pandemic Pillow Talk (2022)web series review: Eric Roberts is featured in this clever comedy about the difficulties of dating during the COVID pandemic.
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The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020) movie review: Radha Blank directs and stars in a midlife-crisis tale reminiscent of Woody Allen and Paul Mazursky.
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Black Panther (2018) movie review: Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan star in Ryan Coogler’s history-making entry in the superhero genre.
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Trouble Is My Business (2018) movie review: Tom Konkle’s tongue-in-cheek film noir homage evokes memories of classic Hollywood crime drama.
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Detroit (2017) movie review: Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal’s skillfull and well-intentioned docudrama is unsatisfying as both cinema and history.
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Christian Movies: Religious propaganda or mainstream entertainment? Especially since American cinema has always had major Judeo-Christian slant.
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Barry (2016) movie commentary: Devon Terrell stars as former U.S. President Barack Obama, who has a number of things in common with the author.
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Don’t Breathe (2016) movie review: Fede Alvarez’s clever horror thriller stars a visually impaired yet fearsome Stephen Lang. Dylan Minnette costars.
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Captain America: Civil War (2016) movie review: Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr star in Joe and Anthony Russo’s clever take on superhero warfare.
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Chi-Raq (2015) movie review: Spike Lee effectively provides a 21st-century setting to Aristophanes’ 2,400-year-old play. Teyonah Parris plays Lysistrata.
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Trumbo (2015) movie review: Bryan Cranston delivers a phenomenal performance as the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo.
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Room (2015): Brie Larson delivers an effective star turn as a kidnapping victim in Lenny Abrahamson’s tough psychological drama.
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Bread and Butter (2014) movie review: Liz Manashil’s indie comedy-drama provides evidence that late-life virginity is detrimental to your emotional health.