Nicolas Cage gives one of the best performances of his career, elevating a choppy screenplay to one of the most buzzworthy movies of 2021.
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Jessica Kingdon’s documentary Ascension shines a light on modern-day Chinese culture, where individuals seek to find their place in a world of innovation, influence, and productivity.
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New documentary Try Harder! takes us inside one of the most competitive high schools in the nation, Lowell High School, as graduating seniors deal with stress and anticipation about college and the future in front of them.
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Steven Spielberg’s reimagining of West Side Story is nothing short of exhilarating.
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Though the film is messy and a bit overthought, Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos is a compelling look at significant events surrounding Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Jr. in 1950s Hollywood.
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Will Smith disappears into the role of Richard Williams in King Richard, a career high for the actor in an otherwise conventional biopic film that still finds way to win over even the most jaded of moviegoers.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s directorial debut, tick, tick…BOOM!, pays tribute to “Rent” creator Jonathan Larson, featuring an inspired and moving performance from Andrew Garfield.
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Adapted from a 1929 novel of the same, Passing may be set in that time period, but its themes, topics, and messages resonate just as prominent today as they did nearly 100 years ago.
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You always want to assume the best of intentions, but Clifford the Big Red Dog is a clumsy dog toy of a movie with the inside stuffing strewn all over the place and the squeaker quickly silenced.
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Malta’s official 2021 Oscar selection, Luzzu, is a gritty, hard-scrabble look at a man desperate to find success in the fishing trade, with the temptation to enter the black market a temptation hard to resist.
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Full of style and confidence, The Harder They Fall is a modernized Western, with a largely all Black cast, coasting on an impressive first half before giving into indulgences that diffuse the overall impact.
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Kristen Stewart’s gives a remarkable, transformational performance in Spencer, a striking and unconventional fable involving Princess Diana’s final days married to Prince Charles.
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The 26th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Eternals, sees the episodic franchise go in a more character-driven direction, under the direction of Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao.
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One of the best films of 2021, Mass slices into a sharp, devastating and important analysis of grief in a powerful experience featuring four of the finest acting performances from this or any other year.
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Picking up immediately from where the 2018 film left off, Halloween Kills is more of the same - for better or worse.
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Though Ridley Scott’s film could use some tightening up from a narrative standpoint, The Last Duel remains one of the more interesting films of the year.
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Though a bit of an improvement and more entertaining than its predecessor, Venom: Let There be Carnage lacks much of a story, or really anything significant, to make this a viable movie - Marvel or otherwise.
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Though Ben Platt gives his all, and you can see signs as to why Dean Evan Hansen cleaned up on Broadway in 2017, Stephen Chbosky’s film adaptation is a joyless slog to sit through, with few moments of uplift drowned out by more melodramatic and emotional ones.
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Jessica Chastain leaves everything she has on the big screen, with her fantastic portrayal of former televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. Problem is: She…and we…need a better movie.
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The Alpinist is the latest in a series of recent documentaries where filmmakers embed with free solo rock climbers and blend dazzling visuals with interesting and fascinating people.
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