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The Hate U Give (2018)

When it comes to depicting teenagers, Hollywood generally puts its characters in two cheap, lazy…

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The Sisters Brothers (2018)

The Sisters Brothers takes place at an odd junction in America’s history.  It’s 1851, and…

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Halloween (2018)

The Halloween franchise now spans forty years, long enough to spawn a host of terrible sequels, cheap…

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Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Bad Times at the El Royale plays like Quentin Tarantino in third gear.  In fact,…

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First Man (2018)

“Your daddy’s going to the moon.”  Janet Armstrong tells her son, in a voice shaking…

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A Star is Born (2018)

The premise of A Star is Born dates all the way back to the first decade…

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Venom (2018)

Venom somehow manages to be frenetic and lifeless at the same time, like a corpse with…

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Smallfoot (2018)

  To borrow a baseball metaphor, most modern animated movies aim to send the ball…

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Night School (2018)

If it had been made in the 80s, Night School could’ve been one of those…

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A Simple Favor (2018)

A Simple Favor surgically slices into a subject that’s ripe and ready for satire:  The modern…

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