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1/4
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Lucky
(2004)
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David Nusair
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There's a fine line between obnoxious yet endearing and just obnoxious, and [the central character] remains firmly entrenched in the latter.
Posted May 08, 2023
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2/4
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U: July 22 (Utøya 22. Juli)
(2018)
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David Nusair
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...a well-intentioned misfire that never quite takes off.
Posted Apr 30, 2023
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2.5/4
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To Catch a Killer
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a decent-enough thriller that feels like a throwback to the similarly-themed fare of the 1990s.
Posted Apr 29, 2023
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2/4
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Beau Is Afraid
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...an endeavor this bonkers has no business running a full three hours...
Posted Apr 29, 2023
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3/4
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Safety Last
(1923)
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David Nusair
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Safety Last! builds towards a justifiably iconic climax...
Posted Apr 27, 2023
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2.5/4
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Hot Shots!
(1991)
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David Nusair
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...a persistently irreverent (and uneven) comedy that benefits from the agreeable efforts of its various performers...
Posted Apr 27, 2023
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3/4
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All the President's Men
(1976)
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David Nusair
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...an erratically-paced drama that benefits from its authentic atmosphere and raft of above-average performances...
Posted Apr 27, 2023
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3/4
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Evil Dead Rise
(2023)
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David Nusair
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Evil Dead Rise eventually does adopt an agreeable visceral feel that proves effective at compensating for the movie’s various deficiencies...
Posted Apr 27, 2023
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2/4
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The Pope's Exorcist
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a paint-by-numbers thriller that’s been suffused with some of the exorcism genre’s hoariest conventions and clichés...
Posted Apr 27, 2023
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3.5/4
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Norma Rae
(1979)
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David Nusair
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...a deliberately-paced drama that grows more and more compelling as it unfolds...
Posted Apr 27, 2023
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3/4
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Irreconcilable Differences
(1984)
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David Nusair
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...a slightly overlong yet mostly engrossing piece of work that fares best in its engaging, briskly-paced first half...
Posted Apr 23, 2023
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1.5/4
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The Clapper
(2017)
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David Nusair
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...a relentlessly quirky comedy that remains curiously uninvolving for the duration of its short-yet-not-short-enough running time...
Posted Apr 22, 2023
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2/4
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I'm Going to Explode
(2008)
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David Nusair
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...sporadically stylish yet egregiously uneventful...
Posted Apr 21, 2023
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1/4
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Renfield
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...an irresistible, fun premise that’s squandered to exceedingly (and distressingly) palpable effect by McKay...
Posted Apr 21, 2023
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2.5/4
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The D Train
(2015)
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David Nusair
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...a briskly-paced endeavor that ultimately fares best in its fun, engaging opening and closing stretches...
Posted Apr 20, 2023
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0/4
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Ocean Flame
(2008)
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David Nusair
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...the film ultimately establishes itself as a monumentally tedious piece of work...
Posted Apr 20, 2023
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3/4
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Father of the Bride Part II
(1995)
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David Nusair
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...benefits rather substantially from the winning work of its various players...
Posted Apr 20, 2023
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1/4
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The Secret Life of Pets
(2016)
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David Nusair
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...an aggressively juvenile comedy that alienates the viewer virtually from the word go...
Posted Apr 20, 2023
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2.5/4
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Jewel Robbery
(1932)
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David Nusair
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...benefits from the affable efforts of its two stars...
Posted Apr 20, 2023
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0/4
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Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead
(2009)
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David Nusair
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...a sluggish and terminally uninvolving endeavor that strikes all the wrong notes virtually from the word go...
Posted Apr 20, 2023
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2/4
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St. Ives
(1976)
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David Nusair
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St. Ives‘ growing emphasis on its complicated, convoluted plot slowly-but-surely drains the viewer’s interest...
Posted Apr 20, 2023
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2/4
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Dr. Jack
(1922)
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David Nusair
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...a disappointing early feature from star Lloyd.
Posted Apr 15, 2023
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3/4
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Air
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a relatively brisk endeavor that does grow more and more compelling as it unfolds...
Posted Apr 15, 2023
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1/4
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
(2023)
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David Nusair
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves builds towards a typically exhausting climax that ensures it finishes on just about as underwhelming and interminable a note as one could possibly envision...
Posted Apr 15, 2023
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2.5/4
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Grandma's Boy
(1922)
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David Nusair
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...a thin premise that’s employed to hit-and-miss yet mostly watchable effect...
Posted Apr 13, 2023
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2.5/4
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Teen Spirit
(2018)
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David Nusair
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...a familiar premise that’s employed to watchable yet perpetually erratic effect by Minghella...
Posted Apr 10, 2023
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2.5/4
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A Sailor-Made Man
(1921)
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David Nusair
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...an erratic yet mostly entertaining comedy that benefits from Lloyd’s completely captivating and often hilarious performance...
Posted Apr 10, 2023
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2/4
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Death Wish V: The Face of Death
(1994)
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David Nusair
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...a noticeable (and distressing) step downwards for the admittedly erratic franchise...
Posted Apr 09, 2023
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3/4
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a familiar yet mostly entertaining spy caper that’s elevated, on a remarkably consistent basis, by the agreeable, affable performances...
Posted Apr 08, 2023
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2.5/4
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Death Wish 3
(1985)
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David Nusair
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...a decent-enough sequel that ultimately feels more in line with the Rambo series than with the previous two films.
Posted Apr 06, 2023
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2/4
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Firehouse Dog
(2007)
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David Nusair
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...an exceedingly hit-and-miss endeavor that is, in the final analysis, foiled by an often palpably overlong running time of 111 minutes...
Posted Apr 04, 2023
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3/4
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Man Hunt
(1941)
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David Nusair
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...a woefully erratic endeavor that feels like it should be much, much better.
Posted Apr 04, 2023
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1/4
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Moonfall
(2022)
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David Nusair
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A tedious and mostly interminable disaster epic...
Posted Apr 04, 2023
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2/4
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Murder Mystery 2
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...a sporadically watchable yet predominantly forgettable comedy that is, for the most part, foiled by its exhaustingly slick and generic sensibilities...
Posted Apr 04, 2023
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1/4
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...one of the worst comic-book adaptations to hit theaters in a good long while.
Posted Apr 01, 2023
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2/4
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The Spy Next Door
(2010)
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David Nusair
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...a mostly tiresome endeavor that fares especially poorly within its generic and sluggish first half...
Posted Mar 31, 2023
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.5/4
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Warcraft
(2016)
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David Nusair
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...absolutely disastrous...
Posted Mar 31, 2023
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.5/4
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Under Rich Earth
(2008)
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David Nusair
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...the film’s subject matter just isn’t compelling enough to sustain a full-length feature.
Posted Mar 30, 2023
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3.5/4
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Apollo 13
(1995)
|
David Nusair
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...deliberately-paced yet consistently engaging...
Posted Feb 26, 2023
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2/4
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The Deep
(1977)
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David Nusair
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...a potentially-stirring thriller that should’ve topped out at around an hour and a half...
Posted Feb 26, 2023
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.5/4
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Nomads
(1986)
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David Nusair
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Nomads eventually (and lamentably) progresses into a tedious and hopelessly wheel-spinning midsection...
Posted Feb 26, 2023
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3/4
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True Believer
(1989)
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David Nusair
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...a fairly standard legal procedural that’s elevated by its raft of agreeable, engaging attributes...
Posted Feb 23, 2023
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3/4
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The Concorde: Airport '79
(1979)
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David Nusair
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...a satisfying capper to a remarkably consistent series of films.
Posted Feb 22, 2023
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2/4
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Wild Girl
(1932)
|
David Nusair
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...a lackadaisical slice-of-life story...
Posted Feb 21, 2023
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2/4
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Plain Clothes
(1988)
|
David Nusair
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...distressingly uninvolving and surprisingly lifeless...
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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2.5/4
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A New Life
(1988)
|
David Nusair
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...a familiar premise that’s employed to erratic yet mostly engaging effect...
Posted Feb 20, 2023
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1/4
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Shut In
(2016)
|
David Nusair
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...an exceedingly deliberate and predominantly uninvolving endeavor...
Posted Feb 19, 2023
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2.5/4
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Coach Carter
(2005)
|
David Nusair
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...a decent-enough inspirational sports drama...
Posted Feb 18, 2023
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1/4
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Fear Street Part Three: 1666
(2021)
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David Nusair
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The Fear Street trilogy comes to a merciful close with this inert and hopelessly uninvolving entry...
Posted Feb 16, 2023
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2/4
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Your Place or Mine
(2023)
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David Nusair
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...an often distractingly slick romcom...
Posted Feb 14, 2023
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