Burial: Sad-Sack ‘Political Thriller’ Awash in Spoilers, Bereft of Chills
Honk For Jesus: Save Your Soul - The Bigger the Mega-Church, the Harder They Fall
The Good Boss: Smart Workplace Satire Soars on Javier Bardem
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekSpanish language, Spanish Films, The Good Boss, Fernando León de Aranoa, Javier Bardem, Manolo Solo, Almudena Amor, Satire, Toxic workplaces, Comedy, Drama
Three Thousand Years of Longing: Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton Make Magic in a Story About Storytelling
By Karen Gordon
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The Territory: Documentary Chronicles Sadly Familiar Fight for Nature in the Amazon
Beast: Hey, If a Shark Can Take Things Personally, Why Not A Lion?
The Legend of Molly Johnson: Mama's Got a Shotgun and a Double-Barrelled Message
Orphan: First Kill - This Horror Prequel is NOT What Little Girls Are Made Of
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - Marvel Finds its Funny Bone, and She's 6'7" and Gamma Green
Locke & Key: When the Comic Reader’s Perspective is Dismissed
Five Days at Memorial: A Lethal Shelter From The Storm
Emily the Criminal: Smart Indie Actioner a Showcase for Aubrey Plaza
By Karen Gordon
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Fall: White-Knuckle Thriller at Once Silly and Kind of Beguiling
Girl Picture: Love, Skating and Smoothies, Finnish-Style
Costa Brava, Lebanon: Garbage Comes to Eden
Bodies Bodies Bodies: Gen Z Murder Mystery a Knock-out Addition to the Canon
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekMurder mystery, Drama, Gen Z, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Halina Reijn, Sarah DeLappe, Kristen Roupenian, Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Pete Davidson, Chase Sui Wonders, Myha’la Herrold, Rachel Sennott
We Are Living Things: UFO Drama a Metaphor (Maybe?) for Aliens in America’s Backyard
ReviewJim SlotekUFOs, Aliens, Immigrant experience, We Are Living Things, Antonio Tibaldi, Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Xingcheng Lyu, Zao Wang, O-Lan Jones, Paul Cooper
The Sandman: Neil Gaiman's Magnum Opus May Be the Most Faithful Comic Adaptation Ever
ReviewJim SlotekThe Sandman, Neil Gaiman, Tom Sturridge, The Endless, Netflix, TV series based on graphic novels, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Charles Dance, Gwendoline Christie, Patton Oswalt, Mark Hamill, Vivienne Acheampong, Mason Alexander Park
Alma’s Rainbow: Restored Black Girl’s Coming-Of-Age Film Strikes a Contemporary Chord
ReviewJim SlotekAlma’s Rainbow, Ayoka Chenzira, Victoria Gabrielle-Platt, Kim Weston-Moran, Mizan Kirby, rerelease, Coming of age, Black experience, Julie Dash, Daughters of the Dust, Leslie Harris, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Bullet Train: Death Goes Off the Rails in a Blaze of Self-Conscious Tarantino/Ritchie-esque Irony
ReviewJim SlotekWise-cracking action, Bullet Train, Brad Pitt, Assassin stories, David Leitch, Deadpool 2, Brian Tyree Henry, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Kôtarô Isaka, Bad Bunny, Logan Lerman
