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The Waterboy Review: Rage as a Gift, Not a Wound
A review of Adam Sandler's The Waterboy, a film whose hero's rage is treated as a gift rather than a wound.
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Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.
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‘The Visitors’: Jean Reno and Christian Clavier Make Medieval Confusion Funny, Mostly
A knight and his servant tumble through time into a strange new world, chasing a descendant who may send them home.
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Halloween 4 Brings Michael Myers Back From Coma — Here’s How It Holds Up
A dread spirit awakens from a long slumber to claim his kin once more, in this grim tale of terror and vengeance.
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Friday at 31 Still Makes You Wait For Every Joke To Land
Two unemployed friends wait out a Friday in South Central Los Angeles, dodging debts, bullies, and the clock.
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Spectral Review: Ten Years On, Its Ghosts Still Can’t Overcome a Weak Script
A tale of soldiers and unseen foes, wherein dread is promised yet never fully delivered.
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Brochant’s Perfect Victim Is the Worst Kind: A Review of The Dinner Game
A Parisian banker invites a clumsy clerk to his house, and the house becomes a feast for the senseless, a comedy of errors.
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Twelve Years On, I, Frankenstein Still Can’t Decide Between Horror and Action
A monster, a demon prince, and a scientist locked in a battle neither side wins, in a tale of horrors gone awry.
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Elite Squad Sequel Turns Its Eye From Prison Riots to the Corruption Behind Them
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within expands its scope from street riots to political corruption, a morally complex thriller that earns its reputation.
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All About My Mother Review: Almodóvar’s Tragic Comedy Finds Joy in Grief
A tragedy that refuses to sit still, Pedro Almodóvar's tale of mothers, actresses, saints, sinners, and the woman within every man.
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‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Opens the Door to Its Own Past — And Leaves It Half-Closed
A boy's painting of the red door pulls him back into the terror of his family's past, in Patrick Wilson's directorial debut.
Movie Reviews4.8/10
Four Years On, Luck Still Suffers From a Premise Too Sharp for Its Own Good
A woman's coin trade with a talking cat sends her to a realm of luck, where fortune's whims mock her every step.
Movie Reviews7.1/10
Garden State Review: Zach Braff’s Numb Protagonist Learns to Feel Again
A man returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral and awakens from a long sleep of numbness, in this tale of grief and healing.