Movie Reviews

Starring: Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, Dennis Quaid

The Intruder

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Unwilling to embrace its inherent campiness, this largely incompetent thriller nevertheless could live a happy second life as a home video/streaming nugget.
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Derek Jacobi

Tolkien

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Tasteful writing and directing, plus Nicholas Hoult’s strong lead performance make this better than the average literary biopic.
Starring: Juli Jakab, Evelin Dobos, Susanne Wuest

Sunset

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The director of Son of Saul returns with a mesmerizing drama about the European aristocracy in the years before World War I.
Starring: Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Josephine Langford, Khadijha Red Thunder

After

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The new young adult romance After is not quite dullsville, but it assiduously avoids real drama. Anytime the storyline sets up the potential for explosive conflict — a wedding cake begging to be toppled, a mother walking in on her daughter astride a half-naked young man — the characters turn away. What should be the […]