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Sundance Journal: Late Night

Jason Gorber — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 18:00:45 +0000

From her writing and acting roles on The Office through her self-titled sitcom, Mindy Kaling has emerged as one of the great talents of her generation. Her self-critical comedy confronts major social issues while never forgetting to be entertaining. Kaling’s script for Late Night pointedly looks at changing cultural mores in a post #MeToo moment....

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TIFF Journal: Beautiful Boy (2018)

Jason Gorber — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:00:38 +0000

Beautiful Boy is a powerful true story about the effects of addiction that never quite settles into the film it tries to be. On the one hand, it’s commendable that it never devolves into histrionics where the melodrama of the family dynamic takes over the impact of the story. On the other hand, the distanced...

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‘Monster Trucks’ Review: Straight to the Scrapyard

Philip Brown — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:00:11 +0000

Here’s a huge surprise: a movie about a truck with a monster in it called ‘Monster Trucks’ sucks. I know you’re shocked. I can’t believe it either. Somehow, we’ll get through this together. For a movie destined to be forgotten within 24 hours of its release, ‘Monster Trucks’ sure built up a lot of hype....

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‘The Infiltrator’ Review: Breaking Scarface

Philip Brown — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:00:19 +0000

It was inevitable that Bryan Cranston would find himself playing a collection of cardboard gangster types following the success of ‘Breaking Bad’. That’s just how typecasting works. At least it took a while before audiences were treated to his first deeply mediocre crack at the faux ‘Scarface’ bat. ‘The Infiltrator’ comes with all the bad...

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‘Goosebumps’ Review: Spooky Jumanji

Philip Brown — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 19:00:52 +0000

Once the Hollywood nostalgia train gave up on ’80s reboots to move firmly into the 1990s, it was only a matter of time before the studios found their way to R.L. Stine. ‘Goosebumps’ (“The Movie” is sadly absent from the title), manages to recapture the tone of the pint-sized monster potboilers rather well, while also...

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Now Playing: The Not-So-Great ‘Escape’

Aaron Peck — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:00:38 +0000

Pushing 70, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone are still making movies that people would’ve loved in the 1980s. Not once do the two aging action stars jokingly poke fun at their oldness during the entirety of ‘Escape Plan’. I expected at least one throwaway line akin to, “I’m getting too old for this shit,” but...

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