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In Review: 'Vengeance,' 'Sharp Stick'

In Review: 'Vengeance,' 'Sharp Stick'

Scott Tobias Keith Phipps

Vengeance Dir. B.J. Novak 107 min. B.J. Novak clearly wanted to say something important with Vengeance, his feature debut as a writer-direc

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In Review: 'Thirteen Lives,' 'Resurrection'

In Review: 'Thirteen Lives,' 'Resurrection'

Scott Tobias

Ron Howard's inspirational drama about the Thai cave rescue plays it too safe and a psychological horror film with Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth goes over the edge.

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'Devil in a Blue Dress': When the Wrong Franchise Dies

'Devil in a Blue Dress': When the Wrong Franchise Dies

Keith Phipps

In 1995 Carl Franklin delivered a superb adaptation of a Walter Mosley mystery novel. It should have been the first of many.

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In Review: 'Nope,' 'The Gray Man'

In Review: 'Nope,' 'The Gray Man'

Scott Tobias Keith Phipps

Jordan Peele's latest depicts strange doings in the California countryside while the Russos try to launch a franchise without familiar superheroes

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The case of the disappearing blockbuster: James Cameron's 'True Lies'

The case of the disappearing blockbuster: James Cameron's 'True Lies'

Scott Tobias

The first $100 million movie is simultaneously retrograde, forward-looking and completely of its time.

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Arthouses I Have Loved

Arthouses I Have Loved

Keith Phipps

A short tribute to some much-haunted theaters

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