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Chief Film Critic for Variety, Author of "Movie Freak" (2016)

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Joined October 2009
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  1. Aug 8

    demonstrates that the August movie is alive and kicking — and no that's not a compliment. The movie isn't good enough, but more than that it's not bad enough. My review:

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  2. Aug 8

    The "best popular film" category violates everything the are supposed to be about. My takedown of a terrible idea in :

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  3. Aug 2

    The seats at the newly renovated are now the most comfortable movie-watching seats in New York. They're plushly inviting but not megaplex La-Z-Boys; they're made for movie-watching. What was always true at FF is even more true now: You never want to leave...

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  4. Jul 31

    Hard as it may be to believe, 's latest radical-right screed, , makes his earlier ones look tame. Its message: that liberalism and Nazism are ideological siblings. No, you can't make this shit up. My review:

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    Jul 28

    how can I watch another movie after MANHUNTER?

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  6. Jul 26

    is an action comedy with more action than comedy (and no, that isn't good). But it proves that Kate Mckinnon could go far on the big screen. My review:

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  7. Jul 22

    Here's my tribute to the secret majesty of ABBA: They were the feminine pop opera of their time.

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  8. Jul 17

    is another kitsch romance powered by the blissed-out ABBA jukebox. My review:

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    Jul 16

    Unless one of the translators talks, we'll never know what went on in that Helsinki meeting. Putin's a liar and Trump's another. They are both showmen, and this is made-for-TV entertainment.

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  10. Jul 15

    I wish a few current animated films (or even one!) burst the boundaries of imagination the way 'Yellow Submarine' does. Here's my post on the revival of the Beatles' 1968 classic:

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    Jun 25
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    Oh, no! Say it ain't so! I spent some good days in there, back when film editing was hands-on.

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  13. Jun 25

    It's hard to believe that Magno, the quintessential New York screening room, is shuttering its doors this Wednesday. Will the film world ever be the same? My tribute in to a NY institution:

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    Jun 24

    Bravo to all of our LA Press Award winners—Owen, Ramin, Debra, Terry, Malina!!!

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  15. Jun 17

    Why is ? a hit? Because it turns Mr. Rogers into a rock star for our time — a smiling force of goodness who can fight the darkness. My take on a documentary sensation:

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  16. Jun 11

    Brad Bird's doesn't build on , his 2004 superhero-family Pixar landmark, so much as dutifully replay it. The new movie is fun, but far from incredible. My review:

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  17. Jun 10

    How did get a D+ from ? For the crime of being more artful than sensational. In , I riff on an indie horror hit's success/failure:

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  18. Jun 5

    is a liberal pulp message movie that's pretending to be more than a ride. It's better than the last one, but it's still just okay. My review:

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  19. Jun 3

    The tanking of is a Force of darkness for . I explain why in :

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  20. May 31

    is a sailboat-lost-at-sea movie that's perfectly decent, but what lifts it is Shailene Woodley, who has the gift of making sensuality dramatic. My review:

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