A movie blog about what's going on in the film world by Jeff York, a writer, critic and fan. A movie blog about what's going on in the film world by Jeff York, a writer, critic and fan. A movie blog about what's going on in the film world by Jeff York, a writer, critic and fan. A movie blog about what's going on in the film world by Jeff York, a writer, critic and fan.
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 “THE CREATOR” IS ABOUT AI AND FEELS LIKE IT WAS CREATED BY AI TOO

“THE CREATOR” IS ABOUT AI AND FEELS LIKE IT WAS CREATED BY AI TOO

THE CREATOR is proof that you can have a ginormous budget, an accomplished lead, and a director who knows his way around special effects, and you can still have a misbegotten movie if the script [...]

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 THE SANDLERS SHINES IN “YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH”

THE SANDLERS SHINES IN “YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH”

Who’d have thought that the funniest Adam Sandler film in recent years would be one that he didn’t star in alongside Jennifer Aniston, Kevin James, or Chris Rock but rather, his real-life family? [...]

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 “BLUE BEETLE” IS THE LITTLE SUMMER SUPERHERO FLICK THAT COULD

“BLUE BEETLE” IS THE LITTLE SUMMER SUPERHERO FLICK THAT COULD

A funny thing happened on the way to the Cineplex this summer movie season… While Warner Bros. was making great hay out of the big screen version of THE FLASH and crowning James Gunn (GUARDIANS [...]

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 “THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER” SPELLBINDS WITH OLD-FASHIONED FLAIR

“THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER” SPELLBINDS WITH OLD-FASHIONED FLAIR

It’s rare, but sometimes a horror film comes down the pike that tells its tale with such confidence and craftmanship, it almost feels like a miracle. IT FOLLOWS was one in 2014. So was  THE [...]

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 THE SEE-AND-SAY OF “HEART OF STONE” ALMOST SINKS IT LIKE…WELL, A STONE

THE SEE-AND-SAY OF “HEART OF STONE” ALMOST SINKS IT LIKE…WELL, A STONE

The first rule of screenwriting? “Show, don’t tell.” And yet, from the moment that the new Netflix spy thriller HEART OF STONE starring Gal Gadot begins, that rule is broken. Indeed, for almost [...]

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 THE THIRD SEASON OF “PHYSICAL” IS ONE LAST TIME TO FEEL THE BYRNE

THE THIRD SEASON OF “PHYSICAL” IS ONE LAST TIME TO FEEL THE BYRNE

Our modern world is filled with the inexplicable, including the fact that Rose Byrne was overlooked in the Emmy race for the first two seasons of the Apple TV + series PHYSICAL. As the third [...]

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 “TALK TO ME” SHREWDLY TRAFFICS IN PRIMAL TERROR AND TEENS

“TALK TO ME” SHREWDLY TRAFFICS IN PRIMAL TERROR AND TEENS

Sometimes, a really good horror story can be conjured from the simplest of elements. A supernatural object. Oblivious teens. And a dangerous setting. This lethal mix drives the new frightener [...]

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 DISNEY FAILS ON THE FRIGHTS AND FUN IN THIS “HAUNTED MANSION”

DISNEY FAILS ON THE FRIGHTS AND FUN IN THIS “HAUNTED MANSION”

Disney’s track record of adapting their properties to the big screen, be it animated classics or beloved theme park attractions, is mixed at best. For every CNDERELLA or PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN [...]

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 JENNIFER LAWRENCE IS HARD TO RESIST IN “NO HARD FEELINGS”

JENNIFER LAWRENCE IS HARD TO RESIST IN “NO HARD FEELINGS”

Rare is the out-and-out sex comedy these days, and NO HARD FEELINGS is just that. The movie is an unabashedly bawdy film whose plot concerns the efforts of a 32-year-old woman to take the [...]

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 THE COMPLEX “ELEMENTAL” LACKS ELEMENTS OF CLEAR STORYTELLING

THE COMPLEX “ELEMENTAL” LACKS ELEMENTS OF CLEAR STORYTELLING

ELEMENTAL is the 27th feature film from Pixar, and in many ways, it’s the most ambitious. Trying to tell a story with fire and water as your key characters would challenge any animator, even [...]

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