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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  

  Charles Odell ★

  Excruciating. I give credit to Michelle Yeoh, who absolutely gives it her all, but this is an endless exposition of Calvinball rules where a sincere emotional event is upended by…

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  They/Them 2022

  

  Steve Erickson ★

  Candidate for worst scene of 2022: the "Fuckin' Perfect" singalong. GLEE is not a slasher movie.

  Candidate for second worst scene of 2022: the entire final 10 minutes.

  It sure…

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  Marvelous and the Black Hole 2021

  

  Jeremy Heilman ★★

  Routine kids’ flick that sees a young teen using magic to reorient herself after her mother’s death. Most of the directorial flourishes feel like distractions from a largely unexamined emotional…

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  The Sea Beast 2022

  

  George Wu ★★★

  Something like HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON with sea monsters, THE SEA BEAST is near peak CGI animation. It also has great voice acting by Zaris-Angel Hator. Unfortunately, the story…

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  Torn Hearts 2022

  

  Mark Tinta ★★ 1

  Given a low-profile VOD release a few weeks ago before turning up as an "Epix Original," this Blumhouse production gives Katey Sagal a chance to do the throwback WHATEVER HAPPENED…

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  Nope 2022

  

  Kent M. Beeson ★★ 6

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  The Gray Man 2022

  

  Mark Tinta ★

  A breathtakingly frivolous waste of $200 million, THE GRAY MAN is another algorithm-generated Netflix content dump, a globetrotting CIA black-ops actioner with some BOURNE, some JOHN WICK, some MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE,…

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  The Black Phone 2021

  

  Mark Tinta ★★ 2

  It's HORROR FANS ASSEMBLE! as they form a protective shield around this utterly mediocre and forgettable Blumhouse convention cosplay fodder for the IT and STRANGER THINGS base. Working from a…