‘Rocketman’ narrative fails to launch, but musical numbers soar
The film’s titular performance of “Rocketman” pulls no punches in its fantasia and choreography, with Elton raised in the sky by EMTs in a Christ-like pose.
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Category Archives: Film & Television
‘The Perfection’ hits only flat notes in offbeat attempt at horror
Tonal discrepancies between camp, horror and comedy permeate “The Perfection,” making for a film that doesn’t exactly know what it wants to be.
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There are zero good reasons to see ‘Aladdin’ remake
Disney’s prolific scheme to manufacture live-action remakes of its animated canon has suffered an unprecedented mechanical failure.
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Season 8 of ‘Game of Thrones’ did exactly what it had to do — whether we liked it or not
While the execution may have been almost humorously sloppy, the final season of “Game of Thrones” delivered a fitting ending for its many characters.
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‘BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime’ season 5 heats up cold cases with signature sense of humor
The show’s co-hosts certainly aren’t doing anything resembling real detective work, but as the show’s title suggests, that’s really not the point.
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‘John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum’ offers good doggos, better action
The Baba Yaga may never tire, but the same can’t be said of the viewer, who might start to feel the effects of a stretched-out story.
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‘All Is True’ paints scenic picture of Shakespeare’s last years
You haven’t really lived until you’ve watched William Shakespeare garden in his old age, and thanks to “All Is True,” you finally can.
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‘Aniara’ fails to launch with sci-fi film adaptation of epic poem
As the main narrative conduit of the film, Mimaroben is a heroine of little depth beyond an inexplicable optimism that Everything Will Be All Right.
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Pour one out for halfheartedly pinot-gregious comedy ‘Wine Country’
Glass after glass is poured, but in a wine cellar’s worth of bad jokes and poor timing, the film never achieves a satisfying buzz.
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Got a question about sex? ‘Ask Dr. Ruth’ addresses that and more in new biographical documentary
In full, “Ask Dr. Ruth” is a study in frankness, both in how Dr. Ruth is unabashedly open about her own life experiences and in making discussions around sex accessible to the too-often-repressed public.
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