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INICUO: THE BROTHERHOOD (2016 - Spanish)

I’ll be sent to Mars in a rocket ship before I’ll be able to make heads or tails of the story and describe the movie in any meaningful detail.

May 31, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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A CURE FOR WELLNESS (2016)

Spectacular visual style would be more impressive if the pace could keep sleepy eyes open enough to appreciate the effort.

May 30, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE EVIL WITHIN (2017)

Director Andrew Getty "was addicted to train wrecks.”  Apparently so much so that he obsessed over orchestrating one of his own.

May 26, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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BECOMING BOND (2017)

Storytelling is so smartly entertaining for the dramedy quotient that the takeaway upholds the adage, “if it ain’t true, it ought to be.”

May 25, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE DWARVES MUST BE CRAZY (2016 - Thai)

The music score sounds as if The Muppets composed background beats for a Margaritaville bar. And I don’t mean Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.

May 24, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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DARK SIGNAL (2016)

Evers-Swindell’s commitment to going for broke by stirring up so many subgenres in a single story is admirable, even if it isn’t always effective.

May 23, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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UNACKNOWLEDGED (2017)

“Unacknowledged” can’t help but excitedly expose itself as a dubious collection of crackpot conspiracy theories backed by highly specious “evidence."

May 22, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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BOYS IN THE TREES (2016)

By the time the film comes full circle, its quiet malaise morphs into a deeply affecting mood whose visual and emotional imprints cut sharply.

May 19, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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WOLVES AT THE DOOR (2016)

Despite its associated talent and underlying concept, “Wolves at the Door” defines a spectacularly disappointing misfire.

May 18, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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DEAD AWAKE (2016)

Try as it might, and boy does it try, “Dead Awake” is definitely not “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

May 17, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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HOUNDS OF LOVE (2016)

Daring to stare into their downward spirals with unafraid eyes creates a terrifyingly tense experience of frighteningly realistic horror.

May 15, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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A DARK SONG (2016)

Staying focused on the interplay becomes a grueling demand for wandering attention spans anxious to advance to new moments.

May 12, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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AWAKENING THE ZODIAC (2017)

Without any real surprises in store, the final phases of the middling mystery don’t have enough oomph to tie the movie together.

May 11, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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AMERICAN MUMMY (2014)

“So what you’re saying is we have a movie we can call ‘American Mummy’ even though the main monster is neither American nor a mummy?”

May 10, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE BAD BATCH (2016)

Two full hours is an excruciating term of time to spend immersed in this molasses-speed marathon of cryptic malaise.

May 9, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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PSYCHOPATHS (2017)

As crazy as the Manson Family was, even their rantings and ravings were more coherent than anything “Psychopaths” has to say.

May 8, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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IT COMES AT NIGHT (2017)

Nail-biting performances and pointed production design present an undeniably unsettling portrait of paranoia sending sane minds into madness.

May 5, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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STILL/BORN (2017)

“Still/Born” taps into maternal panic in the form of supernatural thrills with haunted house horror and psychological scares.

May 4, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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STEPHANIE (2017)

“Stephanie” is so insular and expands so gradually that interest in wherever it is going can’t help but evaporate along the way.

May 3, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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LIKE ME (2017)

I’m willing to say, “I don’t get it.” Because I’m not convinced “Like Me” has much worth getting in the first place.

May 2, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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