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BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 (2017)

“Brawl in Cell Block 99” intentionally, and exuberantly, takes Tobias Beecher’s worst waking nightmares and exaggerates, exacerbates, and exalts them tenfold.

January 5, 2018 by Ian Sedensky.
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BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017)

Strap in for a feature-length episode of “Law and Order: Blade Runner Unit” whose nine-figure budget depicts the future as depressingly dull.

January 3, 2018 by Ian Sedensky.
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BRIGHT (2017)

Instead of a rich blend of high fantasy and urban action, “Bright” uses its cursory backdrop to build a spectacularly stale setup from chained-together clichés.

January 1, 2018 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE DARK TOWER (2017)

By consciously choosing the most predictable path at every creative juncture, “The Dark Tower” distills a mammoth amount of mythology into a colorlessly mediocre movie.

December 22, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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HALLOWEEN H20 (1998)

In light of where the franchise went both before and after, “Halloween H20” doesn’t hold up as one of the stronger takes on Michael Myers’ mythology.

December 21, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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BLADE RUNNER (1982)

If you break the hypnotic spell of the undeniably amazing production design, the reality is you’re stuck staring at a simple bounty hunter police procedural.

December 20, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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ALIEN: COVENANT (2017)

The meta-message appears to reflect the movie’s, which is that tainting the creator’s intent by imposing a will of our own leads to an unnatural abomination.

December 19, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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PROMETHEUS (2012)

“Prometheus” is a cool-hued marvel of stunning imagery and ideas, even though some of the latter are no more substantive than that.

December 18, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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FLATLINERS (2017)

I suspect “Flatliners” 2017 will book passage on a boat of “oh yeah, I forgot they remade that” indifference before sailing into a storm of complete apathy.

December 15, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017)

Despite being gripping, emptiness inside individual pieces leaves one wondering what the overall experience is worth.

December 14, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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DEMENTIA 13 (2017)

It plays like a silly soap opera shot as a feature film, with all the same overwrought writing and exaggerated acting usually reserved for daytime TV.

December 13, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE SNOWMAN (2017)

You’re likely to skeptically wonder, as I did, “can it really be that bad?”  In a word, yes.  “The Snowman" really is that bad.

December 12, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 (1987)

You come out wondering if you even watched a true movie or just an amateur exercise in quickly stitching together a feature from B-roll and previously used footage.

December 11, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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IT (2017)

Let’s cut the quibbling over distinctions between psychological thriller, dark drama, fabulist fantasy, or whatever other words one wants to misapply to sidestep calling a fig a fig.

December 8, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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MOTHER! (2017)

The only fair score that accurately reflects the film is an impartial 50/100, because it’s as likely that any given person will love it as much as they might loathe it.

December 7, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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TRUTH OR DARE (2017)

Don’t expect to be bowled over by anything particularly original once “Truth or Dare” is all said and done, which was pretty much its plan all along.

December 6, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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HAPPY DEATH DAY (2017)

“Happy Death Day” marks a maturity point for Blumhouse’s previously shortsighted takes on PG-13 horror.

December 5, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE CHILD REMAINS (2017)

If you find favor with slow burn supernatural thrillers, and have tastes tolerant of intimate productions, “The Child Remains” certainly creeps up those alleys.

December 4, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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ANOTHER WOLFCOP (2017)

"Another WolfCop" turns the tables by daring audiences to put a wet tongue on a cold flagpole of midnight movie madness.

December 1, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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ONCE UPON A TIME AT CHRISTMAS (2017)

“Once Upon a Time at Christmas” seemingly realizes it has a preposterous plot, yet never takes advantage of that fact with a style suiting its spirit.

November 30, 2017 by Ian Sedensky.
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