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GODZILLA: PLANET OF THE MONSTERS (2017 - Japanese)

“Planet of the Monsters” impresses as a mature science-fiction epic with large-scale scope, although it undeniably underwhelms as a Godzilla-specific story.

January 18, 2018 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE DEVIL'S WELL (2017)

I can commend the filmmakers for putting in honest effort to deliver the best formulaic “found footage” horror movie they could, even if the end result is dully redundant.

January 17, 2018 by Ian Sedensky.
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VILLMARK ASYLUM (2015 - Norwegian)

A number of “at least…” qualifiers keep “Villmark Asylum” from being hit by the same stale stick beating its dead horse of a story.

January 15, 2018 by Ian Sedensky.
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INSIDE (2016)

Someone with no qualms about subtitles or unflinching gore has no reason to drive down this dull detour when a bolder route splits at the same fork.

January 12, 2018 by Ian Sedensky.
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DAY OF THE DEAD: BLOODLINE (2018)

“Day of the Dead: Bloodline” mounts a persuasive ‘For Your Consideration’ campaign in the category of “Worst Movie to Bear the ‘Day of the Dead’ Name.”

January 11, 2018 by Ian Sedensky.
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THE STRANGE ONES (2017)

Maybe when I see echoing emptiness behind the drearily dreamy drama of “The Strange Ones,” I’m rightfully seeing straight into hollowness where others swear they see substance.

January 10, 2018 by Ian Sedensky.
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DEVIL'S GATE (2017)

I have to believe that “Devil’s Gate” had grander ambitions (than) to deliver a ho-hum episode of “The X-Files” in DTV feature form.

January 9, 2018 by Ian Sedensky.
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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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