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‘Spenser Confidential’: Team WahlBerg Delivers An Unfunny Buddy Comedy Riddled With Boston Clichés [Review]

March 9, 2020 4:16 pm

Director Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg's bromantic collaboration and hyper earnest, ongoing masculine dedication to the blue-collared Red State hero doesn't exactly contain multitudes. Soldier heroes ("Lone Sur...

‘The Way Back’: Ben Affleck Clinches The Win With A Terrifically Honest Comeback [Review]

Asher Luberto

March 5, 2020 12:03 pm

Features, News, Reviews

Movies and basketball aren't all that different. Both need a competent coach (director), competitive players (actors) and capital funding (producers) to succeed. In other words: teamwork makes the dream work. ...

‘Brahms: The Boy 2’: A Terrifying Atmosphere Can’t Save This Hollow Cash Grab [Review]

Asher Luberto

February 22, 2020 11:50 am

Reviews

The doll in “Brahms: The Boy 2” comes with a mischievous smirk and a set of rules. When his new owners find him in the woods, arms stretched toward the heavens, they discover a list of commandments in the toy'...

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‘The Photograph’: LaKeith Stanfield & Issa Rae’s Woozy Romantic Chemistry Can’t Develop A Focused Picture [Review]

Asher Luberto

February 16, 2020 12:44 pm

News, Reviews

Valentine's Day is for lovers, as is the V-Day weekend excursion to the theaters where studios have typically offered their latest in various modes of romance, be it comical, sensual, dramatic, or otherwise. U...

‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Races To Victory Fueled By Big Jim Carrey Energy & The Power Of Friendship [Review]

Asher Luberto

February 16, 2020 11:38 am

News, Reviews

A kinetic, electrically-paced buddy comedy starring a lighting fast, motormouth-talking anthropomorphic hedgehog (Ben Schwartz), and a zany Jim Carrey that began its life with a debilitating, life-th...

‘Troop Zero’ Review: Charming Characters Make This Simple Family-Friendly Adventure Endearing [Review]

Asher Luberto

January 21, 2020 6:04 pm

News, Reviews

The latest family-friendly adventure from Amazon, "Troop Zero," is as charming as its heroine. Christmas (McKenna Grace) is a real-life Buzz Lightyear, an adorably precocious and endlessly vivacious nine year ...

‘The Sonata’ Review: Almost Good Enough To Summon The Devil

Asher Luberto

January 18, 2020 3:28 pm

Reviews

A man waltzes down the stairs of his estate in the middle of the night. His hands are as cold as the stones that layer the walls, and his candle can't warm him, let alone light up the room. He continues walkin...

‘Dolittle’: It’s Time For A Mercy Killing To Put Down This Ailing Franchise [Review]

Asher Luberto

January 15, 2020 9:21 pm

News, Reviews

History is doomed to repeat itself and “Dolittle,” the latest Hollywood remake, based on 20th Century Fox's "Doctor Dolittle," hasn’t learned from its mistakes. Richard Fleischer's 1967 musical iteration faile...

‘Jumanji: The Next Level’: The Uninspired Sequel Settles For More Of The Same [Review]

Asher Luberto

December 12, 2019 10:13 am

News, Reviews

When "Jumanji" was released in 1995, audiences played along with its outlandish premise—a boy getting sucked into a board game—and for its spellbinding special effects. Those effects don't look so special in 20...

‘Daniel Isn’t Real’: Adam Egypt Mortimer’s Latest Horror Chronicles A Intense Descent Into Madness [Review]

Asher Luberto

December 6, 2019 1:02 pm

News, Reviews

"Daniel Isn't Real" writer-director Adam Egypt Mortimer made his feature debut a few years ago with "Some Kind of Hate." In that horror fantasy, a teenage misfit gets her revenge on some bullies because, as her...

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