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The Substance (2024)

Horror Rated R

“… something like David Cronenberg’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, from a distinctly feminine perspective.”

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Drama Rated R

“… a faith-based movie without any faith.”

Fail Safe (1964)

Thriller Rated NR

“Will have you clenching whatever is nearby…”

Murder by Death (1976)

Comedy Rated PG

“…has a paucity of comic imagination that’s timelessly disheartening.”

Clean and Sober (1988)

Drama Rated R

“Keaton sets his comic instincts aside and lets his wit and energy sour into something mean-spirited.”

The Thin Man (1934)

Comedy Rated NR

“Powell and Loy are delightful — slurrily sexy in the manner of the 1930s, when words and glances had to do all of the work.”

Mr. Mom (1983)

Comedy Rated PG

“… a slapstick consideration of gender roles in the early 1980s.”

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“The juice is diffuse.”

Night Shift (1982)

Comedy Rated R

“Keaton’s epiphany over tuna fish sandwiches is beautiful to behold.”

Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Musical Rated PG

“…filters highbrow influences through colored 1970s strobe lights.”

Recent Reviews

Mother Mary (2026)

Drama Rated R

“A collage of religio-goth gestures…”

The Great Dictator (1940)

Comedy Rated G

“Charlie Chaplin was not messing around.”

Sophie’s Choice (1982)

Drama Rated R

“Streep has what can only be called a commanding fragility.”


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