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Tag: Drama

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022)

Drama Rated R

“Brown vacuums up the movie in a way that’s both entrancing and entirely true to the complicated character he’s playing.”

Always (1989)

Drama Rated PG

“Steven Spielberg’s attempt to bring classic-cinema panache to a modern, mystical romance.”

Meet John Doe (1941)

Drama Rated NR

“Frank Capra was fond of speeches – and Meet John Doe is stuffed with them.”

Thief (1981)

Drama Rated R

“…as if Le Samourai got mugged in an Uptown alley.”

Hustle (2022)

Drama Rated R

“Just enough insider detail to tantalize a hardcore basketball fan, but too much inspirational sports hooey to hook one…”

Stella Dallas (1937)

Drama Rated NR

“Barbara Stanwyck flings her voice around like a lasso.”

Baby Face (1933)

Drama Rated NR

“Stanwyck’s Lily flips gender and power dynamics on their heads.”

Elvis (2022)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…zooms through the King of Rock and Roll’s life as if it were running through a funhouse.”

Hit the Road (2022)

Drama Rated NR

“…plays like Waiting for Godot on the road.”

The Best of Everything (1959)

Drama Rated NR

“…a frustrating time capsule.”

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Toy Story 5 (2026)

Family Rated PG

“If Toy Story 5 doesn’t quite rise to the challenge of its conceit, it still offers plenty of familiar fun.”

Rose of Nevada (2026)

Horror Rated NR

“…a work of oblique horror, a ghost story that’s something of an apparition itself.”

Z (1969)

Drama Rated NR

“. . . a bitter, brilliant pill to swallow.”


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