Barry Wurst
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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Crushes Broadway Show’s Spirit
Stephen Chbosky’s “Dear Evan Hansen” is a movie adaptation of a Broadway musical that opened in 2016, clearly worked on…
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‘The Fisher King’ – Terry Gilliams’ Timeless Plea for Compassion
Terry Gilliam’s “The Fisher King” is about a man who makes a living being a cruel voice on the radio…
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Here’s Everything You Missed About ‘John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars’
“John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars” is nutty from the very start. Only a few seconds into the movie and we’re…
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Why Even Clint Eastwood Fanatics Will Be Let Down by ‘Cry Macho’
I love Clint Eastwood’s films, which is why it gives me no joy to tell you the latest directorial and…
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Before ‘Belfast,’ Branagh Scared Us Silly with ‘Dead Again’
There was a brief period of my life where I thought Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson were Americans, and that…
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‘The Green Knight’ Is Everything a Cinematic Experience Should Be
I’m not sure when the right time would have been to release David Lowery’s “The Green Knight,” only that right…
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Why ‘The Night House’ Won’t Keep You Up at Night as Promised
David Bruckner’s “The Night House” is a major bummer, yet another film that teases far more than it delivers and…
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Why Jackman’s ‘Reminiscence’ Is Too Tame for Its Own Good
“Reminiscence,” the Hugh Jackman-led sci-fi thriller, is made from spare parts and can’t compete with the original models it’s borrowing…
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‘Mona Lisa’ Made Fans of Bob Hoskins, Complicated Antiheroes, Smile
Neil Jordan’s “Mona Lisa” (1986) begins with a romantic shot from under a bridge, in a nearly identical manner to…
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‘Friday the 13th Part 2’ – When Jason Voorhees Made Horror History
The great drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs once joked that the “Friday the 13th” filmmakers essentially “made the same…
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