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My Middle Age Ass Reviews 'My Old Ass'
Your ass will likely enjoy this film, regardless of its age.
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Matthew Goldenberg
'The Front Room' Is Much Better Than You’ve Heard
The Eggers Brothers' new film is funny, disturbing, and thought-provoking.
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Matthew Goldenberg
Bullsh*tjuice Bullsh*tjuice
What do I have to say three times to keep you from seeing this garbage?
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Matthew Goldenberg
The Class of 1999: 'Three Kings'
If 'Three Kings' had been a big hit, could the United States have avoided the second Iraq war?
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Matthew Goldenberg

August 2024

The Less You Know About 'Strange Darling,' the Better
Writer/director J.T. Mollner's excellent thriller is full of nasty surprises.
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Matthew Goldenberg
The Class of 1999: 'American Beauty'
This movie has aged about as well as a corpse left out in the sun.
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Matthew Goldenberg
A Lengthy, Spoiler-Filled Discussion of 'Alien: Romulus'
Where does Fede Alvarez's film rank in the pantheon of 'Alien' movies?
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Matthew Goldenberg
The Name Says It All
'Cuckoo' is weird. But is it good?
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Matthew Goldenberg
Boringlands
Poor Cate Blanchett doesn't deserve this.
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Matthew Goldenberg
The Class of 1999: 'Beau Travail'
Claire Denis does good work.
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Matthew Goldenberg
Crap 'Trap'
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest suffers from severe structural issues, among other things.
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Matthew Goldenberg

July 2024

'Twisters' Is the Summer’s Strongest Soporific
It takes work to make a movie with this much mayhem so boring.
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Matthew Goldenberg
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