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‘Old Dads’ Review: Bill Burr & Friends Scream, Yell And Curse Through A Way-Over-The-Top Netflix Comedy
Three fiftysomething jerks extend their adolescence way, way beyond the breaking point in Old Dads, a boorish and obnoxiously vulgar comedy that, since it can't claim any other great distinction, might well have been expressly written to break the all-time record for use of the f-word in the major studio…
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‘Fast Charlie’ Review: Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin And The Late James Caan In Seriocomic Action Film That Hits What It Shoots At
Rasty and nasty with a cherry on top, Fast Charlie is a down-home Southern gangster yarn with a staggering body count but a sweet taste awaiting the survivors at the end of the day. This adaptation of Victor Gischler's 2003 novel Gun Monkeys is an inelegant…
‘Expendables 4’ Review: Jokey, Fight-Filled Last Hurrah Feels Like ‘Meg 2: Part 2’
Sequels, and sequels of sequels, have trouble differentiating themselves from their brethren from time to time. But Expendables 4 (or Expend4bles, as this fourth and final entry in the mercenary-based action series has been marketed), indisputably takes the…
Toronto Film Festival 2023: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews
UPDATED with latest: The Toronto Film Festival began September 7 in Ontario with opening-night movie The Boy and the Heron, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. It kicked off a lineup for the fest’s 48th edition that included world premieres of GameStop pic Dumb Money, Netflix's Pain Hustlers…
‘Janet Planet’ Review: Julianne Nicholson Shines In Off-Beat Mother-Daughter Story From Pulitzer-Winning Playwright Annie Baker
"Hi, I'm gonna kill myself," an 11-year-old girl proclaims to her mom over a pay phone in what is clearly an attention-getting gesture. Alarming as this may sound, it's just part of the oddly arresting dynamics of Janet Planet, the distinctive first produced…
‘Fingernails’ Review: Christos Nikou’s Head-Scratching English-Language Debut Squanders Fine Cast – Toronto Film Festival
The passing pleasures of watching the fine young actors Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed and Jeremy Allen White can't make up for the increasing distaste that develops from contact with Fingernails, an irritating and, finally, ridiculous examination of relationship…
‘The Critic’ Review: Ian McKellen Underused In Potentially Juicy Tale That Lacks Urgency And Spice – Toronto Film Festival
This critic might want to look for a different job.
The prospect of seeing the great Ian McKellen take on the role of one of London's most august theater critics of the 1930s must have looked tantalizing on paper, but sadly this is a show that deserved…
Venice Film Festival 2023: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews
UPDATED with latest: The Venice Film Festival began August 30 with opening-night movie Comandante, an Italian World War II drama, kicking off a lineup for the venerable fest’s 80th edition that includes world premieres of Michael Mann’s Ferrari, Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, Yorgos…
Telluride Film Festival 2023: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews
UPDATED with latest: The Telliride Film Festival began August 31 with a lineup for the Rockies event’s 50th edition that included world premieres of Alexander Payne's The Holdovers (Focus Features), Emerald Fennell's Saltburn (Amazon) and Free Solo filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin's…
‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ Review: Errol Morris’ John le Carré Documentary Is An Elaborate Film With An Abundant Narration – Telluride
From every perspective, John le Carré lived a highly enviable life, a sense confirmed over and over again in The Pigeon Tunnel, Errol Morris' elaborate, super-smart sizing up of one of the most successful writers of the past century. The author gained fame as a novelist fine-tuned to examine the many…
‘Daddio’ Review: Sean Penn And Dakota Johnson Drive Breakthrough First Film From Christy Hall – Telluride Film Festival
Daddio is a knockout, the sort of breakthrough by a virtual unknown that many might dream about but only rarely takes place. Entirely set in a taxi stuck for a long time at night on a jammed highway heading from New York City's JFK airport to Manhattan…
‘Wildcat’ Review: Ethan Hawke’s Oddball Character Study Cleverly Illuminates Life Of Flannery O’Connor – Telluride Film Festival
Ethan Hawke has directed, written and/or acted in quite a few notably esoteric projects throughout his multi-faceted career, and he's now come up with another in Wildcat. This one makes use of four Flannery O'Connor stories that tie in to aspects of the writer's difficult life and truly do illuminate…
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