Bullet Train’s biggest feat is its own understanding of merging its chaotically Looney Tunes-level of violence with some genuinely interesting storytelling turns, and its use of Brad Pitt’s comedic sensibilities to their utmost.
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Bird Box recklessly villainizes mental illness and suicide
It squanders an opportunity for thoughtful commentary on trauma and survival.
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Minions proves that celebrity voices don’t make a children’s animation
Sandra Bullock stars in Minions, the latest Despicable Me feature—but who cares?
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In Gravity, George Clooney and Sandra Bullock are lost in space
With Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron delivers a philosophical sci-fi drama.
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Death be proud, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Hollywood Fail
The eminently creepy Dutch abduction thriller “The Vanishing” kicks off “Hollywood Fail,” the Logan Square International Film Series’s monthlong program of “amazing foreign films remade into American films.”
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Afric-a-go-go
The African Diaspora Film Festival opens today at Facets Cinematheque. Plus, this week’s Critic’s Choices and new reviews.