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Critiques With Context
Movie reviews by an experienced movie critic and member of the Critics Choice Association
Review: "A Working Man"
There is a list of things in "A Working Man" that just don’t work. But Jason Statham fans probably won’t care.
Drew Moniot
3 days ago3 min read
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"The Friend"
Naomi Watts co-stars with a 150-pound Great Dane in this touchingly sweet story about love and loss and the process of overcoming devastating grief.
Drew Moniot
6 days ago3 min read
28 views
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Review: "A Working Man"
There is a list of things in "A Working Man" that just don’t work. But Jason Statham fans probably won’t care.
Drew Moniot
3 days ago3 min read
31 views
0 comments
"The Friend"
Naomi Watts co-stars with a 150-pound Great Dane in this touchingly sweet story about love and loss and the process of overcoming devastating grief.
Drew Moniot
6 days ago3 min read
28 views
0 comments
Review: "The Amateur"
A suspenseful but slow-moving remake of the 1981 original with the same title.
Drew Moniot
7 days ago4 min read
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Review: "I Need You: 53 Years of the Band America"
A well-researched, beautifully nuanced documentary about the band America, screened at CIFF49.
Drew Moniot
Apr 24 min read
51 views
1 comment
Review: "The Penguin Lessons"
A truly remarkable, deeply touching film, based upon real-life events about a middle-aged British English teacher and a rescued penguin.
Drew Moniot
Mar 284 min read
28 views
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Review: "The Alto Knights"
For the first time in his career, Robert De Niro plays two characters -- real-life, crime bosses--in the same movie.
Drew Moniot
Mar 273 min read
19 views
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Review: "Snow White"
Disney’s live action remake is shaping up to be the box office disaster that everyone predicted,
Drew Moniot
Mar 253 min read
24 views
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Review: "2001: A Space Odyssey in 2025"
A recent screening of "2001: A Space Odyssey" is a testament to the timelessness of this Kubrick classic.
Drew Moniot
Mar 164 min read
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Review: "The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie"
Warner Brother’s first ever animated feature fails to be either looney or funny.
Drew Moniot
Mar 164 min read
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Review: "Black Bag"
A very cerebral spy film heavy on characters and dialogue and light on action and thrills.
Drew Moniot
Mar 133 min read
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Review: "Novocaine"
A man incapable of feeling pain and a graphically violent action/comedy not for the squeamish.
Drew Moniot
Mar 113 min read
36 views
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Review: "Mickey 17"
Robert Pattinson stars in this mind-bending, sci-fi tale about an “expendable” spaceman in the year 2054.
Drew Moniot
Mar 83 min read
30 views
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Review: "Riff Raff"
A dark comedy with a very slow start, a shocker of a final reel and a gratuitous end scene that spoils everything before it.
Drew Moniot
Mar 43 min read
32 views
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Review: 'Dog Man'
Former SNL cast members like Pete Davidson add to the zany fun in Peter Hastings’s movie adaptation.
Drew Moniot
Feb 262 min read
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Review: "Love Hurts"
Everybody is Kung Fu Fighting in this Valentine’s Day movie that is big on violence and blood and light on romance.
Drew Moniot
Feb 243 min read
71 views
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Review: "Captain America: Brave New World"
A mixed bag with dazzling effects sequences interspersed with lengthy, pace-killing dialog. Fans don’t seem to mind.
Drew Moniot
Feb 203 min read
45 views
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Review: "Companion"
A spectacular blend of sci-fi and film noir not to be missed.
Drew Moniot
Feb 153 min read
62 views
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Review: "Paddington in Peru"
A fun, family-friendly adventure.
Drew Moniot
Feb 133 min read
51 views
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Hannibal Lecter and Me: Revisiting My Role as an Extra in "The Silence of the Lambs"
I was an extra in an Oscar-winning film shot in Pittsburgh!
Drew Moniot
Feb 23 min read
34 views
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Review: "Presence"
A contemporary ghost tale that is all about Steven Soderbergh’s gliding Steadicam camera work and less about a satisfying, scary story.
Drew Moniot
Feb 13 min read
22 views
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