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Movie reviews by an experienced movie critic and member of the Critics Choice Association
Drew Moniot
5 days ago3 min read
Review: 'Gladiator II"
'Gladiator II' is a cinematic triumph that lives up to all the marketing hype -- a return to epic moviemaking from a visionary director.
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Drew Moniot
Feb 21, 20233 min read
Review: 'Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania'
Ant-Man doesn’t remain ant-size for much of this overblown sequel, abandoning the charm and energy of the original concept.
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Drew Moniot
Dec 20, 20223 min read
Review: 'Babylon'
Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie star in a shocking, graphically explicit tale of the scandalous behavior that became the stuff of legend
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Drew Moniot
Dec 20, 20223 min read
Review: 'She Said'
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star in a gripping tale of two relentless New York Times journalists who brought down Harvey Weinstein
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Drew Moniot
Dec 20, 20223 min read
Review: 'Women Talking'
Sarah Polley's latest film explores the subject of sexual abuse, presenting an allegory about women trapped in a fringe, cult community.
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Drew Moniot
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Review: 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery'
Daniel Craig’s supersleuth is back in this stylishly crafted, deliciously entertaining comedy murder mystery.
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Drew Moniot
Nov 23, 20224 min read
Review: 'The Fabelmans'
A boringly bad Steven Spielberg movie.
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Drew Moniot
Nov 23, 20223 min read
Review: 'Armageddon Time'
Writer/director James Gray’s low-key, nostalgic coming of age story about a teenage boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1980s.
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Drew Moniot
Nov 20, 20223 min read
Review: 'Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths'
Writer/director Alejandro Inarritu’s latest film is a bold, bewildering masterpiece that is both strangely surreal and beautiful.
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Drew Moniot
Nov 15, 20223 min read
Review: 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
The problem with 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' is the glaring absence of its main character whose name appears above the title.
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Drew Moniot
Nov 8, 20224 min read
Review: 'Triangle of Sadness'
A movie that seems to be more intent on winning awards and charming foreign festival audiences than connecting with mainstream moviegoers.
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Drew Moniot
Oct 17, 20223 min read
Review: 'Halloween Ends"
Hoping the title means what it says, though everything we know about Michael Myers probably proves otherwise.
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Drew Moniot
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Review: 'Amsterdam'
A must-see! Hats off to David O. Russell.
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Drew Moniot
Sep 26, 20223 min read
Review: 'Don't Worry Darling'
A derivative, stylish feminist sci-fi thriller with one hot sex scene and at least a dozen story details that go absolutely nowhere.
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Drew Moniot
Sep 21, 20223 min read
Review: 'See How They Run'
A disappointing comedy/murder mystery whodunnit for anyone but the most devout Agatha Christie fans.
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Drew Moniot
Sep 17, 20223 min read
Review: 'Moonage Daydream'
An IMAX extravaganza of thunderous sound and kaleidoscopic images.
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Drew Moniot
Sep 13, 20224 min read
Review: 'Fall'
An impressive technical achievement with effects that more than compensate for shortcomings in the script.
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Drew Moniot
Aug 28, 20223 min read
Review: 'Bullet Train'
'Bullet Train' is the thrill ride of the summer.
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Drew Moniot
Aug 4, 20223 min read
Review: 'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On'
A mollusk with a mind and a shell with a sense of curiosity and adventure.
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Drew Moniot
Jul 17, 20223 min read
Review: 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'
Could be the sleeper hit of 2022. It’s that modestly budgeted film that works, on every level.
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Drew Moniot
Jul 7, 20224 min read
Review: 'Thor: Love and Thunder'
A misguided mess of a movie that fails to deliver.
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