Joe Friar
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Joe Friar
@joefriar.bsky.social
· Jun 12
'Ballerina’ Review: Ana de Armas plays the latest assassin driven by vengeance in the fifth film in the thrilling franchise
Ana de Armas’s character Eve sucks as a ballerina, but we’re not here to watch “Swan Lake.” Her skills as a novice assassin are much better in the spinoff
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Joe Friar
@joefriar.bsky.social
· Jun 3
‘Bring Her Back’ Review: The latest Philippou monstrosity is nightmare-inducing thanks to a wicked Sally Hawkins and a story balanced by heartache and horror
Twin brothers Michael and Danny Philippou return with another shocker. The Australian filmmakers behind 2023’s “Talk to Me,” about teenagers using an
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Joe Friar
@joefriar.bsky.social
· Jun 2
‘Tornado’ Review: A teenage samurai carves a path of destruction while avenging her father’s murder in John Maclean’s first-rate British western
Named after nature’s most violent storm, a rebellious sixteen-year-old carves a path of destruction across the British countryside while avenging her
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Joe Friar
@joefriar.bsky.social
· Jun 2
Review: Chan, Macchio, and newcomer Ben Wang make ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ a fun way to kick off the summer
When you're five installments in, not to mention a successful series with 65 episodes, you have to pull out all the punches. “Karate Kid: Legends” does
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Joe Friar
@joefriar.bsky.social
· May 27
‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: Camille Rutherford delights in the breezy romantic comedy, sure to charm fans of the English novelist
Camille Rutherford’s sensibility and awkward charm make her the perfect protagonist (it makes sense) in the modern romantic comedy “Jane Austen Wrecked My
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Joe Friar
@joefriar.bsky.social
· May 27
‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Review: More visual album than narrative film, this one’s strictly for fans of The Weeknd
Abel Tesfaye, known to pop music fans as The Weeknd, portrays a fictionalized version of himself in the brooding psychological thriller “Hurry Up
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Joe Friar
@joefriar.bsky.social
· May 27
‘Caught By the Tides’ Review: Jia Zhangke captures China’s transformation over the last two decades using characters from his past films for the stunning docufiction drama
Reminiscent of Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood,’ which was shot in spurts over 10 years as we watched Ellar Coltrane grow up before our eyes, director Jia
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Joe Friar
@joefriar.bsky.social
· May 27
‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Review: Death returns with a vengeance for the sixth installment in the horror franchise
You won’t get bored to death watching “Final Destination Bloodlines,” a lively addition to the horror series that takes the established cheating death
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