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                            C
                         | Desert Dawn
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | A routine thriller. 
                            Posted  May 21, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Nouvelle Vague
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | If you're looking for anything new about New Wave Films, you'll be disappointed. 
                            Posted  May 20, 2025
                            
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                            B-
                         | Audrey's Children
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | Inspirational but shallow biopic. 
                            Posted  May 19, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Kryptic
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | It's a pleasingly different type of horror story. 
                            Posted  May 19, 2025
                            
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                            B-
                         | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Not the best of the franchise films. 
                            Posted  May 18, 2025
                            
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                            B-
                         | Fear Below
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | The characterizations were spot-on. 
                            Posted  May 17, 2025
                            
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                            B-
                         | Rust
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | Plagued by the much publicized tragic death of the 42-year-old Ukrainian cinematographer Halyna Hotchins. 
                            Posted  May 16, 2025
                            
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                            C+
                         | The Damned
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | The slogan "war is hell" is supplanted by pointing out that war is mostly ponderous. Unfortunately so is the film. 
                            Posted  May 15, 2025
                            
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                            C
                         | You and I
                    
                    
                        (2011) | Dennis Schwartz | I wish it made more sense. 
                            Posted  May 14, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | The Damned
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | Young's commanding performance is most effective when the pic stays the course without becoming repetitive. 
                            Posted  May 14, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Words of War
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Passably effective biopic on the late brave Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. 
                            Posted  May 13, 2025
                            
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                            C
                         | Shadow Force
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | A low-brow, cliched, action pic. 
                            Posted  May 12, 2025
                            
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                            C+
                         | Henry Johnson
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Can't be transformed from a play into cinema. 
                            Posted  May 11, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Cheech & Chong's Last Movie
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | It gave me a mellow high. 
                            Posted  May 10, 2025
                            
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                            B-
                         | The Old Woman with the Knife
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Sours after its tasty premise. 
                            Posted  May 09, 2025
                            
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                            A-
                         | It Always Rains on Sunday
                    
                    
                        (1947) | Dennis Schwartz | Terrific working-class crime film noir. 
                            Posted  May 08, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Good Boy
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | High concept ghost story told from a dog's viewpoint. 
                            Posted  May 07, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Rebuilding
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | It's a well-acted, quiet and tender film, filled with tension. 
                            Posted  May 06, 2025
                            
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                            A-
                         | Henry Fonda for President
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | A fantastic unconventional documentary on the iconic movie actor Henry Fonda. 
                            Posted  May 05, 2025
                            
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                            C
                         | Havoc
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Revolves around gang vengeance and a dirty cop seeking redemption. 
                            Posted  May 04, 2025
                            
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                            B+
                         | Misericordia
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | A well-baked character-driven story with deadpan humor and intrigue. 
                            Posted  May 03, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Thunderbolts*
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Buttery popcorn superhero flick. 
                            Posted  May 02, 2025
                            
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                            C+
                         | Bullet Train Explosion
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Takes too long to reach its destination. 
                            Posted  May 01, 2025
                            
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                            C
                         | The Accountant 2
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | “Probably hopes viewers are so entertained by the confusing story-line and the macho/comical star performance by Ben Affleck, they won't notice or care about the large plot holes.” 
                            Posted  Apr 30, 2025
                            
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                            C+
                         | Until Dawn
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Schlocky and forgettable. 
                            Posted  Apr 29, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Eephus
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | A nice slice of life leisurely paced homage to small-time baseball. 
                            Posted  Apr 28, 2025
                            
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                            B+
                         | A Desert
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | Mix of neo-noir and horror. 
                            Posted  Apr 27, 2025
                            
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                            B-
                         | The Legend of Ochi
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Enchanting but nonsensical family adventure/fantasy film. 
                            Posted  Apr 26, 2025
                            
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                            C+
                         | Reflection in a Dead Diamond
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | The visuals look great, but the exhausting story is absurd. 
                            Posted  Apr 25, 2025
                            
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                            A-
                         | That They May Face the Rising Sun
                    
                    
                        (2023) | Dennis Schwartz | A gentle film. 
                            Posted  Apr 24, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Most People Die on Sundays
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | Quirky and meandering drama. 
                            Posted  Apr 23, 2025
                            
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                            B-
                         | Jane Got a Gun
                    
                    
                        (2016) | Dennis Schwartz | A standard western. 
                            Posted  Apr 22, 2025
                            
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                            A-
                         | The Ugly Stepsister
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | A provocative re-imagining of the classic fairy tale. 
                            Posted  Apr 21, 2025
                            
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                            A-
                         | Sinners
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Gives us a good idea of what life was like during the Jim Crow period in the Deep South. 
                            Posted  Apr 20, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Slanted
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | A bold satirical teen comedy turned into a body horror film that's rife with black comedy. 
                            Posted  Apr 19, 2025
                            
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                            B+
                         | Water for Life
                    
                    
                        (2023) | Dennis Schwartz | Passionate activist documentary on the importance of water as a global life and death issue. 
                            Posted  Apr 18, 2025
                            
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                            C+
                         | The Quiet Ones
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | Disappointing true heist story from Denmark. 
                            Posted  Apr 18, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | The Wedding Banquet
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | An entertaining LGBT pic for all sorts of viewers. 
                            Posted  Apr 17, 2025
                            
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                            C+
                         | The Life List
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | A feel-good rom/com. 
                            Posted  Apr 17, 2025
                            
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                            C+
                         | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | A rather blah film. 
                            Posted  Apr 16, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Another Simple Favor
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | To enjoy this pic you have to roll with its absurdities. 
                            Posted  Apr 16, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Fight or Flight
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | For action pic fans, this a flight worth taking. 
                            Posted  Apr 15, 2025
                            
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                            B-
                         | Magic Hour
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | A heartfelt indie romantic tale. 
                            Posted  Apr 15, 2025
                            
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                            C-
                         | Gunslingers
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | It's a drab film with a large body count. 
                            Posted  Apr 14, 2025
                            
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                            C
                         | 825 Forest Road
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | A flawed but entertaining paranormal horror pic. 
                            Posted  Apr 13, 2025
                            
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                            C+
                         | The Safe House
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | A series of vignettes relating to everyday events. 
                            Posted  Apr 12, 2025
                            
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                            C
                         | The Amateur
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | A preposterous film. 
                            Posted  Apr 11, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | State of Grace
                    
                    
                        (1990) | Dennis Schwartz | A well-acted, lyrically written and solid thriller. 
                            Posted  Apr 09, 2025
                            
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                            B
                         | Invention
                    
                    
                        (2024) | Dennis Schwartz | A wonky work of docufiction. 
                            Posted  Apr 09, 2025
                            
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                            C+
                         | The Woman in the Yard
                    
                    
                        (2025) | Dennis Schwartz | More fitting as a folklore than a horror tale. 
                            Posted  Apr 08, 2025
                            
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