Author: Shoshy Ciment
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‘A Ghost Story’ leaves you haunted and confused
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A Ghost Story is a meditative look on the experience of death. Well, meditative is an understatement. A Ghost Story almost never strays from its sloth-like pace and overall vibe of pretentiousness, making the entire…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Apparently, Dead Men Tell No (New) Tales
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Dead men tell no tales. Neither do movies on the fifth go-around, apparently. However, the latest installment in Disney’s goldmine franchise proved two things. One, that a return to the glory days of Pirates, while…
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‘Sleight’ deceives and dupes, but not in the way you’d want
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Sleight can best be described as deceptive. Not because of its featured magic tricks or nifty card illusions. Those are mediocre at best. Sleight deceives you with the promise of a thriller with a magical…
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A ‘Beauty and the Beast’ for the Modern Age
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Beauty and the Beast may be timeless, but Disney’s latest revamp of the “tale as old as time” is steeped in special effects and themes of the 21st century. This reimagined live-action Beauty and the…
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James McAvoy saves otherwise disappointing ‘Split’
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M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller, Split, seemed like a glimmer of hope for Shyamalan supporters. It had all the makings of a perfect thriller. A hostage situation created by a maniac suffering with dissociative identity disorder should…