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Brent Leuthold

Brent Leuthold

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Likable acting shines in good, not great ‘Belfast’

Irish writer/director Kenneth Branagh brings the memories of his childhood to the big screen with Belfast, a slight but sweet slice-of-life story with winsome performances that make up for the […]

‘Red Notice’ Review: Big-name stars can’t keep flick from falling flat

On their comedy companion channel Netflix Is a Joke, the streaming giant has a series called Written Entirely by Bots, comprised of animated shorts allegedly written by a computer program […]

‘Finch’ Review: Three great performances lift apocalyptic story

Leave it to America’s Dad to make the end of the world more palatable. Tom Hanks’ latest sci-fi vehicle Finch finds the star in the titular role as a robotics […]

‘Last Night in Soho’ Review: Inventive direction can’t overcome weak writing

Following up his music documentary The Sparks Brothers from earlier this year, director Edgar Wright continues to expand past his comedy roots with Last Night in Soho, a shoddy but […]

‘Dune’ Review: Sci-fi novel turned masterful big-screen thriller

As well-regarded as Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 novel Dune is, it’s had quite the journey making it to the big screen. First, there was a failed attempt in the mid-1970s […]

‘Halloween Kills’ Review: Swings between scares and ‘who cares?’

All things considered, horror movies aren’t dissimilar from comedies. Both benefit greatly from the element of surprise and suffer most when redundancy renders story beats predictable. One has setups and […]

‘No Time To Die’ Review: Craig’s swan song as Bond delivers entertainment

After a year and a half of delays, James Bond is finally back. No Time To Die is the 25th movie in the series, but most notably, it’s the fifth […]

‘The Guilty’ Review: Taut thriller keeps you on the line until the final frame

It’s no secret that American remakes of foreign-language films often fall short of their predecessors. For every success like The Departed or The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, there seem […]

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Review: Adaptation of musical nothing but cringe, bad takes

Based on the Tony Award-winning smash of the same name, the new movie musical Dear Evan Hansen is an unmitigated disaster, a winding road of cringe-inducing character moments and baffling […]