Posts tagged laurence fishburne
REVIEW: ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ should have started from scratch
REVIEW: ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ should have started from scratch

Bafflingly, the question posed by the film’s title doesn’t really come into force until halfway through. And various storytelling devices intended to tame the movie’s shaggy bits, like voiceover by the protagonist’s daughter and flashback exposition-dumps, are too inconsistently applied to keep anything in check. 

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Film, New ReleasesRobert Snowwhered you go bernadette, richard linklater, cate blanchett, billy crudup, judy greer, laurence fishburne, kristen wiig, drama, comedy, movie, filmComment
REVIEW: ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum’ is almost too much of a good thing
REVIEW: ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum’ is almost too much of a good thing

The movie adds 167 deaths alone - more than half the total - and many of these come in lengthy, technically dazzling scenes whose only crime is that there’s too much of them. It sounds odd, but for all the thrills and grim laughs in Chapter 3, the movie could do with being 10 or 15 minutes shorter.

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Film, New ReleasesRobert Snowjohn wick, chapter 3, parabellum, chad stahelski, keanu reeves, laurence fishburne, ian mcshane, asia kate dillon, mark dacascos, action, thriller, movie, film, reviewComment