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Review of The Many Saints of Newark (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 01 Oct 2021

While Chase, Taylor and Konner figure out a way to give us a half-assed rundown of the gangster rise-and-fall we saw again and again in the…

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Review of Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 27 Sep 2021

I could dig into any number of the movie’s unfortunate choices, bad decisions or downright detestable elements—sprinkling in faint…

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Review of The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 20 Sep 2021

The weary and plodding story putters along the redemption arc’s curve, losing faith even in itself along the way…

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Review of Cry Macho (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 15 Sep 2021

Eastwood’s been riding off into the sunset for decades now, and Cry Macho’s creaky, lackadaisical hat-wave is a feature-length parody…

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Review of Martyrs Lane (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 07 Sep 2021

Familiar pieces playing a familiar game to familiar ends won’t make Martyrs Lane anyone’s favorite horror movie, but it’s put…

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Review of Worth (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 07 Sep 2021

A story that could truly individualize a massive, era-defining tragedy…

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Review of Together (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 31 Aug 2021

Together, from director Stephen Daldry and writer Dennis Kelly, succeeds by candidly approaching the subject head-on—literally, as its…

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Review of Candyman (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 25 Aug 2021

While the kills, perpetrated by a being mostly just seen in mirrors, are sometimes a bit too obfuscated by their gimmick to be viscerally…

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Review of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 23 Aug 2021

The main attractions for Marvel’s Ten Ring circus are better when freed from the MCU’s captivity…

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Review of Reminiscence (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 20 Aug 2021

A film about nostalgic escape play-acting an old-fashioned genre has plenty of meta potential to comment upon the entertainment…

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Review of Raging Fire (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 09 Aug 2021

Despite a few moments of heightened bliss that remind us what kind of talent it has in front of the camera (and the operatic possibilities…

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Review of Annette (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 04 Aug 2021

Like the rest of Annette, the dry humor isn’t funny enough to fully sustain its cool-kid commentary and the filmmaking is never grand…

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Review of Pray Away (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 02 Aug 2021

Despite its important subject and impressive access, the surprisingly surface-level film doesn’t have much to say…

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Review of Nine Days (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 29 Jul 2021

Nine Days marks Oda as one of our most exciting new directors, a filmmaker possessing an innovative cinematic mind with a heart to match…

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Review of The Suicide Squad (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 28 Jul 2021

Gunn and crew have made that vibe, alternating between inventive and bloody battle and ballbusting hang-out sesh, their delightful spandex…

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Review of Jungle Cruise (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 27 Jul 2021

Director Jaume Collet-Serra and his fully crewed vessel of writers never sink all the way to the bottom, but the very best they accomplish…

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Review of Jolt (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 23 Jul 2021

Jolt’s generic results are so far removed from its high-concept electrical premise that you have to wonder: Watt the hell happened…

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Review of Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 14 Jul 2021

In truth, this isn’t a movie about understanding why—a question that desperately wants an easy answer to a complicated problem—but…

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Review of Pig (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 14 Jul 2021

Part of Pig’s impactful, moving charm is its restraint. It’s a world only hinted at in 87 minutes, but with a satisfying emotional thoroughness…

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Review of Zola (2021)

By Jacob Oller (247) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 29 Jun 2021

It’s a movie by a Black woman about a Black woman (that barely, blessedly avoided being directed by James Franco) that doesn’t just…

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