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Review of Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 11 Oct 2017

I prefer when it's witty and funny to when it's being melodramatic…

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Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 05 Oct 2017

It took 35 years for a sequel to be made to Blade Runner. But it's a great movie sequel that dishonors no one -- least of all the audience…

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Review of Marshall (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 04 Oct 2017

It's not at all anomalous to see it on a theater screen…

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Review of American Made (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 28 Sep 2017

Enjoyment is virtually guaranteed. Misgivings are optional. They're for the walk out into the parking lot -- and after…

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Review of Gender Wars (2015)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 27 Sep 2017

It's not just an irresistible entertainment by the two directors who gave us Little Miss Sunshine and written by the writer who gave us…

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Review of Battle of the Sexes (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 27 Sep 2017

It's not just an irresistible entertainment by the two directors who gave us Little Miss Sunshine and written by the writer who gave us…

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Review of Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 20 Sep 2017

The thing is an over-the-top parody of going over-the-top--frantic, very silly, adolescently giggly, and nastily violent, all at the same…

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Review of Rebel in the Rye (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 20 Sep 2017

I set a personal record watching Rebel in the Rye. I have never before hated a film this quickly and thoroughly…

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Review of American Assassin (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 14 Sep 2017

It's a watchable thriller -- not all that great but worth trying again at least one more time to smooth things out and see if something…

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Review of mother! (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 13 Sep 2017

Make it simple--until Mother! insists on making sense, it had the makings of a crazy classic…

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Review of Mother (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 13 Sep 2017

Make it simple--until Mother! insists on making sense, it had the makings of a crazy classic…

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Review of Mother (2016)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 13 Sep 2017

Make it simple--until Mother! insists on making sense, it had the makings of a crazy classic…

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Review of It (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 06 Sep 2017

I liked the kids but this one's mostly for King fans and horror film lovers…

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Review of Home Again (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 06 Sep 2017

If you must see it, for whatever reason, you'll find Witherspoon's scenes with the always-superb Michael Sheen watchable in a way that…

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Review of Good Time (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 23 Aug 2017

[Hoffman is] no Pacino or Hoffman but he's more than good enough opting for a performance from their playbook…

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Review of Gone with the Wind (1939)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 17 Aug 2017

I still find the movie vile and offensive in every important part…

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Review of Wind River (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 16 Aug 2017

Even on a hot night, audiences might find themselves shivering at this movie…

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Review of Logan Lucky (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 15 Aug 2017

There's no question that the film is full of gentle, good-natured mockery of the sort of knucklehead culture that we call redneck but it's…

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Review of The Glass Castle (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 09 Aug 2017

The movie is, at times, very difficult to watch--such is the pain and audience discomfort at this tale of acute parental dysfunction and…

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Review of Detroit (2017)

By Jeff Simon (157) for Buffalo News (278) on 03 Aug 2017

It unsurprising that Detroit is the most important film of the movie summer…

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