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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Aug 6, 2026
80/100
Losznitsa, a director who primarily films documentaries, lets his cameras roll for extended sequences, allowing the spaces to come to life and the characters time to inhabit them.
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Two Prosecutors
(2025)
98%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Aug 6, 2026
30/100
Michôd fails to make Christy’s athletic accomplishments erupt on screen; it lacks the dynamism and contains such an unembellished formula that Christy ends up worth less than the pieces it’s comprised of.
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Christy
(2025)
66%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Aug 6, 2026
60/100
Lord and Miller, after being away for 12 years, have made an exceptionally broad and watchable film with a star (Ryan Gosling) whose affability and vulnerability find a serviceable home in the lead character of Ryland Grace.
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Project Hail Mary
(2026)
95%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Aug 6, 2026
85/100
Nolan shows that the Hollywood superhero genre can contain stories outside of comic book origins while continuing his bent toward contemplative work assessing our place in the annals of history.
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The Odyssey
(2026)
94%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Oct 6, 2025
72/100
Wick is Pain, settles all that noise into a straightforward documentary about the labor of love and behind-the-scenes feuds that turned a little indie action film into another conglomerate film universe with its numerous spin-offs.
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Wick Is Pain
(2025)
100%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Oct 6, 2025
82/100
The world is so lived-in, the cinematography so energizing, and the performances so convincing that one can’t be bothered by the narrative convention we’re witnessing.
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28 Years Later
(2025)
88%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Oct 6, 2025
94/100
A reinterpretation for a new generation, showing that while time turns, things don’t change too much. As the film unfolds, its secret societies, larger-than-life characters, and cartoonish grandiosity give way to a fable steeped in realism.
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One Battle After Another
(2025)
94%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Aug 20, 2025
67/100
The handheld cinematography creates an intimate, secretive quality, as if we’re witnessing memories in the process of forming. This isn’t the polished grief of Hollywood but something rawer and more recognizable.
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Invention
(2024)
95%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Aug 20, 2025
60/100
The narrow scope—both in location and character count—allows Andrews to craft a singularly focused debut that manages to be simple and engaging.
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Bring Them Down
(2024)
90%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Aug 20, 2025
82/100
In the end, Eddington emerges as a singular and sickly American fable, destined to leave nearly equal amounts of dissatisfaction and amusement in its wake.
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Eddington
(2025)
69%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Oct 5, 2024
88/100
The direction is restrained but elegant in its precision, often leaving the camera in place and delicately zooming in and out to accentuate an otherwise static composition. Cinematographer Michal Dymek deftly frames interiors and captures exquisite light
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The Girl With the Needle
(2024)
93%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Sep 30, 2024
76/100
It’s impossible to detect that this is Leonardo Van Dijl’s feature debut as he expertly places Tessa Van den Broeck–in her debut performance–front and center, capturing her performance of Julie through physical action with many long static shots cleverly
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Julie Keeps Quiet
(2024)
93%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Sep 29, 2024
20/100
Another year, another Adèle Exarchopoulos film, and for the first time in a while, a colossal misfire. Planet B, Aude Léa Rapin’s sophomore feature, is the type of science fiction film that makes a typical fan of the genre...have feelings of lamentation.
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Planet B
(2024)
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Sep 29, 2024
76/100
It reminds one of Stefan Zweig in his last days, longing toward a past Vienna he lived through as a child, that...perhaps never entirely existed in the way he remembers. Did the Western world ever value the Socratic method as much as Francis hopes?I
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Megalopolis
(2024)
46%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Aug 16, 2024
30/100
We’re all under the boot of an all-consuming empire, indeed. If only this finished product didn’t remind one quite so much of its final villain.
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Alien: Romulus
(2024)
80%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Jul 26, 2024
54/100
I Saw the TV Glow is another exploration of the truths and falsity we find growing up in the suburbs of America, how impactful each viewer finds this rendition of these ideas and feelings will determine how much they do or don’t enjoy it.
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I Saw the TV Glow
(2024)
85%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Jul 26, 2024
54/100
...avoids striking visual choice and opts for familiar patinas and frames, and lets his stars do the heavy lifting. There’s certainly something to appreciate, though one senses this film reads better off the page than it does witnessed on the screen.
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Mothers' Instinct
(2024)
55%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Jul 26, 2024
50/100
Should Oniunas-Pusić further develop her tone control, she’ll become a filmmaker to contend with. Tuesday is a sloppy and sincere mixed bag, heavily reliant on middling CGI.
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Tuesday
(2023)
76%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Jul 26, 2024
78/100
Hit Man is a smile and a wink. It’s charming and knows it; it’s fun and knows it; it’s flimsy and celebrates it. Splendidly cast, well-directed, and pleasant to watch, it may feel like a live-action cartoon, but what’s more Americana than that?
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Hit Man
(2023)
95%
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Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies
Jul 26, 2024
80/100
While feeling old hat in many ways, Coup de Chance also feels like a fresh breath in. At its best, a Woody Allen film can charm us all into it. Sure, it’s a familiar scenario, but the score and editing punctuate each note with care.
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Coup de Chance
(2023)
83%
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