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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
Your blood pressure will go up to dangerous levels while watching this.
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The Wages of Fear
(1953)
100%
95%
Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
It's a little bit scary, but it's hopeful and says we can still catch up.
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Counted Out
(2024)
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
This is it. This is the one. This is the definitive version.
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The Count of Monte-Cristo
(2024)
97%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
There is a cultural divide that doesn't quite translate in the way they talk to each other, but after about a half an hour, you go with it.
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The Room Next Door
(2024)
80%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
It's very well made... and it really touches on some interesting issues.
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Homestead
(2024)
43%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
I'm the grouch and scrooge here... It all ends with a giant explosion of CG.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
(2024)
86%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
Uninspired and unnecessary.
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Mufasa: The Lion King
(2024)
56%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Feb 11, 2025
The details are so intensely well thought-out that you might mistakenly run to Wikipedia to look up László Tóth.
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The Brutalist
(2024)
93%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Jan 17, 2025
I wish it had the epic feel that the story warrants.
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The Return
(2024)
78%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Jan 17, 2025
The problem here is that it's neither biblical nor scholarly.
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Mary
(2024)
29%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Jan 17, 2025
I admire the craft of it, but I can't say I felt rewarded by watching it.
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The Girl With the Needle
(2024)
93%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Jan 17, 2025
Perfectly fine and serviceable as an underdog sports drama.
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Unstoppable
(2024)
76%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Jan 17, 2025
It's just aimless. "The End," ironically, never seems to be heading toward one.
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The End
(2024)
57%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Jan 17, 2025
A nice resumé piece for Jack Huston as a director. It's not a great film, but a very well-made one.
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Day of the Fight
(2023)
85%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Jan 17, 2025
Everyone here is terrific, it's really well done and very compelling, but ultimately -- because I'm so familiar with the story -- it just didn't hit quite as strong as I wanted it to hit.
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The Order
(2024)
93%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Jan 17, 2025
If this were an essay that would be one thing... But [Marielle Heller] is handicapped by the material.
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Nightbitch
(2024)
59%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
This is tremendous and needs to be considered a frontrunner for all the documentary awards.
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The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
(2024)
97%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
There's nothing new here, but there are tidbits I found really compelling.
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Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid!
(2024)
100%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
It's a nice little psychological thriller.
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Magpie
(2024)
81%
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Wade Major
FilmWeek (LAist)
Nov 13, 2024
If you're not deeply steeped in Hitchcock, this is a wonderful introduction.
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My Name is Alfred Hitchcock
(2022)
93%
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