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Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Apr 10, 2019 7/10 Ramen Shop ends up simultaneously being a pilgrimage and exorcism [whose] heartwarming tale of love overcoming prejudice [becomes] a visual smorgasbord of food porn. Go to Full Review Ramen Shop (2018) 86% - -

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Apr 5, 2019 5/10 This Pet Sematary uses its characters so that its conceit can scare us when it should be the conceit that lets the Creeds frighten us by turning a mirror onto ourselves. Go to Full Review Pet Sematary (2019) 58% 29%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Mar 26, 2019 4/10 Hotel Mumbai tries so hard to separate Indian from Lashkar-e-Taiba that it forgets to separate out Islam too [as things] quickly devolve from docudrama to survival thriller. Go to Full Review Hotel Mumbai (2018) 76% - -

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Mar 19, 2019 7/10 While the movie might not be necessary, Moore's performance surely is. Go to Full Review Gloria Bell (2018) 90% - -

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Mar 14, 2019 7/10 Writer/director Milorad Krstic has combined his love for painting and film into an action thriller as surreal as it is familiar. Go to Full Review Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018) 82% - -

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Mar 8, 2019 7/10 Rather than watch Danvers take her human intangibles and leverage them to become a hero, we witness as a soldier of war rejects indoctrination [to see] the cost being paid. Go to Full Review Captain Marvel (2019) 79% 45%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Mar 3, 2019 8/10 It's childhood versus adolescence and the chasm created despite having just a couple years of separation colored by the addition of a conditioned gender divide between them. Go to Full Review The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) 84% 79%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Feb 2, 2019 8/10 In lesser hands the film would ask us to pity the Shibatas' impoverished plight. The way [Koreeda] presents them, however, has us basking in their independence, love, and joy. Go to Full Review Shoplifters (2018) 99% 91%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Jan 29, 2019 7/10 With two-thirds of the run-time dealing in their joy of being on-stage, you might be surprised to discover just how poignant things will soon get. Go to Full Review Stan & Ollie (2018) 92% 83%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Jan 18, 2019 6/10 So while what happens is cool, it comes at the cost of being a better standalone than sequel. [It's] more about the twist than the journey, something his best work [avoids]. Go to Full Review Glass (2019) 37% 59%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Jan 11, 2019 7/10 The reason we look beyond the strings is a result of Roberts and Lucas Hedges buying into their characters' flaws and responsibility for what's happened. Go to Full Review Ben Is Back (2018) 81% 69%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Jan 2, 2019 9/10 The look of 1950s Brooklyn and Ireland is beautiful-each glimpse more idyllic than the next to render the film a fairy tale of sorts... Go to Full Review Brooklyn (2015) 97% 87%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Dec 28, 2018 6/10 Vice isn't scathing enough to offset its inherent humanizing geniality. Go to Full Review Vice (2018) 64% 61%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Dec 23, 2018 7/10 Aquaman dares to be its own beast. And with a charismatic hero at its center to bridge the divide, DC remembers playfulness can actually be a boon. Go to Full Review Aquaman (2018) 66% 72%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Dec 15, 2018 8/10 It might be Lanthimos' most straightforward piece since Dogtooth, its dry humor keeping us sharp and ready to expect the unexpected. Go to Full Review The Favourite (2018) 93% 70%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Dec 7, 2018 6/10 This is very much an artist lovingly commemorating an artist he holds dear [and in that regard] quite possibly more a film about Schnabel himself than Van Gogh. Go to Full Review At Eternity's Gate (2018) 78% 65%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Dec 2, 2018 4/10 It's factory-line horror as predictable as it is bland. Go to Full Review The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) 23% 28%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Nov 28, 2018 9/10 Beneath its basic premise [...] lie complex themes that branch out towards social, economical, cultural, and racial divides. Go to Full Review Widows (2018) 91% 61%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Nov 17, 2018 6/10 I'm still with it-for now. I'm going to believe Rowling is taking this route of undermining her protagonists with purpose, but she better prove it to me in the next one. Go to Full Review Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) 36% 54%

Jared Mobarak BuffaloVibe Nov 9, 2018 5/10 It's as though Kajganich wanted to shake any style over substance gripes so vehemently that he overcompensated by putting in too much substance. Go to Full Review Suspiria (2018) 65% 72%