“The American Society of Magical Negroes” has a top-quality romance film, worth its own motion picture, weighed down by the usual conversations and monologues on American racial relations.
While DeWanda Wise delivers a notable performance, the story of “Imaginary” makes it for naught.
While Damsel has a lead and story that could have packed a punch, it avoids the sense of danger and triumph it could have, like Elodie does dragon’s breath.
Seemingly inspired by Jennifer Lopez’s own journey to find her forever love, “This Is Me… Now” encapsulates Lopez’s past in a way that could cause mixed feelings.
Andrea Bang stars in “Float,” which puts a dry romance front and center over all the ways this could have been intriguing.
“Lisa Frankenstein” doesn’t merely ride the wave of Frankenstein-type movies but carves out its own little niche thanks to the combination of those in front of and behind the camera.
In what is another push to transform Kevin Hart from his “Big Little Man” persona into a legitimate action star, he leads a heist crew forced to work for Interpol.
In many ways, “Origins” feels like a one-hour documentary turned 2+ hour drama despite having strong enough thoughts and messages that didn’t need a dramatization.
“Night Swim” may scratch that itch for horror fans who need a jump scare, but it certainly won’t start off the year on a high note for Blumhouse like “M3GAN” did.
While “The Book of Clarence” may seem potentially controversial because it contains Jesus of Nazareth, outside of some of the conversations it could start, it is tame to the point of being boring.
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