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Review: <i>VHYes</i>
Virginia Yapp

Review: VHYes

Jan 16th, 2020
I never had a TV set in my room when I was growing up, so I’d have to sneak past my parents’ bedroom door, creep down the thickly carpeted...
Review: <i>Maleficent: Mistress of Darkness</i>
Virginia Yapp

Review: Maleficent: Mistress of Darkness

Oct 18th, 2019
Once upon a time (wait, actually just this week), Disney released a live-action sequel that literally no one asked for that actually seemed to boast...
REVIEW: <i>Lucy in the Sky</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: Lucy in the Sky

Oct 9th, 2019
It’s a tale as old as time: Married astronaut begins torrid affair with recently divorced co-worker; co-worker breaks off relationship, gets new...
Fantastic Fest Review: <i>Saint Maud</i>
Virginia Yapp

Fantastic Fest Review: Saint Maud

Sep 27th, 2019
Thorns and nails pressing into raw flesh, limbs twisting and contorting beyond the limits of nature, flames not-so-gently lapping at bare skin —...
Fantastic Fest Review: <i>Deerskin</i>
Virginia Yapp

Fantastic Fest Review: Deerskin

Sep 27th, 2019
I suppose there are multiple ways to go about having a good old-fashioned masculine midlife crisis — it just depends on your level of commitment....
REVIEW: <i>The Peanut Butter Falcon</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: The Peanut Butter Falcon

Sep 13th, 2019
Some things just go together: spaghetti and meatballs, ham and cheese, beans and rice, peanut butter and… freshly caught fish? You have to hand it...
REVIEW: <i>Hustlers</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: Hustlers

Sep 13th, 2019
With her new film, Hustlers, writer-director Lorene Scafaria (The Meddler, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) wants to take you back to a...
REVIEW: <i>It: Chapter Two</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: It: Chapter Two

Sep 7th, 2019
Before I get into grading It: Chapter Two, I’ll admit to being a bit baffled by the runaway success (commercially, but also critically) of its...
REVIEW: <i>Blinded by the Light</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: Blinded by the Light

Aug 24th, 2019
When the forces of the universe collide and you have the good fortune to approach the right piece of art at the right age, something magical happens....
REVIEW: <i>Ready or Not</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: Ready or Not

Aug 21st, 2019
The rich sure do love their rituals, huh? That’s something that Ready or Not heroine Grace (Samara Weaving) finds out incredibly early on in her...
REVIEW: <i>47 Meters Down: Uncaged</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: 47 Meters Down: Uncaged

Aug 16th, 2019
Summer 2019’s incredibly claustrophobic B-movie creature features are all about doubling — or even tripling — down on danger. First, there was...
REVIEW: <i>Where'd You Go, Bernadette</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Aug 16th, 2019
Remember Elizabethtown? If not, let me refresh your memory. Back in 2005, Cameron Crowe’s would-be opus was widely panned by critics and audiences...
REVIEW: <i>Luce</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: Luce

Aug 9th, 2019
Here’s the thing about movie endings that are intentionally left open to interpretation: They only work if the audience leaves the theater...
REVIEW: <i>Dora and the Lost City of Gold</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Aug 9th, 2019
Making a live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon’s long-running animated series Dora the Explorer was always going to be a bit tricky. The...
REVIEW: Psychological Thriller <i>Luz</i>
Virginia Yapp

REVIEW: Psychological Thriller Luz

Aug 2nd, 2019
Less a horror film and more a carnival-style hall of mirrors, writer-director Tilman Singer’s festival hit Luz is an elaborate maze-like debut...
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