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KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023)

October 22, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, K, Oscars 2024

“the whole felt disjointed, loose and disappointing for 3.5 hrs”

October 22, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, John Lithgow, Brendan Fraser, Cara Jade Myers, Jason Isbell, Scott Shepherd, Louis Cancelmi

2023, 5, CRIME, DRAMA, K, Oscars 2024

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KNOCK AT THE CABIN (2023)

February 08, 2023 by Jacob Nelson in 2023, 4, DISASTER, HORROR, K, THRILLER

“a film that, beyond the short story premise of intrigue and stakes, falls genuinely flat”

February 08, 2023 /Jacob Nelson /Source

M. Night Shyamalan, Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Rupert Grint, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ben Aldridge, Abby Quinn, Kristen Cui

2023, 4, DISASTER, HORROR, K, THRILLER

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THE KING'S MEN (2021)

March 03, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, K

“most vibrant element that is missing from this volume of the franchise was the fun”

March 03, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Djimon Hounsou, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Valerie Pachner, Daniel Bruhl, Tom Hollander, Stanley Tucci, Harris Dickinson, Matthew Vaughn

2021, 4, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, K

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KIMI (2022)

February 17, 2022 by Jacob Nelson in 2022, 5, DRAMA, K, THRILLER

“A fine if somewhat lacking thriller”

February 17, 2022 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Steven Soderbergh, Zoe Kravitz, Byron Bowers

2022, 5, DRAMA, K, THRILLER

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KING RICHARD (2021)

November 22, 2021 by Jacob Nelson in 2021, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, K, SPORTS, Oscars 2022

“Did you see the trailer? Then you saw the whole film”

November 22, 2021 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Reinaldo Marcus Green, Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn

2021, 5, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, K, SPORTS, Oscars 2022

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KAJILLIONAIRE (2020)

December 29, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2020, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, K

“strings holding this shaky structure together were gaunt and my amusement was abortive”

December 29, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Miranda July, Evan Rachel Wood, Richard Jenkins, Gina Rodriguez, Debra Winger, Mark Ivanir

2020, 5, COMEDY, DRAMA, K

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KILLERS WITHIN (2019)

October 30, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 4, CRIME, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, K

“its main selling point is the reptillians”

October 30, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Paul Bushe, Brian O'Neill, Sue Walsh, Jeff Doyle, Johnny Elliott, Sinead O'Riordan, Sam Lucas Smith

2019, 4, CRIME, FOREIGN, HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, K

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KNIVES AND SKIN (2019)

May 21, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 5, DRAMA, K

“Everyone in pain, guarded, exposed in the bizarre”

May 21, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Jennifer Reeder, Kate Arrington, Tim Hopper, James Vincent Meredith, Marika Engelhardt, Audrey Francis, Grace Smith, Raven Whitley, Ireon Roach

2019, 5, DRAMA, K

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KLAUS (2019)

January 17, 2020 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, ANIMATED, FAMILY, HOLIDAYS, K, Oscars 2020

“swept me up in its mix of whimsy and modern cynicism”

January 17, 2020 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martínez López, Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso, Norm MacDonald, Joan Cusack

2019, 6, ANIMATED, FAMILY, HOLIDAYS, K, Oscars 2020

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KNIVES OUT (2019)

December 02, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 7, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, K, Oscars 2020

“his is Rian Johnson’s best film in years and a damn fun way to spend an afternoon at the movies”

December 02, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Rian Johnson, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Lakeith Stanfield, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, Katherine Langford, Frank Oz, Jaeden Martell, Riki Lindhome

2019, 7, COMEDY, CRIME, DRAMA, K, Oscars 2020

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THE KING (2019)

November 20, 2019 by Jacob Nelson in 2019, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, K

“finely crafted and enjoyable breeze, at least as far as old English tales of royal intrigue go”

November 20, 2019 /Jacob Nelson /Source

David Michôd, Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn, Timothée Chalemet, Joel Edgerton, Thomasin McKenzie, Robert Pattinson, Lily-Rose Depp

2019, 6, BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA, K

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KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017)

December 28, 2018 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 7, DRAMA, K, THRILLER

“I can never be sure if I like it, but I envy its complexity and foreignness”

December 28, 2018 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Yorgos Lanthimos, Raffey Cassidy, Colin Farrell, Barry Koeghan, Nicole Kidman, Alicia Silverstone, Sunny Suljic, Bill Camp

2017, 7, DRAMA, K, THRILLER

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KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD (2017)

December 11, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 3, ACTION, FANTASY, K

"This is a hyper smorgasbord of flash and unnecessary that will leave you saying…”meh”."

December 11, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Guy Ritchie, Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou, Eric Bana, Aidan Gillen, Poppy Delevingne

2017, 3, ACTION, FANTASY, K

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KONG: SKULL ISLAND (2017)

April 22, 2017 by Jacob Nelson in 2017, 3, ACTION, FANTASY, K, Oscars 2018

"superficial and spectacularly unsatisfying"

April 22, 2017 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, John Goodman, Corey Hawkins, John Ortiz, Tian Jing, Toby Kebbell

2017, 3, ACTION, FANTASY, K, Oscars 2018

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KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (2016)

November 21, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2016, 8, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FANTASY, K, Oscars 2017

"Few if any animated kids films fill the characters with such pathos and melancholy."

November 21, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Travis Knight, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Rooney Mara

2016, 8, ANIMATED, FAMILY, FANTASY, K, Oscars 2017

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KRISHA (2015)

October 14, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 8, DRAMA, K

"Amazing film and one of the best inaugural filmmaker efforts I have seen"

October 14, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Trey Edward Shults, Krisha Fairchild, Alex Dobrenko, Robyn Fairchild

2015, 8, DRAMA, K

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KNIGHT OF CUPS (2015)

March 24, 2016 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 4, DRAMA, K, ROMANCE

" A visually resplendent film that doesn't hit the mark."

March 24, 2016 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Terrence Malick, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Natalie Portman, Brian Dennehy, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Imogen Poots, Wes Bentley

2015, 4, DRAMA, K, ROMANCE

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KUNG FURY (2015)

May 28, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 8, ACTION, K, SCIENCE FICTION, SHORTS

" Strap on your Power Glove and thank the crowd funding gods that this 30 minutes of insanity got made."

May 28, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source

2015, 8, ACTION, K, SCIENCE FICTION, SHORTS

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KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (2014)

May 19, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2015, 6, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, K, SPY

"It's popcorn nonsense, but it was still surprisingly munchable."

May 19, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source

Matthew Vaughn, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson

2015, 6, ACTION, COMIC BOOK, K, SPY

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KILLER LEGENDS (2014)

April 07, 2015 by Jacob Nelson in 2014, 4, DRAMA, K

"told in a TV movie/Bigfoot Hunters kind of way"

April 07, 2015 /Jacob Nelson /Source

2014, 4, DRAMA, K

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