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Review: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

By Deirdre Crimmins
June 3, 2016
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Leading into the long summer of super serious blockbusters, it is nice to have a spot of silliness to cleanse the palate. And Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is just that; a delightfully silly breath of fresh air to remind us that Hollywood is capable periodically removing its own head from its ass.

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Review: Alice Through the Looking Glass

By Deirdre Crimmins
May 27, 2016
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Mia Wasikowska stars in Disney's ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

While Alice Through the Looking Glass is not as terrible or insufferable as Tim Burton’s first foray into Lewis Carroll’s world, the same word kept repeating in my mind while watching the 3D film: Waste.

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Review: The Nice Guys

By Greg Vellante
May 20, 2016
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Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe star in Warner Bros. Pictures' THE NICE GUYS

Amidst a cocktail of cigarette smoke, booze, Yoo-hoo, blood, morality and slapstick, we find The Nice Guys—Shane Black’s latest Los Angeles crime yarn, set in the late 70s, about a duo of investigative idiots following the trail of a missing girl to discover both conspiracy and corruption.

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Review: X-Men: Apocalypse

By Jaskee Hickman
May 19, 2016
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Oscar Isaac stars in 20th Century Fox's X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

In artistic ventures, it can rarely be considered a good thing to ignore the sensible and the logical. It’s something that many can appreciate even in a movie as unrealistic as X-Men: Apocalypse.

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Review: Kill Zone 2 (SPL 2: A Time for Consequences)

By Jaskee Hickman
May 17, 2016
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Zhang Jin and Tony Jaa star in Well Go USA's KILL ZONE 2 (SPL2: A TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES)

For the most part, it helps when movies tend to need stories. That’s what we always anticipate, but they’re not always important or even good. That’s a problem that Kill Zone 2 (SPL 2: A Time for Consequences) has.

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Timothée Chalamet and Josh Brolin star in Warner Bros. Pictures' DUNE PART 2

Review: Dune Part 2

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Joe Taslim as Sub-Zero in Warner Bros. Pictures' MORTAL KOMBAT

Review: Mortal Kombat (2021)

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Eddie Murphy stars in Amazon's COMING 2 AMERICA

Review: Coming 2 America

Jaskee Hickman
March 5, 2021

Promos/Contests

Attend Boston’s Advance Screening of Wonka

Jaskee Hickman
December 4, 2023

CINEMATIC ESSENTIAL is offering you a chance to attend Boston’s advance screening of Warner Bros. …

Trailers

Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy star in Amazon's COMING 2 AMERICA

Coming 2 America – Official Trailer

Zach Braff, Robert De Niro, and Emile Hirsch star in Cloudburst Entertainment's THE COMEBACK TRAIL

The Comeback Trail- Official Trailer

Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas star in MGM Studios' NO TIME TO DIE

No Time to Die – Official Trailer 2

2 HEARTS poster

2 Hearts – Official Trailer

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Interviews

Behind the Scenes image of Ben Dickey and Ethan Hawke on the set of IFC Films' BLAZE

Interview with Director Ethan Hawke of Blaze

Jaskee Hickman
September 24, 2018

Cinematic Analysis

Official Poster of BLADE RUNNER

Cinematic Analysis: Is Blade Runner a Masterpiece?

Jaskee Hickman
December 7, 2016
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