
William Bibbiani
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‘Thirteen Lives’ Film Review: Ron Howard Spelunks Cautiously Into Cave-Rescue Tale
By William Bibbiani | August 5, 2022 @ 12:05 PMOn the heels of two docs about the rescue of a Thai soccer team, Howard could have used less restraint and more emotion in retelling this story
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‘Resurrection’ Film Review: Rebecca Hall Keeps a Firm Grasp on Unsettling Familial Horror
By William Bibbiani | August 5, 2022 @ 9:50 AMWriter-director Andrew Semans’ script takes a big narrative swing, but Hall, Tim Roth and Grace Kaufman make it all seem believable
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‘I Love My Dad’ Film Review: Patton Oswalt Catfishing Saga Flirts With Comedy and Tragedy
By William Bibbiani | August 5, 2022 @ 7:50 AMJames Morosini’s autobiographical tale of flirting online with a girl who turned out to be his estranged dad isn’t afraid to dig into the story’s squirmier sides
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The ‘Alien’ and ‘Predator’ Movies, Ranked Worst to Best
By William Bibbiani | August 4, 2022 @ 9:03 AMHow does ”Prey“ rate among these two intertwining franchises?
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‘Prey’ Film Review: Suspenseful ‘Predator’ Prequel Revitalizes Monster-Alien Franchise
By William Bibbiani | August 3, 2022 @ 12:57 PMSet among indigenous North American peoples in the 18th century, this latest entry thrillingly goes back to basics
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‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’ Film Review: Charm and Good Humor Fit Perfectly in This Chic Fairy Tale
By William Bibbiani | July 12, 2022 @ 8:40 AMLesley Manville is marvelous as a London cleaning lady with haute-couture dreams in this exhilaratingly sweet celebration of people at their best
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‘Fire of Love’ Film Review: Married Scientists Devote Their Lives to Each Other, and to Volcanoes
By William Bibbiani | July 6, 2022 @ 9:40 AMThe nature-documentary footage of lava is awe-inspiring, as is the love story of volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft
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All 33 Elvis Movies, Ranked from Worst to Good (Photos)
By William Bibbiani | June 24, 2022 @ 8:16 AMWith Baz Luhrmann’s ”Elvis“ hitting theaters, it’s time to look at The King’s checkered history as a movie star
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‘Watcher’ Film Review: Maika Monroe Stares Down a Potential Killer in an Intense But Low-Key Thriller
By William Bibbiani | June 22, 2022 @ 5:00 PMDirector Chloe Okuno is less interested in cheap thrills than in exploring the ways that women are ignored when they talk about men being dangerous
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‘Allswell’ Film Review: Ensemble Cast Captures the Warm Embrace, and Prickly Challenges, of Family
By William Bibbiani | June 14, 2022 @ 1:48 PMTribeca Festival 2022: Co-written by its lead actors and director, this ensemble piece understands its characters enough to love and forgive them
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‘The YouTube Effect’ Film Review: Alex Winter Traces the History of the Ubiquitous Website
By William Bibbiani | June 11, 2022 @ 1:45 PMTribeca Film Festival 2022: Beauty and horror, algorithms and monetization, free expression and conspiracy theories — they’re all just a click away
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Every David Cronenberg Film, Ranked Least-Great to Most-Great (Photos)
By William Bibbiani | June 10, 2022 @ 6:03 PMWhere does ”Crimes of the Future“ (2022) rank among the Canadian auteur’s filmography?
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‘Lost Illusions’ Film Review: Balzac Adaptation Proves His Media Satire Still Stings
By William Bibbiani | June 9, 2022 @ 3:30 PMThis César-winner for Best Picture shows that not much has changed between 19th-century Parisian scandal sheets and the Twitter hot take
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‘DASHCAM’ Film Review: Like an Internet Troll, In-Your-Face Horror Movie’s Shock Turns to Tedium
By William Bibbiani | June 2, 2022 @ 4:45 PMRob Savage’s follow-up to ”Host“ is another COVID tale, but it digs itself into a hole without finding any depth
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‘Zero Contact’ Film Review: Anthony Hopkins Zoom-Call Thriller Lays a Goose Egg
By William Bibbiani | May 27, 2022 @ 1:56 PMShot remotely via the COVID-19 lockdown, this sci-fi stinker offers little beyond technobabble and exposition dumps