Movie reviews of Alex Brannan

These are all the movies and series that Alex has reviewed. Read more at: CineFiles Movie Reviews.

Number of movie reviews: 659 / 659

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If your expectations for M3GAN are calibrated just right, then this will be a light and fun experience. Review

7.5

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2023-01-07

2023

The Whale is a tonal misfire. It goes for haunting and grotesque in moments where it would be better served going for compassion, and it goes for compassion far too late (and with far too much fervor) to make up for it. Review

5.0

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2023-01-02

2023

Triangle of Sadness ultimately stumbles to bring its triptych structure together into a cohesive whole. It’s all good fun, but I strain to thread together a meaningful takeaway beyond the obvious. Review

7.5

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2022-12-30

2022

Birdemic 3 isn’t even a Birdemic movie until the final 20 minutes. Review

0.0

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2022-09-26

2022

Mister Organ, a spiritual sequel of sorts to Tickled, will provide similar discomfiting and intriguing entertainment. Both films are imperfect pieces of creative journalism, and both are necessarily self-reflexive to a fault. Just don’t expect a resolution to the initially wild story, nor the same degree of twisting and turning as with Tickled. Review

5.8

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2022-09-24

2022

On the whole, though, Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. is an emotionally knotty tragicomedy with performers who shine. Come for the satire; stay for the performances. Review

7.5

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2022-09-01

2022

Sonically, the film is slick. The performances are adept. But I didn’t find a lot of there there with Bodies Bodies Bodies. The humor works on occasion. The murder thriller aspect is toothless. And it all comes off a bit superficial. Review

5.8

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2022-08-13

2022

Next Sohee takes this callousness to task through simple, elegant expressions of humanity. It is this balance between cold- and warm-hearted moments that make the film powerful. Review

8.3

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2022-08-03

2022

Incredible But True is a humorous exercise in absurd vanity, but the ramifications of characters’ vane actions lead to a somewhat sobering result. Review

7.5

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2022-08-01

2022

I rode this film’s wavelength gently through its stream of grotesque tales of the human condition. And I came out the other side impressed less by mattress fungus and more by the occasionally poignant conversation about what it means to exist in a world of (tenuous) connections. Review

7.5

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2022-08-01

2022

I found the interminably bleak and interminably gray film to be something of a slog. For what it’s worth, Eline Shumacher’s performance in the lead is impressive. Review

5.8

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2022-08-01

2022

The tension and squirm-inducing scenarios director Christian Tafdrup is able to squeeze out of this premise is impressive. Review

7.5

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2022-07-30

2022

While I could see this film being less effective upon second viewing, the mood piece that is Skinamarink is designed to get under your skin. It got deep under mine — etched its way below the surface and then started scratching. Review

8.3

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2022-07-26

2022

The hokey hard-boiled dialogue. The lack of a compelling story line. The belabored final set piece, burdened by a flashback structure that reveals an inconsequential and uninteresting twist. Review

1.6

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2022-07-24

2022

Deadstream is a horror comedy that does a good job parodying the annoying, opportunistic online creators who stage reckless and exploitative stunts for a quick buck. Review

6.7

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2022-07-24

2022

This ultimately left the last act of the film somewhat wanting, as I found myself searching for depth in a character who had become flattened into an archetype. Review

5.8

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2022-07-24

2022

With gorgeous animation and a heartfelt story, The Girl From the Other Side is brimming with color and emotion. Review

8.3

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2022-07-24

2022

Give Me Pity uses its abstract qualities to create a disquieting tension, allowing von Haselberg’s performance to slowly crescendo into debilitating mental anguish. Review

7.5

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2022-07-23

2022

It doesn’t all hang together cohesively, but individual moments are interesting tonally, and the performances are consistently good. Review

6.7

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2022-07-23

2022

The film is not perfect. The second act lags, and overall entertainment value hinges on how one takes to the campy tone. But it is hard to deny that the film is visually impressive. Plus, the score kicks ass. Review

8.3

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2022-07-23

2022

The ending of Please Baby Please feels like a true ending. A statement of intent. An emotion put to music as good as any musical could do it. I’m enamored with it. I’m enamored with Please Baby Please. Review

8.3

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2022-07-23

2022

I preferred this crime mystery to the horror set pieces, which are few and far between and pretty standard fare for a low-budget ’70s horror film. Perhaps one does not work without the other, but King’s manic performance and Lieberman’s clever use of scene transitions propel the mystery forward better than how the film utilizes the horror elements. Review

6.7

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2022-07-20

2022

There is something to the way the flashback sequences are shot that is queasy yet aesthetically pleasing. Not to mention Simon Yam’s excessively dialed up performance as the killer, which really makes the film. All in all, though, the tone did not sit right with me. Review

5.8

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2022-07-20

2022

The unique world De la Iglesia creates for Mutant Action is undercut by these final two acts, leaving me with little to chew on as I watch unseemly characters doing unseemly things. Review

5.8

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2022-07-20

2022

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