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Movie Reviews

Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender give short movie reviews.

  • Ripped from the headlines, Oscar-nominated “Io Capitano” will tear at your movie-fan heart, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • “Argylle” has a huge cast, a massive marketing campaign and a plot full of twists and turns. It’s also a soulless hunk of CGI-smeared dreck. Nathan Weinbender says that this caper comedy from the director of the “Kingsman” movies, now on V.O.D., is D.O.A.
  • “Dune: Part Two” has already conquered the box office, so you can expect even more epics about intergalactic war and an element known as Spice. Nathan Weinbender says that even those left cold by the last “Dune” may find themselves caught up in the story this time.
  • “Dune: Part Two” looks great, but its technical virtues can’t elevate a script that suffocates us with self-importance, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • A new Coen brothers movie is always cause for celebration. But Nathan Weinbender says that “Drive-Away Dolls," a crime comedy directed by Ethan Coen without Joel, feels more like a meager tribute to their work than it does the real thing.
  • The Japanese-language film “Perfect Days” is a powerful meditation on the essence of life, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • If you’ve ever marveled at the artistry that went into a meal, then “The Taste of Things” may be the movie for you. It’s a French romantic drama, but Nathan Weinbender says it photographs food almost as longingly as the characters look at each other.
  • “The Taste of Things” blends a love of food with the food of love between a French chef and cook, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • Although it’s nominated for 5 Oscars—including Best Picture—Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” isn’t your average prestige movie. Nathan Weinbender says this portrait of the daily lives of a Nazi commandant and his family is an uncompromising and stylistically challenging vision of evil.
  • “The Teachers’ Lounge” portrays the struggles of a German middle-school teacher to handle a complex situation, Dan Webster says in his review.