The Party pours on the monochrome misery
REVIEW: Is The Party a frustratingly oblique drama with something to hide, or nothing to say? Whatever the answer, you will be questioning where your time went finding out.
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Truth Or Dare a shifty shocker
REVIEW: Truth or Dare is a very average horror movie carrying a very average premise. No crime in that. Sometimes it’s just all about the scares. There are a few here, but not enough to matter.
Rampage rallies when The Rock gets on a roll
REVIEW: Rampage stars the ever-enthusiastic Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, a giant albino ape, a flying fanged wolf, and an alligator the size of a nuclear sub. Not Oscar material, then …
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