Jordan Bosch

I'm just a writer, film critic, blogger, and librarian waiting out the apocalypse. He/Him

[Jordan Bosch @Jordan_D_Bosch]

Yet another horrible Disney remake made worse by its cheap designs and performances, Moana is dreadfully lazy on a level that even the Mouse hasn't quite stooped to yet. A new height of creative bankruptcy it is a relief to see audiences rejecting. https://t.co/B5gzS4g8oU

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A thrilling, evocative adult dramedy from Olivia Wilde, in which she and Seth Rogen give their best performances in years, The Invite is an amusing, honest examination of a fractured relationship through the lens of a sexually invigorating situation. https://t.co/tooMqYZ4wm

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A cheeky comedy about a quest to sleep with a famous person that adopts the structure of The Wizard of Oz, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass should be a winning formula, but its style and sense of humour often fall short of its lofty conceits. https://t.co/s1EUrQ0vDz

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A lush and pretty movie that taps organically into the sensual subtleties of teenage lesbian attraction, Hayley Kiyoko's Girls Like Girls unfortunately saddles these vibes and aesthetics with an archetypal, mediocre script and thinly drawn characters. https://t.co/HwWZOKnxFF

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A beautiful parable from Ghanaian filmmaker Blitz Bazawule, The Burial of Kojo is a haunting and evocative piece of magical realism about guilt, grief, and emotional reconciliation that exists firmly on the line between the tangible and spiritual. https://t.co/nn8TKsVlsh

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Supergirl is blessed with a promising story but a lack of creative vision. Along a bold but formulaic journey, an awkward drifter archetype desperate to appear coolly apathetic makes for a dim protagonist unable to escape the shadow of her male equivalent. https://t.co/EdYyL1wnNW

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A long-gestating, ambitious film by Julian Schnabel that comments on Dante's Divine Comedy whilst echoing it, the big ideas are not matched by the strange chaotic choices, contrasts, script, style, and performances that contextualize this woeful experiment https://t.co/3ctzvAh9S2

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The movie version of a Tennessee Williams classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof dileneates the gay themes from the play but they still come across in curious ways in a movie that is nonetheless boundary pushing in its sexual connotations. https://t.co/1mGmzt237w

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At a time when the American late night talk show is a format circling the drain, I wrote a retrospective on its weirdest, most underdog iteration, and the silly rule-breaking creativity and charisma of its host that put it a step above its peers. https://t.co/iE2WLsocgW

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An earnest attempt to resurrect an our older style of rom-com, Voicemails for Isabelle is unable to really meld its competing tones as it pairs a traditional premise, strained and unsettling in the modern era, with an intimate story of personal tragedy. https://t.co/jexrg2CLjA

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Though its medieval backdrop is evocative and atmospheric, Michael Sarnoski's The Death of Robin Hood is ultimately shallow in its violent edgy portrait of the folkloric hero in spite of gestures towards grace, redemption, and gravitas. https://t.co/DYoVGjRsSk

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There is a tender core to Toy Story 5, which shifts its character focus as it hones in on compelling themes on the nature of play and the role of tech devices in children's lives. But it fails to find a resolution or fully settle on its thesis. https://t.co/dY28BUmk0J

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Though its story is mediocre, its screenplay is thin, and the choice of English as the primary language is a distraction, Kenji Tanagachi's Furious is saved by its bombastic, creatively choreographed action, and a stirring performance from Xie Miao. https://t.co/MpnqVVhsu4

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Steven Spielberg has some curious things on his mind with Disclosure Day, a valiant creed on the right to information within a sci-fi conspiracy thriller tinged by a compelling and surprisingly moving air of spiritualism. https://t.co/IxHDBLtrot

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John Carney's latest love letter to music is a sweet little film about authorship, ambition, and the soulful power of a song's personal value, with a terrific measured performance by Paul Rudd opposite a curious Nick Jonas, with a good song at the centre. https://t.co/J2HinhFTLv

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Travis Knight reboots the 80s toy brand with a consciousness towards its absurdity, but fails to flesh out its characters or world in any meaningful way, while shading it in dull effects and lacklustre humour that avoids the franchise's camp overtones. https://t.co/kgsLY9A5Pe

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An unfiltered interview with a gay black hustler in the 1960s, Portrait of Jason is a curious work of experimental documentary filmmaking as it engages with the nature of performance, while also being a time capsule on marginalization in a turbulent time. https://t.co/77koTaG9J3

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An astonishing debut from Kane Parsons, Backrooms has a nightmarish, surreal atmosphere to its unsettling spaces and symbolism. Distinct and creepy, and with great work from Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve it is a strong early outing for Gen-Z cinema. https://t.co/WtmjQC4WZs

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Succeeding at making the weather a tense and interesting factor when it comes to war strategy, Pressure is an interesting and effective thriller on the lead-up to D-Day led by an understated though engaging performance from Andrew Scott. https://t.co/M9el9hIFfk

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A rare star vehicle for Anna May Wong, Daughter of Shanghai is a horribly paced but otherwise interesting and involving adventure drama. Wong and Philip Ahn are terrific in this all too brief snapshot of a diverse, dynamic 1930s movie industry. https://t.co/Pz8xZ00Wh4