The highly anticipated sequel to the adored 2004 film had a lot to live up to. With plenty of humor, excitement, and heart, it’s still an exhilarating ride.
Adam Lubitow
Film critic for CITY Newspaper, writer, iced coffee addict, and dinosaur enthusiast.
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Review: ‘The Seagull’
A tale of unrequited love and unfulfilled aspirations, Anton Chekhov’s bitterly tragic comedy gets an enjoyable — if mostly unremarkable — adaptation, boosted by strong performances from its spectacular cast.
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Film review: ‘On Chesil Beach’
The melancholic film follows newlyweds Florence and Edward during their disastrous first night together as man and wife, at a seaside hotel in Southern England in 1962.
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Film review: ‘Ocean’s 8’
The gender-swapped spin-off of the trilogy of “Ocean’s” films hits all the satisfying elements of a heist movie, while offering the distinct pleasure of watching its insanely talented cast have a blast and look great doing it.
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Film preview: ‘First Reformed’
Paul Schrader’s searing theological drama deals honestly with the subject of spirituality, wrestling with metaphysical questions in a way far deeper than typical “faith-based” cinema.
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Film review: ‘Beast’
This psychological thriller sees Moll, a timid twenty-something, rebelling from her family by romancing danger. But “Beast” isn’t just a simple whodunit, moving beyond its premise as Peace peels back the layers of Moll’s own impulse toward destruction.
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Film preview: ‘The Rider’
Brady Jandreau, playing a loosely fictionalized version of himself, brings a piercing authenticity to a story about the elemental conflict that arises when the very thing that makes a person who they are might also be their undoing.
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Film review: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
Providing the origin story of roguish smuggler Han Solo, the film feels like the result of its writers being handed a checklist of events they had to include, and their job was simply to create a
narrative that could connect them. The results are messy and uneven.
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Film review: ‘Deadpool 2’
You know the sequel doesn’t measure up to the original hit film when even the fourth wall-breaking protagonist calls out the lazy writing.
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Food for all
Rochester’s food culture has never existed in a vacuum. In this year’s edition of DISH, we focuse less on the food itself and more on the effect those factors like history, tradition, and trends have had on creating the cuisine
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Throwback screening of ‘Diva’ at The Little
The cult film screening, along with live opera and more, is part of the “Diva Festiva” event to raise funds for restorations to the historic theater.
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Film review: ‘Let the Sunshine In’
Like swiping left through a subtitled version of Tinder for 90 minutes.
