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Dan Rubins

Film Critic

Mean Girls (2024)

Publish Date: January 9, 2024
"While fundamentally entertaining, this new film often finds itself in distractingly constant conversation with its original source material (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of 4)"

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV Series) (2023)

Publish Date: December 13, 2023
"A slumberous and somber adaptation (...) Largely missing is the coherent world-building and quicksilver pacing of the novels (...) Rating: *1/2 (out of 4)"

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Waitress: The Musical (2023)

Publish Date: December 2, 2023
"Sara Bareilles serves a slice of charm in musical pro-shot (...) If it’s a thrill to watch Bareilles embody the musical version of a character that she co-created, she’s also surrounded by a strong supporting cast (...) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023)

Publish Date: September 6, 2023
"For devotees of the franchise, Nia Vardalos's film will be a surprisingly emotional trip home (...) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

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Elemental (2023)

Publish Date: June 14, 2023
"The film feels no more grounded than a gentle wisp of air (...) Rating: ** (out of 4)"

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Not Dead Yet (TV Series) (2023)

Publish Date: February 1, 2023
"[1st Season Review]: The supernatural can’t enliven a series that meanders through its first five episodes (...) Rating: *1/2 (out of 4)"

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Abbott Elementary (TV Series) (2021)

Publish Date: September 18, 2022
"[2nd Season Review]: Still a pleasure (...) it possesses a blend of exuberance and cynicism, even if the jokes feel baggier and the plots a bit sillier (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of 4)"

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3 (2022)

Publish Date: April 4, 2022
"As a smoothly built action flick, this enterprise is endearingly perky, but as a meaningful contribution from Rowling to the Harry Potter universe, well, 10 points from Slytherin (…) Rating: ** (out of 4)"

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (TV Series) (2017)

Publish Date: February 15, 2022
"[4th Season Review]: In its fourth season, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel focuses on the aesthetics of its protagonist’s life rather than restoring her conscience (...) Rating: ** (out of 4)"

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Death on the Nile (2022)

Publish Date: February 6, 2022
"Once things get moving, it's smooth sailing to the double-shocker of a denouement. By the end of this entertaining voyage, a slow start can easily be forgiven"

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West Side Story (2021)

Publish Date: December 1, 2021
"A whirring rush of euphoric energy (...) This 'West Side Story', though, is at its best when it zooms in and settles down into character study (…) Rating: **½ (out of 4)"

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Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)

Publish Date: March 21, 2021
"Andy Goddard’s film clumsily superimposes a frenzied, completely fictional spy adventure onto a fascinating fragment of pre-war history (...) Rating: ** (out of 4)"

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Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

Publish Date: February 28, 2021
"In its expansive world-building and aesthetic variety, Raya and the Last Dragon most viscerally conjures up the experience of watching a Star Wars film (...) A celebration of hope (...) Rating: ***½ (out of 4)"

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Beautiful Something Left Behind (2020)

Publish Date: January 6, 2021
"[It] potently shows how grownups, struggling through their own sadness, try to share grief with their children (…) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

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The Prom (2020)

Publish Date: November 30, 2020
"Ryan Murphy’s vibrant film adaptation makes a closer-to-seamless whole of the story’s disparate parts (…) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

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A Call to Spy (2019)

Publish Date: September 27, 2020
"'A Call to Spy' is undone by spy-thriller clichés and historical liberties. Because its focus is so split, the film lacks the pervasive sense of danger one expects from a spy thriller (…) Rating: *½ (out of 4)"

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tick, tick... Boom! (2021)

"Miranda's direction is clear, lively, and clever, as his crystalline writing might portend, and his witty, wise work timing the cinematography to the score (...) The performances are boisterously sweet (…) Rating: **½ (out of 4)"

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