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Roald Dahl-inspired prequel Wonka fails to capture the magic of its source...
There's nothing interesting about Willy Wonka's origin story…
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There's no excitement or substance to George Clooney's Washington-set sports...
As an actor and a movie star, George Clooney is anything but forgettable…
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The Iron Claw is Zac Efron at his best, but the erasure of a brother from...
The Iron Claw is a film of outstanding performances, solid direction and a story that almost falls apart…
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Our critics share their 10 favorite films of 2023
For cinephiles, creating a list of one's favorite films of the year can often be an invigorating treat…
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The Best of the Inlander's 2023 Screen Coverage
From Barbenheimer to Dreamin' Wild to Zelda, here are some of the year's biggest Screen section stories While most of us are probably a little too addicted to our screens for TV binging, movie...
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ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA Obviously, Marvel Studios is experiencing a bit of a downturn…
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Four Daughters is a captivating documentary defined by devastating absence...
It is not every day that one will think of Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder alongside a Cannes-winning documentary, yet that's precisely what happened while watching Tunisian director Kaouther Ben...
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The Book of Clarence is a bold but chaotic attempt at a new kind of Bible story
Around the midpoint of writer/director Jeymes Samuel's The Book of Clarence, there's a sinuous, sensual dance scene in the first-century Judean equivalent of a nightclub, set to the Jones Girls' disco...
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Poppopalooza fest memorializes Poppo the poodle, a local pup who starred in...
Plenty of film and stage stars have called Spokane home at some point. Bing Crosby lived here for a good chunk of his life until he left Spokane for bigger things in a bigger city…
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I.S.S. sees Ariana DeBose do the acting thing well enough, but the rest of...
In the opening act of I.S.S., the sporadically engaging yet still superficial science fiction thriller, a communication is received aboard the International Space Station that houses a crew of three...
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American Fiction works as both a sharp satire and an affecting family drama
There's a rich, well-realized family dramedy already going on in American Fiction before the movie even gets to its central satirical set-up, the selling point that's been highlighted in trailers and...
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Spotlighting four standouts from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival that should...
Though January is one of the slower months for movie releases, this year's Sundance Film Festival more than made up for this with screenings of some of the best and boldest films you'll be likely to...
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The Spokane Jewish Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary
Despite the attempts by many to paint with the broadest of brushes, Jewish culture is not a monolith…
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Orion and the Dark sees writer Charlie Kaufman smuggle in his unique...
In 2015, Charlie Kaufman wrote and directed his first animated film…
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Best Picture Oscar nominee The Zone of Interest finds horror in mundane...
If you somehow started watching Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest without being familiar with the premise, it might take a good 15 minutes to begin to understand what's really going on…
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Highlighting the standout films from the 2024 Spokane International Film...
Spokane International Film Festival turns 25 this year, and you’re all invited to come to its birthday party…
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Military thriller Land of Bad mixes basic action with rote patriotism
There's a kernel of an interesting idea lurking in director/co-writer William Eubank's military thriller Land of Bad, about the modern disconnect from the consequences of warfare, but it's so poorly...
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Madame Web strands Dakota Johnson in an inert superhero origin story that...
For a film about a character with the power to see into the future, the greatest joke of Madame Web is how regressive it feels…
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Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan are delightful in Ethan Coen's...
The Coen brothers are no strangers to crafting a great crime thriller…
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Faith-based drama Ordinary Angels tells an empty feel-good story
There's a scene around the middle of Ordinary Angels in which hairdresser and accidental activist Sharon Stevens (Hilary Swank) meets with the board of the hospital that has served her friend Ed...
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Before Denis Villeneuve, two unconventional auteurs made flawed attempts to...
As impressive as director Denis Villeneuve's vision may be for his film adaptations of Frank Herbert's novel Dune, it's also somewhat clinical and reserved, with little room for messy experimentation…
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Dune: Part Two is a grand science fiction epic led by a compelling leading...
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Prep for the 96th Academy Awards with our predictions and roundup of...
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