((ALEX))INTRIGUING HORROR AND
SCI-FI MOVIES ARE ON AREA
SCREENS THIS WEEKEND. HERE TO
TELL US ABOUT US AND CAPTIVE
STATE ARE FILM CRITICS CHUCK
KOPLINSKI AND PAM POWELL.
US (STARTS FRIDAY) IN
JORDAN PEELE'S FOLLOW-UP TO
"GET OUT," A FAMILY FINDS
THEMSELVES THREATENED BY A
GROUP OF DOPPLEGANGERS. AS
THE STORY UNFOLDS, IT
PROFOUND POLITICAL STATEMENT.
THE FILM'S FIRST HOUR IS VERY
EFFECTIVE AND QUITE
DISTURBING, WHILE THE SECOND
HALF WINDS UP BENG A LABORED
EXERCISE THAT OVERSTAYS ITS
WELCOME AND ULTIMATELY FAILS
TO DELIVER THE KNOCK-OUT PUNCH
IT PROMISES. 2 A=
STARS (CHUCK KOPLINSKI) RATED
R. 116 MINUTES. AMC-C, AMC-D,
SAV. NOT RATED.
CAPTIVE STATE. THIS UNCOMMONLY
SMART PIECE OF SCIENCE FICTION
DEALS WITH A RESISTANCE GROUP
INTENT ON TAKING DOWN AN ALIEN
RACE THAT'S CONQUERED THE
EARTH A DECADE AGO. AS
DIRECTED BY RUPERT WYATT,
THIS LOW-BUDGET AFFAIR TAKES A
GUERILLA APPROACH TO THE
MATERIAL, RESULTING IN AN
INTIMATE, IMMEDIATE FEEL THAT
HELPS TO CREATE A SENSE OF
URGENCY THAT STEADILY
INCREASESS, RESULTING IN A
PALPABLE SENSE OF TENSION.
THE SYMBOLISM AS IT RELATES TO
OUR CURRENT POLITICAL,
ECONOMIC CLIMATE IS OBVIOUS
BUT NO LESS EFFECTIVE WHILE
THE CONCLUSION IS WHOLLY
SATISFYING AND WILL PROMPT
MUCH DISCUSSION. THIS SLEEPER
WILL LIKELY NOT FIND THE
AUDIENCE IT DESERVES YET IS
THE MOST INTRIGUING NEW FILM
OF 2019. 3 A= STARS (CHUCK
KOPLINSKI) RATED PG-13. 109
MINUTES. AMC-C, SAV.
GO CHECK OUT REEL TALK WITH
CHUCK AND PAM ON FACEBOOK.GO
GIVE THEM A LIKE.
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