Raging Grace

Gothic-tinged immigration melodrama is neither lurid nor incisive enough

"...smuggled her daughter, Grace (Boadilla), into the house, too. Deception all around is the order of the day, as..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Review: Hyde Park Theatre's Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...journalism. His storytelling merges naturalism with metatheatrics, revealing the deception behind what appears to be authentic. So in describing..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Review: Hyde Park Theatre’s Caught

Theatrical bait and switch drives this intriguing, infuriating play

"...journalism. His storytelling merges naturalism with metatheatrics, revealing the deception behind what appears to be authentic. So in describing..."

Aug. 28, 2023 Arts Post by Bob Abelman

Hypnotic

Robert Rodriguez and Ben Affleck team up for a pulpy mindbender

"...and sad-eyed quite like Affleck, or side-eying intrigue and deception like Alice Braga, here playing back-alley fortune teller and..."

May 12, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

My Old School

True-life high school tall tale takes a sickening, weird turn

"...a real McKinnon under all the layers of self-serving deception. Or there may be, and he's such an extraordinary..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Beta Test

Jim Cummings burns the film industry to the ground (and it deserves it)

"...skewering the film industry by taking the lies and deception of its plot and making them comparable to the..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

El Planeta

Spanish tale of mother-daughter grifters is an intriguing debut

"...multiple disciplines, is primarily concerned with perception, manipulation, and deception, aligning nicely with this quietly devastating comedy...."

Oct. 29, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Lost Leonardo

High intrigue and big money in the murky world of high art

"...more fascinating, if predictable, themes of greed, power, and deception...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Shiva Baby

Wry observational comedy puts the fun in funeral

"...many questions about the guy paying her bills. The self-deception doesn't have the resiliency to withstand the shiva she's..."

April 9, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Chaos Walking

Interstellar YA adaptation brings a new gender twist to the formula

"...capturing Viola, offers tantalizing hints into how religious fervor, deception, and guilt mark one’s soul, but his arc fizzles..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Pinocchio

Latest retelling of the children's classic gets tangled in its own strings

"...a master stratagem, or using observational methods to expose deception in the identity of one’s grandmother, these satiric stories..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Alone

Neo-slasher is quietly effective and bloodily harsh

"...well-known real-life case in the unnamed Man's arsenal of deception: It's about playing with Jessica's head before he gets..."

Sept. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, September 11-17

"...have an expansive capacity to dissolve and rise above self-deception in the coming weeks – and will therefore be..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

ARIC Trainings Teach Cops and Informants Junk Science

Police are learning lessons in fear

"...Sapir claims the technique is 95% effective in detecting deception and sells SCAN analyses online of everything from the..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

True life forgery black comedy rings surprisingly true

"...in which the terrified writer silently rehearses her first deception with a rare book dealer will have you hoping..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Liz and the Blue Bird

High school anime is a bittersweet symphony

"...There's a deception in the opening moments of Liz and the Blue..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Nun

The Conjuring franchise heads to Romania

"...a form of Valak, and that spirit's powers of deception (although, per the grimoires, Valac is actually a spirit..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Captain

A bleak warning from Nazi Germany carries modern resonance

"...The only one who sees through his deception is the dissolute and sadistic Kipinski (Lau), who drolly..."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...ultrasound needed 24 hours prior to an abortion. The deception ends up delaying women from abortion and pushing them..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Overboard

Unexpected remake of the Eighties' most questionable rom-com

"...the original: It’s mildly entertaining while also masking criminal deceptions as romantic foreplay. Yet this remake has little of..."

May 11, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Luv Doc: Truth Tellin'

Being diplomatic isn't being deceptive; it's being thoughtful and caring

"...is. She has absolutely no tolerance for lies or deception. She is brutally honest 24-7. If she thinks someone..."

March 16, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Mary and the Witch's Flower

Studio Ghibli alums stick to the formula for magical tale.

"...purloined powers are not hers to keep, and Mary's deception may have bigger consequences than detention after Spells 101...."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Black Panther

High drama and high action as Marvel gives Wakanda life.

"...the mask of a backwards farming nation; now that deception is tested. After all, the world is getting smaller,..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Dinner

Family ties come undone in this dark drama

"...are marvelous, especially Linney, whose Claire hides depths of self-deception. The film covers a lot of territory: ethics, class,..."

May 5, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Handmaiden

A stylish and alluring love triangle

"...heiress all simmering together in a savory concoction of deception, set in Victorian England, Waters’ novel subverted the genre..."

Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

On Evidence, Pt. 2

"...my court-appointed attorneys are agreeing with this act of deception, also. When interviews or depositions of testimonies are edited,..."

Sept. 29, 2016 Postmarks

The Light Between Oceans

Gorgeous period melodrama fails to connect

"...end, despite an idyll of four years before their deception comes to light...."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: The Club

Home release roundup time

"...the surrounding villagers, they are calmly capable of hideous deception. As the proxy for the Holy See, Garcia’s own..."

May 21, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Scam Your Way to the Top

Land that angel investment using the art of the con

"...and author Maria Konnikova explores the universal mechanisms of deception that govern everything from three-card monte scams to email..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

The Luv Doc: Quality

It might take a monumental amount of work for you to become the kind of person you would like to date

"...are and who they believe themselves to be. This self-deception is especially acute on Internet dating profiles where people..."

July 31, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

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