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IR Film Review: SMILE [Paramount]

The deconstruction of illusion and by extension, logic is always the crux of a supernatural approach to a film. “Smile” has done some interesting maneuvering since it is catchy but but by the trailers one would maybe see a one note slasher. This is far from the truth. It is a psychological character study about the dismantling of a psychologist in her own head through her own trauma.

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IR Film Review: CAPONE [Vertical]

While "Capone" as a new film, in many ways, is an interesting construct, it is a little too abstract and unfocused to truly give a concept of the man or be based on any prospect of what he is thinking. As far as a sheer physical manifestation, Tom Hardy, of course, does an adequate job.

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