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‘The Smashing Machine’ Movie Review

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I’ve been waiting for Dwayne Johnson to star in a drama for a long time. He’s dabbled in it a bit, with scenes in films like “Skyscraper”, “Snitch” and “San Andreas”. But the majority of his career has either been headlining big action movies or family comedies (live-action and animated). So my expectations going into […]
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‘Swiped’ Movie Review

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Since her starring role in Disney and director Kenneth Branagh’s terrific 2015 live-action version of “Cinderella”, Lily James has continued to deliver fantastic performances — in “Darkest Hour”, “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” and as Pamela Anderson on the “Pam & Tommy” miniseries. She’s on her A-game again as Whitney Wolfe in the new […]
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‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Movie Review

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Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest”, a new, modern day interpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low”, is quite a ride! Denzel Washington is as good as ever, delivering an electric, knockout performance in his fifth collaboration with Lee (and first since 2006’s “Inside Man”). Washington is the reason to watch “H2L”, which is now streaming […]
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‘The Thursday Murder Club’ Movie Review

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Chris Columbus directed some of the most memorable movies of the ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s, including “Adventures in Babysitting”, “Home Alone” and its “Lost in New York” sequel, “Mrs. Doubtfire” and the first two “Harry Potter” installments. 10 years ago I covered the red carpet for the NYC premiere of his ‘video games come […]
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‘Relay’ Movie Review

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I’m not crazy about director David Mackenzie’s 2016 “Hell or High Water”. It’s an alright but not powerhouse crime drama. But it was a rare August release that spoke to all of the major awards season groups, earning Oscar nominations for star Jeff Bridges and writer Taylor Sheridan (who would go on to “Yellowstone”), as […]
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‘Freakier Friday’ Movie Review

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I’m all for the Lohanissance. I’m glad Lindsay Lohan is acting again. 1998’s “The Parent Trap”, her on-screen debut, is one of my 10 favorite movies. She had quite a run from ’98 to 2005, including “Life-Size”, “Get a Clue”, “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen”, “Herbie: Fully Loaded” (all for Disney) and “Mean Girls”. […]
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‘The Pickup’ Movie Review

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Here’s the lowdown on “The Pickup”: Eddie Murphy plays armored truck driver vet Russ. Pete Davidson is Travis, the rookie. What should be an ordinary cash pickup becomes anything but, as thief Zoe (Keke Palmer) gets their attention, revealing she’s after the money. She decides to take the two hostage on what also happens to […]
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‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Movie Review

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In “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”, the evil Galactus (played by Ralph Inesson) desperately wants the new baby of Reed Richards and Sue Storm. But they, and the other members of Marvel’s first family, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm, are going to protect young Franklin at all cost, even if that also means defeating the […]
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‘Oh, Hi!’ Movie Review

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In “Oh, Hi!”, Logan Lerman (of “Percy Jackson” fame) plays Isaac and Molly Gordon (terrific on “The Bear”) plays Iris. They’ve been dating for a little bit and are now going to a country house to spend the weekend together. All seems to be going well… until Isaac reveals his true feelings to Iris. She’s […]
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‘Superman’ Movie Review

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By DC Studios standards, James Gunn’s new “Superman” movie is passable, thanks in large part to a confident David Corenswet (maybe casting him in the title role because of his D.C. initials was intentional) and his scenes with “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Emmy winner Rachel Brosnahan, who plays Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane. Gunn was […]
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