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‘Finding Dory’ Review

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2003’s “Finding Nemo” is a Pixar classic. Fans knows it inside and out – from the jarring opening scene to “Just Keep Swimming”. Now, 13 years later, director Andrew Stanton dives back under the sea to tell a new tale – “Finding Dory” – which is better that it could’ve been, but not nearly as […]
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‘All the Way’ Review

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Two years ago, Emmy-winning “Breaking Bad” star (and “Trumbo” Oscar Nominee) Bryan Cranston took to The Great White Way to portray President Lyndon B. Johnson in “All the Way”. The play earned him a Tony Award, and less than two weeks after his win, HBO announced Cranston would reprise his role for the network’s movie […]
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‘Captain America: Civil War’ Review

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At just under two and a half hours, “Captain America: Civil War” is longer than any of the previous 12 films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And that should come as no surprise considering the gigantic cast of characters that have been brought together. And it’s this star-power, not the action or the story, that […]
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‘Elvis & Nixon’ Review

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On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley went to White House and met with President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office. A photograph of these two icons shaking hands was taken, and to this day, it is still the most requested photo by visitors to the National Archives. In the wrong hands, “Elvis & Nixon”, the […]
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‘Barbershop: The Next Cut’ Review

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Let’s “cut” to the chase: “Barbershop: The Next Cut” is a rare threequel that works as a standalone film. 14 years after the original and 12 years after “Back in Business”, stars Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer return to tell a straightforward story, but one that has legitimate purpose: “Barbershop 3” doesn’t simply entertain, […]
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‘The Jungle Book’ Review

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Nearly 50 years after The Mouse House first adapted Rudyard Kipling’s iconic literary works for the screen with their animated musical “The Jungle Book” (the last film Walt Disney produced), a new version for a new generation has arrived. The 2016 “Jungle Book” is directed by Jon Favreau, whose diversity of films include innocent “Elf”, […]
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‘The Young Messiah’ Review

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“The Young Messiah” is the latest in a series of successful faith-based films to hit theaters in recent years. This one comes from producer Chris Columbus (“The Help”, “Night at the Museum”) and is taken not only from Biblical text but is also based on Anne Rice’s 2005 novel Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. […]
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‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Review

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“Kung Fu Panda 3” is DreamWorks Animation’s 32nd theatrical feature, but their first ever released in the month of January. A big-budget, high-quality animated film this early in the year is rare, and while this third chapter of Po the Panda, Master Shifu and the Furious Five doesn’t quite live-up to the original, it’s fast, […]
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‘Daddy’s Home’ Review

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Five years after they were “The Other Guys”, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg re-team for the refreshing and consistently funny final comedy of 2015, “Daddy’s Home”. The story centers around Ferrell’s Brad Whitaker, a mild-mannered radio executive in New Orleans who recently married Sara (“ER”‘s Linda Cardellini) and is now Step-Dad to her two children […]
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’45 Years’ Review

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Much happens in a marriage over the course of 45 years. But the quiet drama “45 Years” shows that a lot can also happen between a husband and wife over the course of just one week. The story centers on Geoff (played by Tom Courtenay) and Kate (Charlotte Rampling), who live in cozy home on […]
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