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‘Wolfs’ Movie Review

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“Wolfs” is a new action comedy from Jon Watts, the director of one of the highest-grossing movies of all-time, “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. And even with all that box office and instant iconic Marvel movie success, Sony decided (at the last-minute) that “Wolfs” shouldn’t go to theaters (beyond a 50-ish cinema, one-week, limited release) and […]
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‘His Three Daughters’ Movie Review

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“His Three Daughters” stars Carrie Coon as Katie, Elizabeth Olsen as Christina and Natasha Lyonne as Rachel. They are three sisters who have their father in hospice care in a New York City apartment. He’s dying, and they’re there for the end. They’re told by the hospice care workers (who are named Angel and Mirabella, […]
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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Movie Review

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“A Quiet Place: Day One” is the latest installment in Paramount’s popular sci-fi action horror franchise. 2018’s “A Quiet Place”, starring Emily Blunt and John Krasinski (with Krasinski also in the director’s chair) opened to $50 million, totaled $188 million domestically and earned Blunt the Best Supporting Actress SAG Award. “A Quiet Place: Part II” […]
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‘Poolman’ Movie Review

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“Poolman” is unfortunately not nearly as good as “Birdman”, but there are some influences of that Oscar-winning Best Picture in actor Chris Pine’s directorial debut. Pine, best known for the modern “Star Trek” trilogy, “Wonder Woman” and “Hell or High Water”, also serves as co-writer and star. He plays Darren, a pool cleaner in a […]
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‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Movie Review

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“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” is the fifth feature film installment in WB’s decade-long MonsterVerse franchise. I enjoyed the most recent chapter, 2021’s “Godzilla vs. Kong”. 2014’s “Godzilla” was solid… 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island” only so-so… and 2019’s “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” was horrible. Also watched the first couple episodes of AppleTV+ origin […]
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‘Lift’ Movie Review

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Kevin Hart has lent his voice to a duo of “Secret Life of Pets” installments and joined his pal Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for a couple of “Jumanji” blockbusters. Now he’s hoping to kick-start a live-action franchise where he gets top billing. Hart stars in Netflix’s “Lift” as Cyrus, the leader of a group of […]
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‘Champions’ Movie Review

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A coach gets into trouble, suffers a career setback, and has to redeem himself — both professionally and personally — in an unusual environment. It’s a sports movie cliche as old as the peach basket… and the exact set-up of the latest effort in the genre: “Champions”. Woody Harrelson plays Coach Marcus. He an assistant […]
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‘Missing’ Movie Review

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When “Searching” was released in 2018, it made a little noise at the box office. Some moviegoers were intrigued by its unique, but faulty, point of view. A dad (John Cho) uses his missing daughter’s computer webcam to try and track her down. Nearly the entire movie takes place on this screen, with various windows […]
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‘The Fabelmans’ Movie Review

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Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” is inspired by the iconic director’s childhood and early love of seeing and making movies. It’s a drama filled with conflict, pain, and characters feeling sad and depressed. Ironically, it’s also one of the lightest dramas I’ve ever seen in recent years. Maybe that’s because the film is replete with corny, […]
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‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ Movie Review

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When I first heard the premise of “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”, I thought it was clever, but feared a one note joke. Nicolas Cage plays a slightly eccentric version of himself, at a crossroads in his career and life. Aside from voice work in the two “Croods” installments and “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”, […]
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