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‘Challengers’ Movie Review

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“Challengers” is directed by Luca Guadagnino (of “Call Me By Your Name”, “Bones and All” and the recent Salvatore Ferragamo documentary). It was originally supposed to open last September. Then Amazon-MGM pushed it to the end of April. At the time I thought it was because of one of two things: the strikes going on […]
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‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Movie Review

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“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” arrives five years after the first “Aquaman” movie (which I was not a huge fan of) and marks the end of the DCEU — the DC Extended Universe, which saw 16 films over 10 and a half years. Jason Momoa returns as Arthur / Aquaman, and he and Amber Heard’s […]
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‘No Hard Feelings’ Movie Review

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Jennifer Lawrence is known for starring in R-rated comedies. She won an Oscar for her performance in one (“Silver Linings Playbook”) and was nominated the next year for her work in another (“American Hustle”). But “No Hard Feelings” is Lawrence’s entry into the *raunchy* R-rated comedy genre, and it’s not where she belongs. Lawrence plays […]
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‘Maybe I Do’ Movie Review

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“Maybe I Do” stars six celebrated actors, paired-up in three groupings: – Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon (who previously co-starred together in “Shall We Dance?” and “Arbitrage”) play the older couple involved in an affair, which is now in its fourth month. – Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey (leads in 2020 Netflix rom-com “Holidate”) play […]
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‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ Movie Review

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The magic is dead. At least the magic that comes from the Wizarding World. I wasn’t a fan of 2016’s “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and enjoyed 2018 follow-up “The Crimes of Grindelwald” only a smidge more. This third installment in the “Harry Potter” prequel franchise, “The Secrets of Dumbledore”, is the least […]
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‘Morbius’ Movie Review

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One of the most high-profile films, with the highest number of release delays, during the pandemic was “Morbius”. Jared Leto initially joined the Marvel universe, as Dr. Michael Morbius, when filming began first in 2019. Then came the delays — and the re-shoots — both in 2020 and 2021. And it shows. It was unclear, […]
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‘Uncharted’ Movie Review

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The feature film adaptation of the popular PlayStation video game franchise “Uncharted” has been in development for so long that star Mark Wahlberg aged-out of his original role. Wahlberg was initially cast to play heroic adventurer Nathan Drake. But, with this project finally making it to the big screen, Wahlberg is playing older heroic adventurer […]
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‘Jackass Forever’ Movie Review

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Early on in “Jackass Forever”, Johnny Knoxville says, “Twenty years later, we’re still doing the same stupid shit.” And that pretty much sums things up. 49-year-old Knoxville, 46-year-old Steve-O and other veteran “Jackass” members return — along with some newbies — in this latest adventure in self-torture for laughs. They subject themselves in a series […]
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‘Respect’ Movie Review

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When Aretha Franklin died in August 2018, the Hollywood floodgates burst open with projects on the Queen of Soul. First came the 2019 documentary “Amazing Grace”, which featured incredible footage of Franklin’s 1972 live recordings of that iconic, Grammy award-winning Gospel album. Then word of dueling biopics emerged: NatGeo premiered its TV miniseries “Genius: Aretha”, […]
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‘The Last Letter From Your Lover’ Movie Review

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Author Jojo Moyes’ 2012 novel, “Me Before You” was turned into a movie in 2016 — and was one of the best films of that year. Off that success, another Moyes book has been given the feature film treatment. “The Last Letter From Your Lover”, based on her 2008 novel, is now on Netflix. Felicity […]
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