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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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‘F9: The Fast Saga’ Movie Review

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I continue to enjoy each “Fast and the Furious” installment less than the previous one. “F9: The Fast Saga” makes it clear that this franchise has reached a desperate state. First of all, director Justin Lin is back. He helmed the third, fourth, fifth and sixth entries, then decided to steer his career in a […]
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‘Love, Weddings & Other Disasters’ Movie Review

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Director Dennis Dugan’s films have earned $1.8 billion worldwide. Many have starred Adam Sandler including “Happy Gilmore”, “Big Daddy”, “Grown Ups”, “Just Go With It” and “Jack and Jill” (a personal favorite). But when Sandler shifted his movie operations to Netflix, Dugan didn’t go with him. It’s been a long time between features for Dugan […]
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‘Happiest Season’ Movie Review

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’Tis the Season for holiday rom-coms. Ironically however, watching “Happiest Season” won’t make you happy. In fact, this is the most unpleasant movie of the year. And it has nothing to do with the concept: a modern day, seasonal romance involving a young Lesbian couple. It’s the characters, situations, themes and overall tone which combine […]
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‘Freaky’ Movie Review

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Director Christopher Landon’s latest horror take on a classic movie concept was originally titled “Freaky Friday the 13th”. So you can probably guess the plot just from that title (and also why it had to be changed). Landon previously made “Happy Death Day” (the horror version of “Groundhog Day”). He plays-off the body-switching concept for […]
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‘The Witches’ Movie Review

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It’s unclear why director Robert Zemeckis, co-writer Guillermo del Toro, producer Alfonso Cuaron and Warner Bros. thought a new version of “The Witches” was necessary. The 1983 Roald Dahl novel is not one of his most celebrated works. The 1990 movie starring Anjelica Huston, though liked by critics, only made $10 million at the box […]
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‘Kajillionaire’ Movie Review

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“Kajillionaire” is one of 2020’s toughest movies to like. There’s so much that writer/director Miranda July does to prevent us from believing this story and attaching ourselves to the characters. The film’s only authentic feature is that it’s centered around grifters: scam artists who secretly steal in order to provide for themselves while taking advantage […]
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‘The New Mutants’ Movie Review

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“The New Mutants” was filmed in 2017. Its original release date was April 13, 2018. The movie has been delayed about a half dozen times since. In fact, some moviegoers and diehard “X-Men” fans were beginning to think it would never open… or that maybe it didn’t even exist. However, during a time when so […]
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‘The Binge’ Movie Review

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What do you get when you combine “The Purge” and “Booksmart”? The new Hulu comedy “The Binge”. While this film is a mash-up of those other movies, it does have a somewhat unique premise: what if consuming alcohol and drugs was banned in the U.S. — except for one day a year? The cast of […]
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