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‘Boys State’ Review

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Oh, boy… “Boys State” earned the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary filmmaking at this year’s Sundance Film Festival (yes, the Sundance Film Festival WAS held this year). It also received Special Jury Recognition at Texas-based SXSW, one of the first 2020 film fests to convert to online. A little hometown bias may have played a […]
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‘Irresistible’ Review

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Every year or two, Hollywood offers a slightly different spin on the world of political campaigns. Some are taken directly from the headlines (“Game Change”, “The Front Runner”). Others use real-life for inspiration (“The Ides of March”, “Long Shot”, “The Campaign”, “Swing Vote”). The latest to enter the arena is “Irresistible”. It’s written and directed […]
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‘The Rhythm Section’ Review

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“Salt”, “Lucy”, “Atomic Blonde” and “Red Sparrow” are just some of the recent entries in the female action spy/thriller genre. Only the first on that list actually worked. “The Rhythm Section” was supposed to be a 2019 release. So it’s fair to call it a leftover. And it’s not worth the wait. For a film […]
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‘Motherless Brooklyn’ Review

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It’s a challenge to successfully write, direct and star in a big-budget, Hollywood film. And three time Academy Award nominee Edward Norton proves exactly that with his new film “Motherless Brooklyn”. This is a detective mystery drama based on a 1999 novel about the interweaving of crime, politics and romance in 1950s New York City. […]
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‘The Kitchen’ Review

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“The Kitchen” is based on a 2014 DC Vertigo graphic novel. It’s directed by Oscar nominated “Straight Outta Compton” writer Andrea Berloff, in her directorial debut. “The Kitchen” definitely feels like its source material is a comic book (and that’s not a complement). It also feels like it was made by a first-time director (not […]
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‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Review

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It’s been five long years since the reboot of “Godzilla”. And two years ago, Warner Bros. gave us a new take on the famous giant ape with “Kong: Skull Island”. Most people know, going into “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”, that these two titans will be facing-off in next year’s “Godzilla v. Kong”. And if […]
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‘Pokemon: Detective Pikachu’ Review

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I’ve never ventured into the world of Pokemon. I allowed the “Pokemon Go!” craze to pass by, as people all over the world, with their eyes glued to their phones, wandered into traffic trying to “catch” animated creatures. A live-action/CGI Pokemon movie could’ve gone down many different paths. But Warner Bros. chose to focus on […]
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‘The Hustle’ Review

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Last year, Anne Hathaway stole the show in the ensemble crime comedy, “Ocean’s 8”. Now she and Rebel Wilson play a duo of dueling con artists in “The Hustle”, which plays as a cheap knock-off. Hathaway, complete with a distracting British accent the majority of the time, plays Josephine. She and fellow crook Penny (played […]
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‘Captain Marvel’ Review

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With the highly-anticipated “Avengers: Endgame” only seven weeks away, Marvel Studios is squeezing in one more character origin story. And this one just happens to also be a “universe” origin story. “Captain Marvel” stars Oscar-winner Brie Larson as military pilot Carol Danvers. She acquires radioactive powers, so she has more energy than every other superhero […]
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‘Escape Room’ Review

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If you haven’t heard about escape rooms, clearly you haven’t been to a mall or watched a sitcom over the past few years. This is a popular and “fun” form of entertainment in which strangers work together in a dangerous, “what if” scenario. You’re stuck inside four walls and you gotta figure-out how to get out. […]
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