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‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Review

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The marketing campaign for “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” began this spring with a teaser trailer featuring over-the-top clips of stars Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson – to the tune of Whitney Houston’s iconic version of “I Will Always Love You” from the 1992 movie “The Bodyguard”. A cheesy spoof poster was also released. It wasn’t […]
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‘The Dark Tower’ Review

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“The Dark Tower” is the latest Stephen King novel adaptation to hit the big screen. It’s actually based on a series of books – and there had been a series of directors attached to this project, including J.J. Abrams and Ron Howard. Eventually, Nikolaj Arcel was confirmed to direct once the movie finally got going […]
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‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Review

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The trailers for “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” didn’t exactly promise great things to come. Europa Corp. was originally supposed to distribute the sci-fi/fantasy action film on its own. Then STX Films (previously STX Entertainment) swooped-in to lend a hand, giving “Valerian” more of a fighting chance to attract the fanboy audience. […]
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‘The Book of Henry’ Review

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“The Book of Henry” is, without a doubt, the strangest movie of the year. It’s based on an original screenplay and not a book, because this story, in print, never would’ve gotten a publisher. This is a film that mixes genres: drama, family dynamics, light comedy, suspense, action (and a few I can’t mention). Last […]
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‘The Circle’ Review

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“The Circle” is based on a 2013 novel by Dave Eggers, who also wrote A Hologram for the King, which was also made into a movie, released last year, and also starred Tom Hanks. Hanks’ production company, Play Tone, is one of the seven it took to bring “The Circle” to the big screen. In most cases, […]
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‘Sleepless’ Review

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What a way to kick-off 2017. “Sleepless”, which should’ve been called “Senseless”, is easily one of the most messed-up movies I’ve seen in a long time. This is a remake of the 2011 French film “Sleepless Night”. Jamie Foxx (who we haven’t seen onscreen since 2014 “Annie” reboot) plays Vincent, a Las Vegas cop. But […]
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‘Moana’ Review

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In Disney’s “Moana”, the title heroine sings a song called “How Far I’ll Go” (which is performed in its entirety twice and reprised two more times). In it, there’s a line that perfectly sums-up this movie: “Everything is by design”. With this latest effort, Disney shows it’s till stuck in the 90s, serving-up a formulaic, […]
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‘Doctor Strange’ Review

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Doctor, Doctor: Gimme the news – I got a bad case of… Doctor Strange. This is the latest in a recent series of Marvel mistakes. Benedict Cumberbatch is completely miscast as the easily unlikable Dr. Stephen Strange. He’s an egotistical surgeon doing breakthrough work in the area of nerve regeneration – who’s also had an […]
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‘Mechanic: Resurrection’ Review

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“Mechanic: Resurrection” is the sequel to 2011’s action/thriller “The Mechanic” (which was a remake of a 1972 film of the same name, starring Charles Bronson). Buried in January, “ME1” only grossed $29 million in the U.S. This sequel opens at the end of August, the dreaded period of the movie year when studios dump films […]
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‘Jason Bourne’ Review

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In a recent interview, “Jason Bourne” co-writer and director Paul Greengrass revealed that Matt Damon’s title character only has about 25 lines of dialogue in the entire film. After seeing this fifth “Bourne” installment – he wasn’t exaggerating! Damon delivers short, declarative sentences on just about 25 occasions. So, in honor of this achievement, the […]
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