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‘Bad Boys For Life’ Review

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Threequels. Threequels. Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? 17 years after “Bad Boys II” – and 25 years after the original – Will Smith and Martin Lawrence team-up again on the third installment in their action dramedy franchise. The two are quite familiar with third chapters. In fact, the last […]
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‘Cats’ Review

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There’s little chance you haven’t heard something about the behind the scenes drama surrounding “Cats”, the film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical. The A-list actors, singers and even a talk show host — including Idris Elba, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift and James Corden — went to “cat school” and performed their scenes […]
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‘Spies in Disguise’ Review

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Blue Sky Studios, the animation company behind the “Ice Age” franchise and “Rio”, has been around for more than 30 years. It started releasing feature films in 2002. From 2011-2017 Blue Sky opened a movie a year, through distributor 20th Century Fox. But since the release of “Ferdinand” in 2017, a lot has changed at […]
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‘Bombshell’ Review

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If you’re into the world of TV news and current events, then “Bombshell” has to be one of your most highly anticipated movies of 2019. It’s also one of the fastest turnarounds for a narrative film “based on a true story”. Yes, the sexual harassment case involving FOX News chief Roger Ailes was pre-Harvey Weinstein/ […]
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‘Little Women’ Review

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Actress Greta Gerwig broke through as a writer/director with 2017’s “Lady Bird” – an original, funny, grounded, growing-up dramedy. With her follow-up, Gerwig provides a fresh look at an all-time classic. However, her attempt at modernizing “Little Women” may have been a little too ambitious. To shake-up a story that’s already been told time numerous […]
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‘Uncut Gems’ Review

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On the surface, the role of Howard Ratner in “Uncut Gems” may seem like a major departure for Adam Sandler. The man behind such goofy comedies as “Happy Gilmore”, “Grown Ups” and… “Jack and Jill” (!)… is in a dark, twisted, high-stakes A24 indie. But in a lot of ways, “Uncut Gems” is not dissimilar […]
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‘Just Mercy’ Review

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“Just Mercy” is being advertised as 2019’s end-of-year, feel-good, inspirational, real-life legal drama. And rightfully so. Co-writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton presents a solid, true story of a young lawyer’s battle against the system and the odds, in the name of justice. Michael B. Jordan plays Bryan Stevenson. Fresh out of Harvard Law School in 1987, […]
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‘The Two Popes’ Review

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Pope Benedict XVI is one of only two popes to resign from his position (not complete his term while still alive) in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. This happened in early 2013. His successor, Pope Francis, then shook-up the church and its billion+ followers with his modern approach to the papacy. This unique […]
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‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Review

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The trolley car continues to move along the track with “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”. This is not a standard biopic on Fred Rogers. Nor is it an overview of his life (as with last year’s Focus Features and PBS documentaries). Instead, this is an “inspired by actual events” story of a relationship between […]
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‘Frozen II’ Review

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Last time, Elsa said, “The cold never bothered me, anyway.” Well, there are more than a few things that bother me about “Frozen II”. It’s been six years since the original, game-changing “Frozen” was released. In that time it has, arguably, become the defining animated movie of this generation. So the pressure was on for […]
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