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‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Review

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In the 25 years since “Jurassic Park”, dinosaurs have roared on the big screen in hand-drawn animated form (“The Land Before Time” films), skeletal form (“Night at the Museum”) and CGI/photo-realism form (“Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”, “Walking with Dinosaurs”, “The Good Dinosaur” and the simply titled “Dinosaur”). Dinos have become almost as common […]
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‘Tag’ Review

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Here’s a piece of advice for anyone looking to edit trailers as a profession: Don’t begin a trailer (that everyone will have seen in theaters and online for several months) with the climactic moment in the movie. That egregious mistake was made with “Tag”. And it’s far from the only one. “Tag” stars Jon Hamm, […]
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‘Incredibles 2’ Review

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At the Regal Cinemas “Incredibles 2” showing I attended (and it’s likely playing everywhere), right before the film began, writer/director Brad Bird, and stars Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter and Samuel L. Jackson appeared on screen and thanked all the fans for waiting patiently for the past 14 years (it’s been 13 and a half, […]
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‘Hereditary’ Review

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Lately the title “Horror Movie” has been awarded to films that just don’t deserve it. “Get Out” has a few gory moments in its final half hour, but it’s a suspense thriller. “mother!” includes its share of blood, but not the slicing and dicing found in traditional horror films. And neither provide the scares required […]
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Ocean’s 8 Review

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A few months before the release of the all-female version of “Ghostbusters” in 2016, Warner Bros. announced they were developing an “Ocean’s” reboot with a prominently female cast. The reason the film’s called “Ocean’s 8” (and not another “Ocean’s 11”) is that the studio hopes this can become another trilogy. The idea is to have […]
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‘Eighth Grade’ Review

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Comedian/singer-songwriter Bo Burnham has written and directed his first feature film. It’s not what you’d expect. “Eighth Grade” is a sophisticated, sentimental and surprisingly serious coming-of-age story that focusses on the final week of eighth grade for a quiet, socially awkward 13-year old.  Elsie Fisher (the voice of Agnes in the first two “Despicable Me” […]
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‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Review

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“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” is the highly-anticipated documentary on Fred Rogers, the television and cultural icon whose show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Oscar-winning “20 Feet from Stardom” director Morgan Neville presents a fascinating insight into Rogers’ life and his career. But mostly this film is about the ideas […]
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‘American Animals’ Review

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The heist movie is a quintessential part of American cinema. “American Animals” puts a new spin on the genre as part-documentary/part-dramatization of a 2004 robbery involving four Kentucky college students who attempted to steal a group of priceless books from the Transylvania University library. The film starts rather slowly, with a drawn-out and not exceptionally […]
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Review

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“Solo: A Star Wars Story” is the second “Star Wars” film in six months and the fourth in less than 3½ years – since the Disney takeover of LucasFilm. “Solo” is the second  prequel/spinoff, joining 2016’s “Rogue One”. That movie had almost entirely new characters, while this one is, of course, about the early adventures […]
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‘Deadpool 2’ Review

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It seems longer than two years and three months since the original “Deadpool”. Or maybe it’s just me, since I’ve been doing everything possible to forget that film. The biggest question I had going into “Deadpool 2” was would this just be more of the same, or would a new director steer this character and […]
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