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‘Book Club’ Review

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Millennials, Gen X-ers, and Gen Z-ers will be streaming into theaters over the next few weeks to see a couple of highly-anticipated new releases. “Book Club” is not one of them. No, this is a movie about women over a certain age made specifically for… women over a certain age. Think of it as “Sex and […]
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‘Life of the Party’ Review

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Melissa McCarthy goes back to school in her latest comedy “Life of the Party”, which was filmed almost two years ago. She plays Deanna, a bubbly mom who joins her husband Dan in dropping off their daughter Maddie to her senior year of college. As they start to drive away, Dan informs Deanna he wants […]
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‘Tully’ Review

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When I talked with Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody for  2015’s “Ricki and the Flash”, I asked her what she had in mind for her next script. She said she had nothing – and was looking for some inspiration. Well, they say “Write what you know”. My interview with her took place shortly before Cody gave […]
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Review

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Marvel Studios has called “Avengers: Infinity War” “the cinematic event of a lifetime.” I’ll be the judge of that. Nearly 10 years to the day after the release of “Iron Man”, the film that started it all, just about everyone who’s part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe characters come together in “Infinity War”. Their goal? To […]
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‘Super Troopers 2’ Review

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If you’re a fan of the 2001 cult stoner comedy “Super Troopers”, about a group of fun-loving Vermont highway patrol officers who constantly play pranks on each other and the public (often while on the job), then you won’t be disappointed with this long-awaited sequel, which brings back the entire cast and delivers plenty of […]
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‘Rampage’ Review

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Dwayne Johnson and director Brad Peyton have previously collaborated on the fun family adventure sequel “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” and 2015’s surprisingly sophisticated, excellent action/thriller “San Andreas”. But film No. 3 for this duo isn’t nearly as successful…more proof that the Johnson charm-o-meter is continuing to trend in the wrong direction. “Rampage” is based […]
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‘Beirut’ Review

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Oscar-nominated director and screenwriter Tony Gilroy is no stranger to crafting stories surrounding espionage, spies, agencies, double-crossing and deal-making with money and lives on the line. His resume includes the first four “Bourne” films, “Michael Clayton”, “State of Play” and “Duplicity”. “Beirut” is familiar and comfortable territory for Gilroy, who’s written a complex, intertwined and […]
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‘A Quiet Place’ Review

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After watching the first cut of “A Quiet Place”, Emily Blunt leaned over to husband, co-star and director John Krasinski and told him he basically made a silent film. He thought that was cool, but Blunt suggested he add more sound so the film could really come alive. But the final version of “A Quiet […]
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‘Ready Player One’ Review

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Sorry to disappoint all the haters – including everyone who plastered the internet with phony marketing posters – but “Ready Player One” is a very good movie. Just three months after the release of “The Post”, the best movie of last year (in my opinion) director Steven Spielberg gives us an early “Best of” contender […]
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‘Isle of Dogs’ Review

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Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated triumph, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (based on the Roald Dahl book) is one of my all-time favorite animated films. Bold, daring and visually stunning – I’ve seen it at least five times since its 2009 release. “Isle of Dogs” is Anderson’s first venture into animation since “Fox”. From the trailers, the two […]
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