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‘Marvel’s Inhumans’ Review

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“Inhumans” was originally slated to be a feature film – part of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, last November, Marvel announced they would be shifting directions, with an 8-episode “Inhumans” miniseries event set for ABC’s Fall 2017 lineup. In March, Marvel and ABC revealed that they would be debuting 75 minutes of […]
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‘Patti Cake$’ Review

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“Patti Cake$” is a combination of “Rocky”, “Cinderella” and “8 Mile”. Writer/director Geremy Jasper is counting on audiences losing themselves in the underdog story of a New Jersey girl and her dreams of becoming a famous rap artist, ignoring the film’s many flaws along the way. And you know what? Thanks to Danielle Macdonald’s stunning, […]
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‘Leap!’ Review

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Often, while I’m watching a film that isn’t going so well, I can’t help but root for things to get better. I felt that way during most of “Leap!”, the French-Canadian animated film originally released last year under the title “Ballerina”. The Weinstein Co. is distributing the English-language version in the U.S. which includes, not only […]
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‘Logan Lucky’ Review

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Normally I wouldn’t start a review with a line from the very end of a movie. But this line is actually a line of text – a few sentences – from the last screen of the final credits of “Logan Lucky”, which read as follows: “This is a Work of Fiction. Nobody was Robbed in […]
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‘Ingrid Goes West’ Review

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In “Ingrid Goes West” Aubrey Plaza plays the title character, a twenty-something whose mom has recently passed away. Now alone, and without any friends, Ingrid relies on social media (specifically Instagram), for everything – companionship, entertainment, love. She lives through the people she follows and “friends” online. After seeing pictures of a hot new internet […]
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‘The Glass Castle’ Review

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So far in 2017, Woody Harrelson has taken-on the villain role in “War for the Planet of the Apes”, the lead in the quirky indie comedy “Wilson”, and he made history by writing, directing and starring in the first-ever “live” movie, “Lost in London”. Still to come: the sheriff character in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, […]
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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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‘Step’ Review

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At first glance, “Step” seems to be a typical documentary. There have been so many films (both fictional and real-life) about a team preparing for a major competition – a group of underdogs looking to pull-off the major upset against all odds. And while that may be the basic framework of “Step”, trust me, you’ve […]
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‘Mune: Guardian of the Moon’ Review

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“Mune: Guardian of the Moon” was released in France in 2015 and earned both the Young People’s Jury Award at the TIFF Kids International Festival and Best Film at the Tokyo Anime Awards. Last year, GKIDS gave “Mune” a qualifying US release for Academy Awards consideration. It was one of a record 27 animated films […]
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‘Detroit’ Review

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Kathryn Bigelow follows-up her Oscar winning military/war-based dramas “The Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark Thirty” with a look at the 1967 Detroit riots, specifically shedding light on an incident in American history that most people don’t know much about. “Detroit” does include authentic newsreel footage, but this is not a standard docu-drama. Rather, it’s a […]
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