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‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ Review

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Director Guy Ritchie has a very distinctive style. His movies, including a duo of “Sherlock Holmes” films, “RocknRolla” and most recently “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” (which wasn’t a big moneymaker, though a sequel is currently being written), are filled with slow-motion action sequences, extreme close-ups, dialogue scenes that invariably include both flashbacks and flash forwards, […]
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‘Snatched’ Review

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2015’s rom-com “Trainwreck” isn’t a great film, but the script from star Amy Schumer had plenty of winning comedic and dramatic material – not to mention relatable characters and believable situations. “Snatched” is Schumer’s first film since “Trainwreck”. While there are a lot differences between the two, the biggest is that Schumer didn’t write “Snatched”, […]
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‘The Hero’ Review

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“The Hero” is the Best Movie of 2017 so far, highlighted by the first Lead Actor nomination-worthy performance of the year. For the most part throughout his career, Sam Elliott has thrived as a character actor, best known for supporting work in films such as “Tombstone”, “The Big Lebowski” and “Hulk” – and for countless TV […]
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Review

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The Guardians of the Galaxy are back. Following the mega-success of the August 2014 debut, Marvel launched plans for a sequel to serve as the lift-off of the 2017 Summer Movie Season. But like The Avengers with “Age of Ultron”, “Guardians” can’t hit the high notes a second time, due to a less than compelling story […]
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‘The Dinner’ Review

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2015’s action/thriller “Run All Night” starred Liam Neeson and Ed Harris as longtime friends, hitmen and fathers who meet one night over dinner to discuss why one of their sons killed the other’s son and what should be done about it. The new psychological thriller “The Dinner” (based on a 2012 novel that’s previously been […]
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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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‘Colossal’ Review

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In promoting “Colossal”, star and executive producer Anne Hathaway has suggested that you should go into the film without knowing anything about it. After seeing “Colossal”, my suggestion is that you simply don’t go. I knew going in that “Colossal” was going to be a little quirky and unique. And I’m all for offbeat, experimental […]
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‘Casting JonBenet’ Review

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“Casting JonBenet” is completely different from any of the TV documentaries, “48 Hours” or “Dateline” episodes that have been made dissecting the case of murdered 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey over the past 20 years. 32-year-old Australian director Kitty Green, who admits she’s been fascinated with the Ramsey story since it unfolded in ’96, sought to examine the events […]
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‘Free Fire’ Review

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Martin Scorsese is a producer on the indie action film, “Free Fire”. His “Wolf of Wall Street” currently holds the record for most f-bombs in a mainstream movie, with more than 500. “Free Fire” certainly gives “Wolf” a run for its money in that category – and at only half the running time. The reason […]
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‘The Fate of the Furious’ Review

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Since when did “The Fast and the Furious” turn into “Mission: Impossible”? This 8th installment in the long-running car racing franchise – “The Fate of the Furious” – veers too far from its lane, making it difficult to qualify as a legit “F & F” film. Sure, there are plenty of insane races and chases […]
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