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‘Baywatch’ Review

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Two months ago, Warner Bros. released a modernized movie version of the 70s/80s TV series “Chips”. It was an abysmal failure, both on screen and at the box office. And now, not to be outdone, Paramount has responded with “Baywatch”, which takes the ‘movie reboots of old TV shows’ genre to depths previously unseen. Dwayne […]
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‘War Machine’ Review

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“War Machine” is based on the 2010 book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Story of America’s War in Afghanistan by the late Michael Hastings. It focused on U.S. Army General Stanley A. McChrystal, who led U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 2009-’10. Hastings spent a few days with the very outspoken McChrystal and his team […]
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‘The Wizard of Lies’ Review

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The Bernie Madoff story has already been made into several movies. There was the 2010 documentary “Chasing Madoff”. Last year, Richard Dreyfuss and Blythe Danner played Bernie and his wife Ruth in ABC’s two-night miniseries “Madoff”. Now, Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer tackle the Madoff roles in HBO’s “The Wizard of Lies”. De Niro […]
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‘Everything, Everything’ Review

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“Everything, Everything” is the latest YA romance novel to be turned into a movie. The book, written by Nicola Yoon, was published less than two years ago, so this was definitely a quick turnaround. Last year’s “Me Before You”, based on a novel intended for a similar audience, blew me away – with a commanding […]
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‘Alien: Covenant’ Review

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A covenant is an agreement. I’ve got a feeling I won’t be sharing a covenant with many die-hard “Alien” fans on Ridley Scott’s latest prequel, and “Prometheus” sequel, “Alien: Covenant”. The time is 2104 and the crew of the spaceship Covenant is looking for a new planet to call home. Members include Katherine Waterston, Billy […]
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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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