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‘Hard Truths’ Movie Review

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In writer and director Mike Leigh’s new film “Hard Truths”, Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives an outstanding performance as Pansy, a woman who seems pretty unhappy. She thrives on complaining and confrontation — often with total strangers in stores, parking lots and offices. Her husband and young adult son have put up with this for such a […]
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‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Movie Review

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Aardman’s beloved Wallace and Gromit return for their first adventure in 16 years. “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”, directed by four-time Oscar winner Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, is a love letter to fans of the franchise. Mark Burton’s screenplay (one of the finest of the past year in cinema) is filled with clever […]
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‘Nosferatu’ Movie Review

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“Nosferatu” is the latest from director Robert Eggers of “The Witch”, “The Lighthouse”, and “The Northman”. “The Lighthouse” is a crazy, wild, fun movie, and “The Northman” is pretty sophisticated, so my expectations going into this re-imagining… this revision of “Nosferatu” were kinda high. I am so, so disappointed. The plot, you may know it […]
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‘Kraven the Hunter’ Movie Review

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I feel like I’m a broken record because so many of these movies this year, about 35-40 minutes in, I go, “This is a terrible film, I’m giving it a D.” And here’s another case of that. “Kraven the Hunter” should really be called “Kraven the Clunker”. The lengthy backstory (involving how Sergei eventually becomes […]
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‘September 5’ Movie Review

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“September 5” is one of the absolute best movies of 2024. This is based on the true story of ABC Sports’ groundbreaking live coverage of Palestinian terrorists holding Israeli athletes and coaches hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich. In the control room, broadcasting to the world, are Roone Alredge (played by Peter […]
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‘The Order’ Movie Review

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Jude Law stars in dramatic crime thriller “The Order” as FBI agent Terry. It’s the 1980s, and Terry moves to the Pacific Northwest, hoping for a little more of a laid-back life, even though he’s still on the job. Well that’s not going to happen because a bunch of robberies are taking place. The criminals: […]
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‘Gladiator II’ Movie Review

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I watched the original, Best Picture Oscar-winning “Gladiator” for the first time a few months ago to get ready for director Ridley Scott’s sequel, and I’m so glad I did. Even though it takes place 16 years later, “Gladiator II” is a pretty direct follow-up. The parallels to the first film and the story beats, […]
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‘Red One’ Movie Review

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“Red One” is a holiday sci-fi action comedy, though I don’t particularly think it’s funny… though I don’t particularly think that’s a problem with the movie. This is Amazon-MGM’s big, $250 million holiday extravaganza starring Dwayne Johnson as Cal, the bodyguard and assistant to Santa Claus (“Red”), played by J.K. Simmons. He’s definitely jacked. They […]
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‘Music by John Williams’ Movie Review

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Five-time Academy Award winner John Williams is arguably the greatest film composer of all-time. A new documentary on his life and career, “Music by John Williams” (now streaming on Disney+), is one of my favorite movie experiences of 2024. It recently won the Critics Choice Documentary Award for Best Music Documentary, a well-deserved honor. Director […]
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‘The Gutter’ Movie Review

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“The Gutter” is the kind of comedy you’d probably find on Cable TV at 1am. It has that spirit. You flip through the channels and go, “What is this goofy, absurd sports comedy?” It’s wild, outrageous, random and ridiculous… but I stuck with it, and it’s far from the worst movie experience of 2024. There […]
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