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‘The Batman’ Movie Review

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There have now been three big screen Batmen in my lifetime. Four if you count LEGO Batman (and let’s be honest, he’s the G.O.A.T.). Nearly 10 years after Christian Bale stepped down, and 4 1/2 years after Ben Affleck’s second stint in “Justice League”, it’s Robert Pattinson’s turn as “The Batman”. Matt Reeves (who directed […]
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‘Uncharted’ Movie Review

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The feature film adaptation of the popular PlayStation video game franchise “Uncharted” has been in development for so long that star Mark Wahlberg aged-out of his original role. Wahlberg was initially cast to play heroic adventurer Nathan Drake. But, with this project finally making it to the big screen, Wahlberg is playing older heroic adventurer […]
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‘Moonfall’ Movie Review

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Roland Emmerich makes disaster movies. And he’s pretty good at it. “Independence Day”. “The Day After Tomorrow”. “2012”. “Independence Day: Resurgence” (which was an actual disaster of a movie). He also set Washington D.C. ablaze in “White House Down”, gave us an action-packed depiction of the Battle of Midway and even let Godzilla unleash his […]
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‘Belfast’ Movie Review

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I really wanted to like “Belfast”. But it’s difficult to get past the numerous odd technical elements in writer/director Kenneth Branagh’s ode to his days growing-up in Northern Ireland in the late ’60s. The film opens with a contemporary shot of Belfast, in color. Then the flashback saga begins and the chroma shifts to black […]
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‘Julia’ Movie Review

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2021 is truly The Year of the Chef Documentary. We’ve already been served docs on the lives and careers of Wolfgang Puck and the late Anthony Bourdain. Now it’s Julia Child’s turn. Of course, Child was portrayed by Meryl Streep in 2009’s “Julie & Julia”. But that film only showed a portion of who Child […]
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‘Worth’ Movie Review

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“Worth” is based on a remarkable true story — with one of the worst tragedies in American history as a backdrop. If it wasn’t true… if Kenneth Feinberg wasn’t a real person… there’s no way this movie could’ve been made. But writer Max Borenstein (of WB’s Monsterverse films) and director Sara Colangelo (“The Kindergarten Teacher”) […]
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‘Respect’ Movie Review

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When Aretha Franklin died in August 2018, the Hollywood floodgates burst open with projects on the Queen of Soul. First came the 2019 documentary “Amazing Grace”, which featured incredible footage of Franklin’s 1972 live recordings of that iconic, Grammy award-winning Gospel album. Then word of dueling biopics emerged: NatGeo premiered its TV miniseries “Genius: Aretha”, […]
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‘F9: The Fast Saga’ Movie Review

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I continue to enjoy each “Fast and the Furious” installment less than the previous one. “F9: The Fast Saga” makes it clear that this franchise has reached a desperate state. First of all, director Justin Lin is back. He helmed the third, fourth, fifth and sixth entries, then decided to steer his career in a […]
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‘A Quiet Place: Part II’ Movie Review

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“A Quiet Place: Part II” opens with a prequel scene. We witness the Day 1 events leading-up to the initial alien attack on the rural Northeastern town that kicked-off “A Quiet Place”. John Krasinski’s Lee Abbott, wife Evelyn (Emily Blunt) and their three children come face to face, for the first time, with those monsters […]
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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Movie Review

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It’s the monster movie showdown of the ages! (Or at least of this decade.) “Godzilla vs. Kong” is exciting, entertaining escapism and the best installment in WB’s “Monsterverse” to date. If you haven’t seen 2014’s solid “Godzilla”, 2017’s so-so “Kong: Skull Island” or 2019’s dull and disappointing “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” don’t sweat it. […]
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