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‘It’ Review

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“It” is the latest highly-anticipated adaptation of a very popular Stephen King novel. Though, much like this year’s “Get Out”, “It” isn’t really a horror film. Instead, what it is…or… I guess…what “It” is, is a creepy tale of a small town and an angry clown. Back in 1990 King did a TV-mini series 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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‘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 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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‘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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‘Atomic Blonde’ Review

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Charlize Theron has kicked some serious butt in action movies throughout her career, including “Aeon Flux”, “Hancock”, “Snow White & the Huntsman” (and its much-less entertaining spin-off) and most recently “The Fate of the Furious”. And diehard fans of “Mad Max: Fury Road” haven’t stopped drooling over her work in that reboot since it was […]
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‘A Ghost Story’ Review

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Filmmakers often like to explore the complex topic of the true meaning of life. Recent dramas on the subject include Terrence Malick’s overly-ambitious “The Tree of Life” and the dry, yet complex sci-fi saga “Arrival”. Elements of those films and others (and a touch of “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!”) are all a part […]
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‘Blind’ Review

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Alec Baldwin has been getting plenty of attention lately for his stint as President Trump on “SNL”, as host of the revival of “Match Game” and as the voice of “The Boss Baby” for DreamWorks – three comedy-oriented gigs. But Baldwin can be just as effective, at times even more so, as a serious, dramatic […]
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‘The House’ Review

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I admit it. I went into “The House” with very low expectations. Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler comedies have been hit-and-miss lately. And the film’s director, Andrew Jay Cohen, has a mixed bag of writing credits, including the “Neighbors” movies (first one was so-so, the sequel was a disaster) and the decent (thanks to the […]
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