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‘Dark Phoenix’ Review

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“X-Men” kicked-off the cinematic superhero phenomenon in 2000. Marvel has created multiple franchises from this group of characters — from the core trilogy to the solo “Wolverine” films and the two “Deadpool” installments. The prequel saga, which began with 2011’s “X-Men: First Class”, hasn’t been a favorite of mine. “First Class”, “Days of Future Past” […]
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‘The Light Between Oceans’ Review

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The making of “The Light Between Oceans” brought together two of the industry’s shining stars: Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. Their chemistry on screen, as a loving husband and wife, sparked a real-life romance off-screen, as the two have been “a couple” since filming took place in 2014. But this isn’t PerezHilton.com – this is […]
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‘Steve Jobs’ Review

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I was one of only a few critics who genuinely appreciated “Jobs”, the 2013 biopic on legendary Apple CEO Steve Jobs, starring Ashton Kutcher. A little more than two years later, Hollywood tackles the complicated mind of one of the most fascinating technological pioneers of all-time yet again with “Steve Jobs”. And this time they’ve […]
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‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Review

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The build-up to “X-Men: Days of Future Past” has been gigantic. For the first time, the mutant characters we’ve come to care about over the past 14 years, and their younger selves we were introduced to in 2011’s “X-Men: First Class”, come together. It was promoted as an “Avengers” in the “X-Men” universe. But after […]
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