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The Live-Action And Animation Roles of Scarlett Johansson

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Tony Award winner (for the 2010 play “A View from the Bridge”), eight-time Critics Choice Awards nominee and double Academy Award nominee Scarlett Johansson (who should’ve won for one of those two roles… I’ll get to that in a second) is one of the most successful actors of all-time at the box office. And it’s […]
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‘Jojo Rabbit’ Review

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Director Taika Waititi follows-up his (mostly) well-received “Thor: Ragnarok” with an even riskier project: a satirical comedy about WWII, in which he plays… Adolf Hitler. This sounds like a tough sell, especially in these politically correct times. And that’s one of the many charms of “Jojo Rabbit”. Newcomer Roman Griffin Davis is remarkable as the […]
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‘Ghost in the Shell’ Movie Review

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In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world’s most dangerous criminals. (PARAMOUNT) Scarlett Johansson has received four career Golden Globe Award nominations: “Lost in Translation” (2003), “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (2003), […]
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‘Ghost in the Shell’ Review

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Last year Scarlett Johansson became the highest-grossing North American box office actress of all-time, thanks, in large part, to her supporting role as Black Widow in the Marvel superhero movies. But she’s starred in plenty of films as well, including 2014’s so-so “Lucy”. Now, ScarJo is back to headline the first live-action English language adaptation […]
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‘Lucy’ Review

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What if you were kidnapped by a group of suited men with guns and had a powerful and valuable drug surgically implanted in your stomach? And what if this led to you becoming the most intelligent person in the history of the world? I’m not sure mankind would be ready for it, something Oscar-winner Morgan […]
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‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Review

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has raised the bar yet again with the return of The Star Spangled Man with a Plan. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is the sequel to 2011’s highly entertaining “The First Avenger”. In that film we were introduced to a scrawny Steve Rogers (played by Chris Evans) who was asked to […]
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