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‘The Wife’ Movie Review

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After nearly forty years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman (played by six time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, […]
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‘Mile 22’ Movie Review

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IN A VISCERAL MODERN THRILLER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF LONE SURVIVOR, MARK WAHLBERG STARS AS JAMES SILVA, AN OPERATIVE OF THE CIA’S MOST HIGHLY-PRIZED AND LEAST-UNDERSTOOD UNIT. AIDED BY A TOP-SECRET TACTICAL COMMAND TEAM, SILVA MUST RETRIEVE AND TRANSPORT AN ASSET WHO HOLDS LIFE-THREATENING INFORMATION TO MILE 22 FOR EXTRACTION BEFORE THE ENEMY CLOSES IN. […]
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‘BlacKkKlansman’ Movie Review

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From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It’s the early 1970s, a time of great social upheaval as the struggle for civil rights rages on. Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) becomes the first African-American detective on the Colorado Springs Police Department, but his arrival is greeted with skepticism and open […]
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‘The Meg’ Movie Review

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? Jason Statham (“Spy,” “Furious 7,” “The Expendables” films) and award-winning Chinese actress Li Bingbing (“Transformers: Age of Extinction,” “Forbidden Kingdom,” “The Message”) star in the science fiction action thriller “The Meg,” directed by Jon Turteltaub (the “National Treasure” movies, “Last Vegas”). In the film, a deep-sea submersible—part of an international undersea observation program—has been […]
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Movie Review

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? Jon M. Chu (“Now You See Me 2”) directed the contemporary romantic comedy “Crazy Rich Asians,” based on the acclaimed worldwide bestseller by Kevin Kwan. The story follows New Yorker Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) as she accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding), to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting […]
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‘Christopher Robin’ Movie Review

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? Disney’s “Christopher Robin” is directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by Alex Ross Perry and Allison Schroeder and a story by Perry based on characters created by A.A. Milne. The producers are Brigham Taylor and Kristin Burr with Renée Wolfe and Jeremy Johns serving as executive producers. The film stars Ewan McGregor as […]
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‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Movie Review

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?? Audrey (Mila Kunis) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), two thirty-year-old best friends in Los Angeles, are thrust unexpectedly into an international spy conspiracy when Audrey’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail. Surprising even themselves, the duo jump into action, on the run throughout Europe from assassins […]
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‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Movie Review

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? The best intentions often come back to haunt you. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong. Henry Cavill, Angela Bassett, and Vanessa Kirby also […]
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‘Teen Titans Go! To the Movies’ Movie Review

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? When the Teen Titans go to the big screen, they go big! Teen Titans GO! to the Movies finds our egocentric, wildly satirical Super Heroes in their first feature film extravaganza—a fresh, gleefully clever, kid-appropriately crass and tongue-in-cheek play on the superhero genre, complete with musical numbers. It seems to the Teens that all the major […]
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‘The Equalizer 2’ Movie Review

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? Denzel Washington returns to one of his signature roles in the first sequel of his career. Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed – but how far will he go when that is someone he loves? (SONY/COLUMBIA) Denzel Washington is a two-time Academy Award winner (“Glory”, “Training Day”) who has […]
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