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‘Sully’ Movie Review

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From Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood (American Sniper, Million Dollar Baby) comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama Sully, starring Oscar winner Tom Hanks (Bridge of Spies, Forrest Gump) as Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters […]
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‘The Light Between Oceans’ Movie Review

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DreamWorks Pictures’ “The Light Between Oceans” is a heart-breaking drama about fate, love, moral dilemmas and the lengths to which one couple will go to see their dreams realized. Starring Academy Award® nominee Michael Fassbender, Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander, Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown and Jack Thompson, the film […]
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‘Hands of Stone’ Movie Review

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The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other’s lives. (THE WEINSTEIN CO.) Robert De Niro has won two Academy Awards, one for “The Godfather: Part II” (1974), and the other for the iconic boxing drama “Raging Bull” (1980). Edgar Ramirez received a Golden Globe nomination for “Carlos” in 2010. […]
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‘War Dogs’ Movie Review

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From director Todd Phillips (“The Hangover” trilogy, “Due Date”) comes “War Dogs”, starring two-time Academy Award Best Supporting Actor Nominee Jonah Hill (“The Wolf of Wall Street”, “Moneyball”) and Miles Teller (“Whiplash”, the “Divergent” trilogy, “Fantastic Four”). War Dogs follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the […]
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‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Movie Review

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Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic action-adventure from acclaimed animation studio LAIKA. Clever, kindhearted Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson of Game of Thrones) ekes out a humble living, telling stories to the people of his seaside town including Hosato (George Takei), Akihiro (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa) and Kameyo (Academy Award nominee Brenda Vaccaro). But his relatively quiet […]
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‘Sausage Party’ Movie Review

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In this R-rated CG-animated movie, one sausage leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store. The film features the vocal talents of some of today’s best comedy stars – Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah […]
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‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ Movie Review

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The true story of Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep), the legendary New York heiress and socialite who obsessively pursued her dream of becoming a great opera singer. The voice she heard in her head was beautiful, but to everyone else it was hilariously awful. Her “husband” and manager, St Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant) an aristocratic […]
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‘Suicide Squad’ Movie Review

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It feels good to be bad…Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable […]
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‘Jason Bourne’ Movie Review

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Matt Damon returns to his most iconic role in Jason Bourne. Paul Greengrass, the director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, once again joins Damon for the next chapter of Universal Pictures’ Bourne franchise, which finds the CIA’s most lethal operative drawn out of the shadows. Damon is joined by Alicia Vikander, Vincent […]
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‘Nerve’ Movie Review

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A high school senior finds herself immersed in an online game of truth or dare, where her every move starts to become manipulated by an anonymous community of “watchers.” in “Nerve”. (LIONSGATE) Emma Roberts rose to fame with her role on Nickelodeon’s “Unfabulous”. She then transitioned to movies with starring roles in “Aquamarine” (2006), “Nancy […]
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