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‘Rogue One’ Movie Review

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The daughter of an Imperial scientist joins the Rebel Alliance in a risky move to steal the Death Star plans. (DISNEY/LUCASFILM) “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is the second “Star Wars” film under the Disney name. It is the first, direct, live-action spinoff of the saga. 2015’s core franchise reboot, and seventh chapter, “Star […]
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‘Hidden Figures’ Movie Review

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Hidden Figures tells the incredible untold story of Katherine Jonson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) – brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn, a stunning achievement that turned around the Space Race. The visionary trio […]
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‘The Founder’ Movie Review

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Directed by John Lee Hancock (SAVING MR. BANKS), THE FOUNDER features the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise […]
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‘Moana’ Movie Review

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For centuries, the greatest sailors in the world masterfully navigated the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, 3,000 years ago, their voyages stopped for a millennium – and no one knows exactly why. From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes “Moana,” a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous teenager who is […]
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‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Movie Review

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The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school. (WARNER BROS.) Eddie Redmayne won the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance as Stephen Hawking in the 2014 biopic drama “The Theory of Everything”. Colin Farrell won a Golden […]
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‘Arrival’ Movie Review

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A linguist is recruited by the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecrafts land around the world in ‘Arrival’. (PARAMOUNT) Amy Adams is a five-time Academy Award nominee for “Junebug”, “Doubt”, “The Fighter”, “The Master” and “American Hustle”. She is also the star of the Disney princess comedy romance adventure “Enchanted”, “Julie […]
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“Doctor Strange” Movie Review

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From Marvel Studios comes “Doctor Strange,” the story of world-famous neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange whose life changes forever after a horrific car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he is forced to look for healing—and hope—in an unlikely place: a mysterious enclave known as Kamar-Taj. He quickly […]
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‘Trolls’ Movie Review

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From the creators of Shrek comes DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls, a smart, funny and irreverent comedy about the search for happiness, and just how far some will go to get it. This hilarious film transports audiences to a colorful, wondrous world populated by the overly optimistic Trolls, who have a constant dance in their step and […]
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‘Inferno’ Movie Review

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In this contemporary action thriller, the famous symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia and finds himself the target of a manhunt. Langdon teams up with Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock […]
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‘Boo! A Madea Halloween’ Movie Review

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On the spookiest night of the year, Madea is summoned to keep a watchful eye on Brian’s (Tyler Perry) teenage daughter and keep her out of trouble. Little does she know, the trouble is coming for her. Fortunately, or not, she has her posse of Bam, Hattie and Joe to shield off ghosts and killer […]
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