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‘Youth’ Movie Review

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Starring Michael Caine as Fred and Harvey Keitel as Mick, YOUTH explores the lifelong bond between two friends vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing a screenplay in […]
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‘The Good Dinosaur’ Movie Review

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From the innovative minds of Disney•Pixar comes a hilariously heartwarming adventure about the power of confronting and overcoming your fears and discovering who you are meant to be. The Good Dinosaur asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely, and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? In […]
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‘Creed’ Movie Review

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Filmmaker Ryan Coogler’s Creed reunites Coogler with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan as the son of Apollo Creed, and explores a new chapter in the Rocky story, starring Academy Award nominee Sylvester Stallone in his iconic role.Adonis Johnson (Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before he was born. Still, there’s no denying […]
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‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ Movie Review

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One of the most celebrated movie series of all time comes to its thrilling conclusion in the last chapter of The Hunger Games. Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen, who began her journey fighting to survive the brutal Hunger Games, and rose to lead the rebellion against Panem’s tyrannical president (Donald Sutherland). Now, Katniss and […]
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‘Love the Coopers’ Movie Review

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LOVE THE COOPERS follows the Cooper clan as four generations of extended family come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration.  As the evening unfolds, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday. (LIONSGATE) Alan […]
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‘Spectre’ Movie Review

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In SPECTRE, a cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. (SONY/COLUMBIA) “Spectre” is the fourth James Bond film starring actor Daniel Craig. 2006’s “Casino […]
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‘The Peanuts Movie’ Movie Review

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DREAM BIG AND LAUGH ALONG with good ol’ Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved Peanuts gang as you’ve never seen them before in a brand-new feature film from the imagination of Charles M. Schulz and the creators of Ice Age. Join everyone’s favorite eternal optimist, Charlie Brown, as he embarks on a heroic […]
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‘Spotlight’ Movie Review

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Starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Billy Crudup and Stanley Tucci, SPOTLIGHT TELLS THE RIVETING TRUE STORY BEHIND THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BOSTON GLOBE INVESTIGATION that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world’s oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper’s tenacious […]
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‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Movie Review

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Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) and Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade) star in the satirical comedy Our Brand is Crisis, from director David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, George Washington). A Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still […]
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‘Truth’ Movie Review

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On the morning of September 9, 2004, veteran CBS News producer MARY MAPES (Cate Blanchett) believed she had every reason to feel proud of a broadcast journalism job well done. By the end of the day, Mapes, CBS News, and the venerable CBS News anchor DAN RATHER (Robert Redford) would be under harsh scrutiny. The […]
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