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Movie Review‘Red Sparrow’ beautiful to look at, but it’s empty and meaningless
Francis Lawrence's filmmaking in "Red Sparrow" is as seductive as its heroine, and he creates gorgeous compositions in a palette of red and gray, knit together with seamless editing. Read on
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Movie Review‘I, Tonya’ review: Blades of glory, and then …
Screenwriter Steven Rogers and director Craig Gillespie ("Lars and the Real Girl," the undervalued "The Finest Hours") cover four decades in Harding's harsh, bright, bizarre life. Read on
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Movie ReviewLin Shaye is a scream, but ‘Insidious: The Last Key’ doesn’t click
Given all the strained inhalations on the soundtrack and the general air of choking on fumes, "Insidious: The Last Gasp" might have been a more appropriate title for the fourth and potentially final entry in this lucrative, once-diverting property. Read on
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Movie ReviewIt’s a serious journalism tale with the pacing of a thriller
Though Hanks' Bradlee is obviously a key player, "The Post" is really about the professional coming of age of Streep's Katharine Graham, the owner of the Post. Read on
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Movie Review‘Ferdinand’ celebrates peaceful spirit, but falls flat
"Ferdinand" contains some resonant messages about prioritizing gentleness and love over competition and violence, and about not judging a book by its cover. Read on
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Movie ReviewDan Stevens, Christopher Plummer unite for a bioflick even Scrooge would love
As the opening scene of fanfare and falling confetti on a highly excited American stage suggests, this is a fun film where things will be presented like a hopped-up pantomime performance. Read on
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Movie Review‘The Shape of Water’ is a monster movie that’s beautiful, pure of heart
"The Shape of Water" hits that sweet spot of lovely, dark, poignant and bloody. Read on
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Movie Review‘The Disaster Artist’ shows the finesse behind supposed failure
In 2003, a mysterious billboard popped up in Los Angeles, with a sinister headshot and a phone number, advertising a movie called “The Room.” Playing in one theater, the romantic melodrama written, directed, produced by and starring the inimitable Tommy Wiseau was a flop, until cult movie fans discovered possibly the best worst movie ever… Read on
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Movie ReviewPixar’s ‘Coco’ sings a high-spirited but sometimes faltering tune
After an inspired prologue designed entirely in the intricate papel picado style of tissue-paper art, the story begins on Dia de los Muertos, the holiday when Mexican families display their late ancestors' photographs alongside food offerings on a commemorative altar. Read on
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Movie Review‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ is a grandiose, epic space opera
Writer/director Rian Johnson goes for broke during his turn at bat in the “Star Wars” franchise, and he delivers an epic space opera with “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” a film that is as indebted to the previous installments and “Star Wars” canon as it is to classic Westerns, sword and sandal epics, and martial… Read on
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