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Movie Review
‘The Lego Movie 2’ could be definitive piece of cinema for the Trump era
Think of "Lego Movie 2" as the "Empire Strikes Back" to "The Lego Movie's" "A New Hope." Read on
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‘Ben Is Back’ exquisitely devastating family story for the opiate era
The theme Hedges's script hammers again and again is the flexible, fallible nature of honesty and truth. Read on
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‘On the Basis of Sex’ is broad but refreshing look at the origins of the Notorious RBG
For all its predictability as a biopic and legal drama, it's difficult not to be rapt with attention during Ruth's dramatic oral argument before the court. Read on
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Movie review: ‘A Dog’s Way Home’ is a sweet but outlandish tale
Bella is rescued as a puppy by a kind young man named Lucas , who hopes the pup will help his mother, a veteran suffering from PTSD. Read on
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‘Vice’ is wild, epic mission to excavate Cheney’s soul
"Vice" is not a "both sides" kind of biopic. It firmly expresses its point of view that Cheney harmed our country forever with his Machiavellian machinations. Read on
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‘Mary Queen of Scots’ seems made for a post-Hillary world
This is a film about the inextricable link between the personal and the political, which has always been women's work. Read on
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Movie Review
‘Mary Poppins Returns,’ and she really shouldn’t have
"Mary Poppins Returns" winds up feeling both hyperactive and paralyzed. Read on
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‘Aquaman’ makes a wildly entertaining, campy splash
The plot is a globe-trotting, seafaring scavenger hunt to track down King Atlan's trident so Arthur can challenge the war-mongering Orm's claim to the throne of Atlantis. Read on
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Movie Review
‘Beautiful Boy’ is a tour de force for Timothée Chalamet, but Steve Carell misses the mark
Directed by Felix Van Groeningen from a script by Luke Davies, "Beautiful Boy" possesses the high-gloss attractiveness of an episode of "Big Little Lies." Read on
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‘Hunter Killer’ so full of military action stereotypes it’s borderline parody
"Hunter Killer" needs its radar calibrated, because while it bounces between serious and silly, it never quite finds a suitable place to land. Read on