Reviews

‘Welcome to Marwen’ deals with PTSD much like it’s resident dolls, in an artificial and very plastic nature.

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Guys. This is the worst one. And I love it.

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A deep in the weeds historical epic, Mary Queen of Scots takes a big bite, yet finds trouble in the chewing.

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Light, refreshing, optimistic, and altogether lovely, ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ is everything a fan of the original could hope for.

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‘Spider-Verse’ is perfect holiday family fun.

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‘Roma’ is a stunning tour de force from a craftsman operating at the absolute peak of his game.

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Though excellently acted, ‘The Favourite’ is bleak with some pacing problems.

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This steampunk adventure based on a YA series likely to bore moviegoers and disappoint fans of source material.

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Sweden’s official entry into the upcoming Oscar race ‘The Guilty’ takes hard look at heroism in tense, subtle thriller.

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‘Green Book’ is an enjoyable film with solid acting, but it brings up a lot of big questions it doesn’t bother to answer.

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‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’, Disney’s first sequel in nearly two decades, is full of nostalgia, tech-savvy surprises, and heart.

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Despite the presence of several fun new characters, ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ is a low point in J.K. Rowling’s ever-expanding Wizarding World franchise.

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‘Instant Family,’ written and directed by Sean Anders, is full of movie tropes I hate, but the thread of truth in the movie makes it a bit more entertaining.

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‘A Private War’ successfully details the human cost of conflict on those that engage in it, but also amongst those along the fringes.

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The charm and power in Boy Erased, written and directed by Joel Edgerton and based on Garrard Conley’s memoir, comes from the hesitations. The movie shows the tentativeness and caution it takes to reach for human connection when your culture tell you it’s sick, and the bravery it takes to hope for reciprocity in those moments – whether romantic or otherwise.

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