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  • Red Sparrow, Nostalgia

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    Jennifer Lawrence (like… almost ALL of Jennifer Lawrence) is back on the big screen this week in the spy film “Red Sparrow.” Also way too many famous people waste my time in the limited release “Nostalgia.” It’s easy to compare “Red Sparrow” to Charlize Theron’s “Atomic Blonde” (which I loved). In part because there frankly…

  • Annihilation, Every Day

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    To say “Annihilation” is an adaptation is a loose definition of the word “adaptation.” The film is very much it’s own thing, which made it hard as a book reader to disconnect. “Annihilation” stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, and Oscar Isaac. ​Meanwhile “Every Day” is about as faithful as a…

  • Black Panther, Early Man

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    Ryan Coogler kicks ass and takes names with his Marvel directorial debut. Chadwick Boseman returns as T’Challa, and is joined by Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Forest Whitaker, and Angela Basset. Oh yeah and I guess Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis are there too… Wakanda Forever!…

  • Fifty Shades Freed

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      ​The “Fifty Shades” franchise continues to break records with me, and not in a good way.  This is the third and hopefully final of these trash heaps. I don’t understand the appeal of these films, but this one in particular seems the least sexy of them all. Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson return, as…

  • The Commuter

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      ​This week’s review is “Taken”… on a train. Aka “The Commuter” Okay it’s a little more complex than just “Taken” on a train, but still, this Liam Neeson action film feels like a rip off. Even with the usually decent cast of Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Sam Neill, and Elizabeth McGovern,…

  • Call Me By Your Name

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      In which you never look at a peach the same way again…  ​Fresh off their Oscar nominations, I fianlly get to talk about “Call Me By Your Name.” I’d been hearing about this film for ages, which probably set my expectations a little bit too high, but all in all the film was very…

  • 12 Strong, Phantom Thread

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      This week brings the war film “12 Strong” and Daniel Day-Lewis swan song “Phantom Thread”. “12 Strong” is a pretty cookie cutter war film, except it takes place in modern day and there are horses… That’s about it. Stars Chris Hemsworth, Michael Pena, Trevante Rhodes, and Michael Shannon all do fine jobs, but the…

  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Paddington 2

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      Did “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” deserve to win the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Drama? Not in my books. I was however pleasantly surprised this week by the charming “Paddington 2.” Don’t get me wrong, I thought “Three Billboards” was good, I thought Frances McDormand definitely deserved her Golden Globe. However I…

  • The Post, I Tonya

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      The first review of the new year brings some award hopefuls. There’s “The Post” from Steven Spielberg and “I, Tonya” starring Margot Robbie. “The Post” boasts an impressive pedigree, with Spielberg directing, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Stuhlbarg, Alison Brie, Bruce Greenwood and David Cross starring. However it feels like…

  • Downsizing, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

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      Closing out the year with two of the larger movies to come out over the holiday weekend, “Downsizing” and “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.” “Downsizing” is a great concept, with terrible execution. After the misfires of “The Great Wall” “Suburbicon” and “Downsizing” I’m officially boycotting Matt Damon films. It’s also a miss for Alexander…