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Secret Life of Pets 2 | Movie Review
It’s no secret! The sequel to 2016 The Secret Lives of Pets is finally here! Director Chris Renaud brings us the continuing story of Terrier Max (Patton Oswalt) who…
Read MoreBooksmart | Movie Review
Since its premiere at South By Southwest Conference & Festivals in March, “Booksmart” has been touted as a potential comedy hit along the lines of “Superbad.” Although that is not…
Read MorePOMS | Movie Review
As with many movies casting older ladies or gentlemen, I always wonder if great actors are going to be relegated to a barrage of bathroom humor, sex jokes and “flipping…
Read More‘Avengers: Endgame”| Movie Review
Eleven years ago, when Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury popped in for a post-credits scene to talk to Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark about the Avengers Initiative, Marvel Studios made…
Read More‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ | Movie Review
Director Barry Jenkins made waves in 2016 with his breakout hit and eventual best picture winner at the Oscars, “Moonlight.” After that acclaim, much curiosity surrounded his next project, “If…
Read More‘The Mule’ | Movie Review
“The Mule” seemed like it could be a sad, realistic drama about the things an old man will do when he’s desperate and in the lower class. It could have…
Read More‘The Favourite’ | Movie Review
Average moviegoers probably do not know the name Yorgos Lanthimos, but the Greek director has been on the rise in film circles for the last decade. This year, he released…
Read More‘Roma’ | Movie Review
“Roma” is the “Boyhood,” “Moonlight” or “Get Out” of 2018. It is the most critically acclaimed movie of the year, with all the hype in the world surrounding it. Prior…
Read More‘Vice’ | Movie Review
I had heard so much about Christian Bale’s performance in “Vice” that I was bound and determined to see it, even though I was pretty sure that the film would…
Read More‘Mary Poppins Returns’ | Movie Review
It’s difficult to go into a sequel with high expectations, especially if the sequel is for a classic movie like “Mary Poppins.” The sequel, “Mary Poppins Returns,” opens today with…
Read More‘Green Book’ | Movie Review
Nearly 30 years ago, “Driving Miss Daisy” told the story of an unlikely friendship between an elderly woman and her African American driver. While watching, audiences could predict easily that…
Read More‘The Front Runner’ | Movie Review
If you weren’t around or old enough to know much about the Gary Hart scandal during the late 1980s, you might want to read up on it before you see…
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