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Saturday, December 31, 2016

"Trolls" Offers a Zany and Colorful Sugar Fix

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Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake bring energy to Trolls . Trolls was my daughter Cassie's first movie-going experience, so I...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Live-Action "The Jungle Book" Provides Fresh Take On Old Tale

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Jon Favreau's take on The Jungle Book is pretty damn good. In recent years, Disney has fully committed to remaking their animate...

Fun In Parts, "Suicide Squad" Is Still Spoiled By the Same Old Wanky D/C Plotting and Characterization

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Will Smith and Margot Robbie display good chemistry  in  their  second  film together. Like several of its main characters, Suicid...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Far From Ruinous, "Ghostbusters" Is a Celebration of a Childhood of Busting Ghosts

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Proof of my childhood obsession. I wore this constantly, usually along with my proton pack. People have been lobbing unjust grenade...
Friday, June 24, 2016

"The Big Short" and "Spotlight" Tackle Uncomfortable Truths Enroute to Screenplay Oscars

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The Big Short  uses Jenga to explain the unsound structure of CDOs. Late in The Big Short , Brad Pitt, who gets to play a voice of rea...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

"Captain America: Civil War" Does the Warring Super Hero Thing Better Than "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice"

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Both Dawn of Justice and Civil War promise super hero smack downs. It's pretty hard not to compare Captain America: Civil War a...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Tarantino Entertains with Darkly Funny Western "The Hateful Eight"

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Samuel L. Jackson and Walton Goggins lead an amazing cast in Quentin Tarantino's latest, The Hateful Eight . And so the pattern ...