The Mummy (2017) – Review
Tom Cruise presides over this 2017 reboot of the much re-made film that originated with Boris Karloff nearly 100 years
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The Founder (2017) – Review
Michael Keaton does a typically solid job as Ray Kroc in The Founder, a film that squanders a great Keaton
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Jason Bourne (2016) – Review
Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon return to the Bourne franchise after a one film hiatus in the series and their
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Alien: Covenant (2017) – Review
At 79 years old Ridley Scott is still making muscular, kinetic films. Any new Scott picture should be seen because
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Baywatch (2017) – Review
The big-screen adaptions of that 1990s television phenomenon, Baywatch, is one of the most mindless, shamelessly lazy films I’ve seen
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La La Land (2016) – Review
La La Land is a remarkable achievement in every category of filmmaking. It’s even more astounding when you consider that
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The Comedian (2016) – Review
Stand-up comics lead such colorful lives you’d think they would turn those into great movies. Up until this year there
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Star Trek Beyond (2016) – Review
Star Trek Beyond is as well crafted and entertaining as the previous sequels, but it’s also the goofiest and most
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Hands of Stone (2016) – Review
The Robert Duran bio-pic Hands of Stone wants to tell the story of the Panamanian pugilist, but keeps tripping over
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Paterson (2016) – Review
Taking on a Jim Jarmusch film is a lot like reading an abstract poem. Often the theme is hidden between
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Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) – Review
Speed 2: Cruise Control will always hold a special place in my memory. I saw it on its opening day
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) – Review
The Guardians are back to save the galaxy from another threat in the follow-up to Marvel’s surprise smash of 2014.
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Jimmy Hollywood (1994) – Review
Barry Levinson’s Jimmy Hollywood is a dark and satirical look at Hollywood. It had the unfortunate luck of trailing Robert
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The Nutty Professor (1996) – Review
The Nutty Professor is a seminal piece of the Eddie Murphy film cannon. It’s the picture that reconfirmed Murphy as
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A Murder of Crows (1999) – Review
A Murder of Crows tells a tale of over reaching ambition that leads to a great downfall, and then to
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