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Battlefield Earth (2000)::rating::5

[su_dropcap]B[/su_dropcap]attlefield Earth plays like cinematic poetry, with its brilliantly-staged action scenes pounding along in a furious meter.  Repeat viewings reveal new layers of depth and humanity, not unlike revisiting The Coronation of Napoleon at the Louvre.  This film represents John Travolta and Forrest Whitaker's finest hours.  It's in the top 10 for Barry Pepper, as well.…

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Dumbo (2019)::rating::3

[su_dropcap]W[/su_dropcap]ith this live action Dumbo, Tim Burton builds bigger but not bolder, broader but not better.  He doubles the runtime of the original, and fills his new version with more plot, more characters, and just...more.  But, for all this film's relentless busyness, much of Burton's idiosyncratic, amiably macabre personality has been stripped away.  Those looking for…

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