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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)::rating::4::rating::4::rating::4
I n The Nightmare Before Christmas, producer Tim Burton and director Henry Selick deliver an amiably grimy little world, perfectly content with its own gurgling, soot-stained aesthetic.  The monstrous characters smile and sing to one another, as if they’re goth outcasts from a bigger, shinier Disney production.  All this adds up to a Christmas movie for the weirdo…
December 13, 20230Comments
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Hook (1991)::rating::3.5
H ook must've had an elevator pitch for the ages:  Imagine a sequel to Peter Pan, starring Robin Williams as an adult version of the character.  Next, add Dustin Hoffman as an aging Captain Hook, and Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell.  Now, let's seal it with Steven Spielberg in the director's chair and John Williams in front…
December 6, 20230Comments
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Trolls Band Together (2023)::rating::3
A fter three movies, the Trolls franchise has settled deep into formula:  Take a legion of fuzzy, butt-wiggling Happy Meal toys and build them a Spotify playlist of FM hits from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.  Add a vibrant palate of a million Candy Crush colors and…voila!  You’ve got a passably entertaining experience for kids and grown-ups alike.  Band…
November 28, 20230Comments
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Adaptation (2002)::rating::4
A daptation is a dazzling blur of a movie, wherein clashing genres and emotions swirl in a furious cyclone of audacity and ambition.  Comedy mixes with drama, fiction blends with fact, and sheer cockiness dukes it out with startling vulnerability to form a strange, ungainly masterwork.  The resulting story defies easy description, alternating seamlessly between…
November 15, 20230Comments
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Twins (1988)::rating::3.5
I t probably wasn't, but I like to imagine that Twins was concocted by coked-out studio executives on a beach somewhere.  Slathered in sunscreen and blathering out of their minds, the idea pops up after the fourth mai-tai:  Twins--separated at birth!  Only, one is played by Conan the Barbarian, and the other by that little smartass…
November 8, 20230Comments
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Poltergeist (1982)::rating::4
P oltergeist represents a perfect symbiosis of Hollywood production values and the freewheeling imagination of 80s shoestring horror:  When a steak cooks itself on a kitchen counter, or a dude peels the skin from his face, that's the work of Lucasfilm's Industrial Light and Magic.  The lilting, majestic strings on the soundtrack are conducted by Oscar-winner…
October 18, 20230Comments

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