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Us (2019)

U s is one of those movies that will provoke polarized responses from audiences and lots of flowery adjectives from a needlessly verbose individual like me.  At once, this movie is…

Wonder Park (2019)

I t was about midway through Wonder Park, and the little boy behind me and three seats over had already had his fill.  He let out a bloodcurdling, paint-peeling scream.  "I…

Apollo 11 (2019)

O n a sweltering day in September 1962, President John F. Kennedy outlined an audacious plan:  Before the decade was over, the United States would put a man on the…

The Kid (2019)

"W hen legend becomes fact, print the legend."  These words close the classic Western, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and they a make fitting valediction for frontier mythology.  Men like the…

Captain Marvel (2019)

D espite its sweeping sociocultural ambition, Captain Marvel largely succeeds as robust, straightforward entertainment.  A decent origin story, it benefits enormously from a skilled cast of well-placed actors and the reliable hum…

Free Solo (2018)

M idway through Free Solo, rock climber Alex Honnold goes in for a brain scan.  Honnold is training to scale the granite face of Yosemite's El Capitan, without the benefit of…

Greta (2019)

T he script for Greta seems a lot like a Frankenstein golem, a lumbering construct of thrillers plucked from the $1 DVD bin of a Walmart:  Fatal Attraction, Psycho, Single White…

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