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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Apr 2025

A Complete Unknown (2024)::rating::4.5::rating::4.5::rating::4.5

A Complete Unknown succeeds in every way Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic resoundingly failed. Unlike that wrongheaded misfire, director James Mangold (who co-writes with Jay Cocks) realizes that no one…

Dec 2022

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The Fabelmans (2022)::rating::5

W hen he directed Jaws in 1975, Steven Spielberg was hailed as a wunderkind and an overnight sensation. The truth is that Spielberg had been cranking out movies for most of his…

Sep 2022

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The Queen (2006)::rating::5

"I declare that my whole life, rather it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service." I t would, of course, be an unusually long life in which…

Jan 2022

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King Richard (2021)::rating::3.5

Let me begin this review with a dose of unvarnished honesty: I've never much liked tennis. In my defense, I grew up in a small town where the three…

Jan 2022

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Being the Ricardos (2021)::rating::4

F ew TV stars, past or present, could breathe the same rarified air as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. As a power couple, they dominated the Nielsen ratings throughout the…

Nov 2019

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Harriet (2019)::rating::3.5

For all its flaws, Harriet remains a film worth seeing. Tubman’s life occupies a crucial place in American history.

Jan 2019

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On the Basis of Sex (2018)::rating::3

"Politics is the strong and slow boring of hard boards," Max Weber once observed, although the same could be said for any challenge to the cultural or legal status quo.…

Nov 2018

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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)::rating::4

I t's telling that Freddie Mercury chose to pepper his mansion with cats, maybe because their personality traits mirrored his own: As a man, Mercury was proud, unapologetically high-strung, and…

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