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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Oct 2022

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)::rating::4::rating::4::rating::4

I t's not often a movie presents us with a completely new creation, but here we are: Marcel the Shell totters on what looks like two little troll doll feet.…

Sep 2022

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Confess, Fletch (2022)::rating::3.5

L et me begin this review with a confession of my own: I couldn't have been less enthusiastic about a reboot of the Fletch franchise. The two original films made such…

Aug 2022

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Back to the Future (1985)::rating::5

G reat movies often have a way of finding us at just the right time in our lives. We discover them when we're meant to. I found Back to the Future…

Jul 2022

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Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)::rating::2

B efore I get to pounding this movie into ground chuck, let me be clear: I know anything called Hot Tub Time Machine ain't gonna be a Eugene O'Neill play. This…

Jul 2022

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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)::rating::3

I f Thor: Ragnarok was a welcome attempt to infuse the God of Thunder with a disarming sense of goofiness, then Love and Thunder is an all-out surrender to it. The Shakespearean heft…

Jun 2022

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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)::rating::4

G ood Luck to You, Leo Grande presents an interesting flip on Mike Nichols' The Graduate. In that enduring classic, Dustin Hoffman's wallflower college grad falls for the self-assured charm and…

Jun 2022

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)::rating::4

A movie like The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent runs the considerable risk of sinking under the unbearable weight of its own pretensions. After all, the film's very premise…

May 2022

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The Lost City (2022)::rating::3

T he trailers for The Lost City filled me with dread. I feared an expensive, gauche knock-off of Romancing the Stone, Indiana Jones, and a half-dozen other, better movies. And don't get it twisted--this…

May 2022

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Father of the Bride (1991)::rating::2.5

F ather of the Bride is a fluffy little comedy, in which perfectly amiable people grapple with an assortment of First World problems. We watch a millionaire fret about spending…

May 2022

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Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)::rating::4

N o film in recent memory gets a more appropriate title than Everything Everywhere All at Once. Over the course of its dizzying, dazzling 140 minutes, multiple movie genres smash into each other,…

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