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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Mar 2019

Cinemavino — Episode 16: Let’s Get Dabney Coleman an Oscar::rating::0::rating::0::rating::0

N o, seriously. Dabney Coleman needs an Academy Award. Where would our movie-going lives be without him? Coleman was the go-to guy when an 80s movie needed an asshole authority figure. When…

Mar 2019

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Us (2019)::rating::4

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…

Mar 2019

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Apollo 11 (2019)::rating::4

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…

Mar 2019

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Captain Marvel (2019)::rating::3.5

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…

Mar 2019

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Free Solo (2018)::rating::4

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…

Mar 2019

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Greta (2019)::rating::3

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…

Feb 2019

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Table Manners (2018)::rating::3.5

I grew up on a ranch, and I can still remember the fires that would sweep through almost every spring. The bluestem grass, the walnut trees, and the oaken…

Jan 2019

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Cinemavino, Episode 8: Too Many Captains on this Island::rating::0

For this episode, Travis and I drink the wine that made us love wine and discuss the movies that made us love movies. This week's vino is a Cabernet from…

Jan 2019

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Stan & Ollie (2018)::rating::4

S omewhere, embedded within the raucous, irresistible comedy of the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers, and Laurel and Hardy, lies a parable about the bond of brotherhood. Through the daredevil…

Jan 2019

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The Lion in Winter (1968)::rating::5

Even though the film still features a few cinematic flourishes, The Lion in Winter largely crackles with the heat and energy of a ferocious theatrical performance.

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