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From the opening scene, Spencer announces itself as a sizzling slice of historical fiction. Put another way, this is an imaginative portrait of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart), painted against the…

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Nov 2018

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Creed II (2018)::rating::3.5

C reed II somehow manages to be completely entertaining, despite the fact that it's the sequel to a spinoff from a franchise that itself spawned six movies over three decades.…

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Nov 2018

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)::rating::3.5

W ith this film, J.K. Rowling's immense canon now spans twenty-plus years of wizards and witches over several eras and continents. It's a lot of mythology to digest, and the…

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Nov 2018

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The Grinch (2018)::rating::3.5

D r. Seuss' evergreen opus about an evergreen grouch was not a story that cried out to be remade. The 60s Christmas cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and guided by…

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Oct 2018

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Mid90s (2018)::rating::3.5

C hildren of the mid-90s lived on the edge of a vanishing frontier, when the Internet was still a novelty and before social media gave us the blessing and curse…

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Oct 2018

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The Old Man and the Gun (2018)::rating::3.5

D uring the Renaissance, the Stradivari family made stringed instruments with such phenomenal craftsmanship that their perfection cannot be reproduced with modern technology. Likewise, I think movie star charisma is…

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Oct 2018

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First Man (2018)::rating::3.5

"Y our daddy’s going to the moon.” Janet Armstrong tells her son, in a voice shaking with pride and panic. “Okay.” The boy shrugs. “Can I go play now?” …

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Sep 2018

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Crazy Rich Asians (2018)::rating::3.5

Crazy Rich Asians is pure cotton candy—two hours of fluffy entertainment built on an ironically cynical question: Could a true fairy tale still exist in the age of social media saturation…

Tag: Three and a Half Stars

Spencer (2021)::rating::3.5::rating::3.5::rating::3.5

Creed II (2018)::rating::3.5

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)::rating::3.5

The Grinch (2018)::rating::3.5

Mid90s (2018)::rating::3.5

The Old Man and the Gun (2018)::rating::3.5

First Man (2018)::rating::3.5

Crazy Rich Asians (2018)::rating::3.5