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ABBOTT (WITHOUT COSTELLO) MEETS MARTIN AND LEWIS!

The new DVD/Blu-ray release Abbott & Costello Rarities more than lives up to its title. Portions of this material have appeared on previous DVD releases of The Abbott and Costello Show, but not in...

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SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO

Sicario sneaked up on moviegoers and critics alike in the latter part of 2015, earning excellent reviews and ultimately finding its audience online. This sequel reunites two of its stars (Josh Brolin...

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LEAVE NO TRACE: ONE OF THIS YEAR’S BEST

Debra Granik is an exceptional filmmaker. Her output is small but each film is resolute and genuine. Her latest, Leave No Trace, maintains the high standards she set with Down to the Bone, which...

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ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: PURE ENTERTAINMENT

Ant-man is one of my favorite Marvel movies: it’s lighthearted but takes its origin story seriously. Every piece fits together, and by the time it’s done you’ve got a seemingly complicated jigsaw...

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DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT

Joaquin Phoenix gives another incredible performance in this excellent new film from Gus Van Sant. The actor is a true chameleon and always believable. Here, he plays the late John Callahan, a talented...

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MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN—INDEED!

I can’t think of another recent movie title that serves as its own review. If you say it just right, you’ll get the idea: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Mind you, I enjoyed the screen adaptation of the...

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LOVE, CECIL

I’ve known Cecil Beaton’s name ever since I saw Gigi as a kid and enjoyed his exquisite costume and production design. I later learned that he was a celebrated artist and photographer as well as a...

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — TOM CRUISE IS REALLY GOOD AT RUNNING

The newest Mission: Impossible movie lives up to its title with action scenes that are so spectacular—and preposterous—that it’s hard to know which ones to take seriously. Two highlights are an...

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PUZZLE: A WELCOME STARRING ROLE FOR KELLY MACDONALD

Based on a 2009 Argentinian film called Rompecabezas, this pleasing story  serves as a starring vehicle for the wonderful Kelly Macdonald. Like the character she plays (a devoted wife and mother who...

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ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: PURE ENTERTAINMENT

Ant-man is one of my favorite Marvel movies: it’s lighthearted but takes its origin story seriously. Every piece fits together, and by the time it’s done you’ve got a seemingly complicated jigsaw...

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CHRISTOPHER ROBIN: SWEET AS HONEY

The word “charm” doesn’t apply to very many movies these days, but it’s precisely that quality—and an avoidance of treacly sentiment—that makes the new Disney feature Christopher Robin so enjoyable....

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BLACKkKLANSMAN: POTENT AND POWERFUL

Spike Lee is an audacious filmmaker who crosses boundaries and deliberately blurs drama and reality. Never has this been more effective than in BlacKkKlansman, which defies a number of rules and offers...

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CRAZY RICH ASIANS: YET ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH

It’s a bit unsettling to review a movie that has so much riding on it: its producers and studio (Warner Bros.) are eager to see if the Asian-American community—and moviegoers in general—will support...

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THE WIFE: GREAT ACTORS SAVE THE DAY

Watching Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce is a treat, and the details in Björn Runge’s production are so convincing that it wasn’t until the film was over that I found myself pondering its credibility....

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INSPIRATION IN A NEIGHBORHOOD LANDMARK: RESTORING TOMORROW

Aaron Wolf grew up attending the historic Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles. It had special meaning because his grandfather was one of the senior rabbis, filling the giant footsteps of Rabbi...

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THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS: WHODUNIT…AND WHO CARES?

As a lifelong Muppet fan, I root for anything the Jim Henson company turns its attention to, with or without the Muppets. Jim’s son Brian Henson directed this parody of hard-boiled film noir murder...

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THE BOOKSHOP: SLOW GOING

If you enjoy watching Emily Mortimer at work, as I do, you’ll get something out of The Bookshop, but the film itself is an odd duck. Adapted from a novel by Penelope Fitzgerald by writer-director...

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THE OLD MAN & THE GUN

I’ve always enjoyed watching Robert Redford onscreen, and although he’s no longer a youngster he retains every bit of the star quality that blossomed sixty years ago. The Old Man & the Gun is a...

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A STAR ISN’T BORN

The best compliment I can give the new version of A Star is Born is that I didn’t mind it. I’ve done my best to avoid previews and hype in order to view it with fresh eyes, and I think it’s pretty...

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BEAUTIFUL BOY

Standout performances by Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet make Beautiful Boy worthwhile and earmark it as Oscar material. It also has the novelty of being adapted from dual best-selling memoirs,...

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