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Bubblier than a glass of champagne, often howlingly funny, and altogether sweet, Freakier Friday gives you warmth and happiness, and you can’t fault it for that.
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Bearing a wondrous voice cast, a thrilling plot, and a heartwarming story, The Bad Guys 2 makes the most of what it has and becomes one of this year’s surprising standouts.
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Danny Boyle’s return to the 28 Days Later series swings more toward the pensive by going into more dramatic, personal territory with 28 Years Later.
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Be warned: If you have not seen The Accountant, please do so before reading this review. It’s impossible to talk about this sequel without spoiling a large twist from the original. The Accountant was an out-of-nowhere surprise in late 2016, a fun spin on the ‘10s resurgence of the mysterious assassin genre. Its lead character […]
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Moana 2 is what happens when you love the idea of something but forget what made it special and meaningful. Where Moana eagerly reached out to you and made sure your hand was clutched before running away on an adventure of self-discovery, Moana 2 takes us on an odyssey into myth and legend without bothering […]
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I’m going to put this right up front: I’m a fan of the V/H/S anthologies, the same way I’m a massive fan of horror stories told around campfires and short horror collections, like Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark or Stephen King’s Skeleton Crew. Quick doses of horror that build to an […]
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In 1996, Jan De Bont – fresh off his wildly successful summer action film Speed two years prior – battered theatergoers senseless with the disaster epic Twister. While filled with arch characters and packed with stale action movie moments (if I ever see another “Grab my hand!” scene again… ugh), the finished film ratcheted up […]
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Looking at it from a thousand-foot view, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F treads over very familiar ground – almost to the point where I was wondering if Will Beall, Tom Gormican, and Kevin Etten had merely rewritten the 1984 original. Take away the modern filmmaking, and we’re left with the same blueprint that made Beverly […]
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I’m wondering if A Quiet Place is going to become the new Friday the 13th franchise, deposited almost yearly into theaters to scare teen audiences. They share the same distributor – Paramount, who gave us the first eight Friday the 13ths, seven Paranormal Activitys, and is also giving us the eighth Mission: Impossible movie next […]
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This new batch of Ghostbusters films has a wonderful way of making you grin like a goofy idiot, from the opening frames to the final credits. In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, co-writer Gil Kenan takes the directorial reins from fellow co-writer Jason Reitman and, for better and worse, doesn’t deviate much from the blueprint of Ghostbusters: […]
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