The Secret Life of Pets
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The Secret Life of Pets is like eating day-old French fries: they look better than they taste…
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The Social Network
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From the first line, it’s obvious that director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin were hell-bent on casting Mark Zuckerberg as a socially handicapped savant…
Read MoreFantasia 2000
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While Fantasia 2000 may not hold the same wonder for most people, it’s nonetheless worth another pass through your mind…
Read MoreMaximum Ride
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“Maximum Ride” sounds like it should be one of the greatest thrill rides of your life, but instead it’s like getting on a roller coaster that only moves at one speed down a straight line…
Read MoreBeauty and the Beast (2017)
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Most of the plot and dialogue are transposed from the 1991 animated version. For everyone who fell in love with the “tale as old as time,” they can find comfort in familiarity. But it’s a mistake to expect Disney to deviate from the formula that made Beauty and the Beast the first animated feature ever nominated for Best Picture at the 64th Academy Awards…
Read MoreInterstellar
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Nolan certainly pays homage to space travel productions before him like 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), but the film explores both the beauty and peril of outer space with an artistry that I have not witnessed before…
Read MoreSwiss Army Man
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The entire plot for Swiss Army Man (2016) can be summarized in the phrase, “farting corpse.” It sounds like a playing card in Cards Against Humanity, and the irreverent humor found in the film is the exact same nature…
Read MoreGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
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In the words of Baby Groot: welcome to the frickin’ Guardians of the Galaxy. (Only he didn’t use “frickin.’”) …
Read MoreLa La Land
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La La Land has dazzling showmanship, with a spirited choreography and beautiful instrumental score, that lulls the audience into missing the sleight of hand. It’s a trick, because the surrealistic and artistic visualization makes me invested in their relationship without actually knowing anything about them.
Read MoreIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
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The Temple of Doom is like the story you’d read about in an old-fashioned dime novel—the kind with the woman in tattered clothing swooning while the intrepid explorer defends her from a jungle tiger...
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