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A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is a rollicking good time
Not many shows start off with the cast imploring the audience, in song, to leave the theater immediately before the sordid tale of murder ... and love ... begins. But of course that just hooks you in even more, making ...
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Fences is overstuffed but boasts some truly great acting
In 1983, playwright August Wilson wrote Fences, the sixth play he had written about the African-American experience. It won the Tony Award during its run in 1987, and was on hiatus after 1988 until it was revived in 2010 with ...
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Lion tries to wring out emotion but ends up feeling calculated
Ah, the adaptation of real world events movie. We’ve got plenty of them every year, with at least twelve movies this year alone, and they always vary in quality. Often they do seem to be the sort of either “feel ...
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Why Him? spices things up for the holidays
It's the most wonderful time of the year and Hollywood always gifts us with a holiday film or three. These movies are usually family oriented, mixtures of comedy and drama, but over the last few years the comedy has become ...
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Passengers is entertaining but…
I can't recall when there has been a more egregiously misleading advertising campaign as there has been with Sony Pictures' Passengers. If you've seen the ads, you have a bit of a feel for the story: a spaceship full of ...
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Sing soars holiday spirits & awakens hidden dreams of many
Who was it who likened the theater to a seductive enchantress preying upon men's souls and capturing their hearts and imaginations? For Buster Moon, it was definitely love at first sight when his father first took him to the theater ...
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Storks delivers on Blu-ray
New on Blu-ray and DVD, Storks is the story of where babies really come from: Storks of course! Or at least they used to. After switching their company to package delivery for years, a crazy mix-up sends one up-and-coming stork ...
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Jackie offers a stylish, evocative, beguiling view at a famous figure in pain
Some people go through different stages in their career, and some flame out early. Natalie Portman burst onto the scene with a fantastic performance (at only 12 years old) in Leon: The Professional before slowly building a resume of many ...
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La La Land is a spellbinding, melancholy, modern romance musical
Two years ago Damien Chazelle directed Whiplash, which I loved although some folk have since derided it. I’m still on board with it. It had a musical vibe and starred Miles Teller, who learned legitimately difficult drumwork for it. But ...
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Fuller House finally hits its stride with its sophomore season
I was just as excited as anyone else when I heard the news that Full House was returning with a brand-new start on Netflix last winter. It had been my favorite TV show from 4th-7th grade. I still remember when ...
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Rogue One stands on its own and as a terrific Star Wars movie
"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far way ..."Those are the familiar words we've come to know as Star Wars fans for almost 40 years. And those words lead off the new movie Rogue One, subtitled "A Star ...
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Office Christmas Party Review
It's the most wonderful time of the year and Hollywood generally delivers movie audiences a few holiday-themed gifts for our viewing pleasure. We've already had Almost Christmas on the big screen, and now Office Christmas Party hopes to deliver some ...
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