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Hustlers (2019)

Hustlers represents some kinda first in movie history:  Never before has such an engrossing story involved this much glitter.

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Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

The violence in this movie escalates until it reaches a crescendo that is savage, cruel, and defeating, all at once.

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Angel Has Fallen (2019)

A leaden script drowns a charismatic cast, while frantic, incoherent action scenes rob the movie of any real tension.  

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Good Boys (2019)

What results is a strange alchemy of wry and raunchy that might surprise you with just how smart it really is.

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Hobbs and Shaw (2019)

There came a point when these Fast and Furious movies stopped doing a damn thing for me, and I can tell you exactly when it happened.

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The Kitchen (2019)

Kitchen sinks with a script that only grows more mechanical and goofy as it goes along.  

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The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
Two and Half Stars

Rain rides the same schmaltz train as Journey and hits all the stops along the way, but I honestly think I would prefer it without the deluge of doggy narration.

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The Farewell (2019)
Five Stars

With compassion, restraint, and considerable skill, The Farewell gives us a family whose grief both unites them, and sets them at odds with each other.

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a movie made by a movie buff, for other movie buffs.

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The Lion King (2019)

None of this Lion King is bad, but none of it is particularly inspired, either.  

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