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Apollo 11 (2019)

On a sweltering day in September 1962, President John F. Kennedy outlined an audacious plan:…

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The Kid
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The Kid (2019)

“When legend becomes fact, print the legend.”  These words close the classic Western, The Man Who…

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Camp Death III in 2D (2018)

Camp Death III in 2D! clumps every moldering horror cliché into one cinematic spitwad and chucks…

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A Madea Family Funeral (2019)

A Madea Family Funeral filled me with a sense of grief.  Not because it takes 100 minutes…

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Mar Vell. Two words.
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Captain Marvel (2019)

Despite its sweeping sociocultural ambition, Captain Marvel largely succeeds as robust, straightforward entertainment.  A decent origin story,…

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Free Solo (2018)

Midway through Free Solo, rock climber Alex Honnold goes in for a brain scan.  Honnold is…

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Greta
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Greta (2019)

The script for Greta seems a lot like a Frankenstein golem, a lumbering construct of thrillers…

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How to Train Your Dragon 3
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

Most modern animated movies have slowly slipped into the same unambitious groove occupied by elevator…

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Fighting with My Family
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Fighting with My Family (2019)

Fighting with My Family takes the sweaty, spandexed bravado of professional wrestling and somehow spins it…

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RBG
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RBG (2018)

Late in RBG, we see a telling photograph of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor,…

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