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At the latest movie reviews, in one tidy place.
2019 Oscar Picks
“This is the 51st Academy Awards,” said that evening’s host, Johnny Carson. “Two hours of sparkling…
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
All the expansive world-building in Alita: Battle Angel stands as the film’s greatest strength and its…
Isn’t It Romantic (2019)


As I watched Isn’t It Romantic, my thoughts drifted to Leonard Maltin’s review of a 1948 film…
What Men Want (2019)

What Men Want was built to be a spiritual successor to Mel Gibson’s What Women Want, so…
Cold Pursuit (2019)

Since the dawn of Charles Bronson’s days as a leading man, Hollywood has made a…
Serenity (2019)

I walked into Serenity with only the knowledge I could glean from the movie’s poster. Somehow,…
Table Manners (2018)

I grew up on a ranch, and I can still remember the fires that would…
Stan & Ollie (2018)

Somewhere, embedded within the raucous, irresistible comedy of the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers, and…
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)


The Kid Who Would Be King reminds me of those quirky daydreams I had as a nerdy…
On the Basis of Sex (2018)


“Politics is the strong and slow boring of hard boards,” Max Weber once observed, although…









