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2019 Oscar Picks

“This is the 51st Academy Awards,” said that evening’s host, Johnny Carson.  “Two hours of sparkling…

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Alita: Battle Angel
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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

All the expansive world-building in Alita: Battle Angel stands as the film’s greatest strength and its…

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Yes.
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Isn’t It Romantic (2019)

As I watched Isn’t It Romantic, my thoughts drifted to Leonard Maltin’s review of a 1948 film…

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What Men Want (2019)
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What Men Want (2019)

What Men Want was built to be a spiritual successor to Mel Gibson’s What Women Want, so…

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Cold Pursuit (2019)
Two and Half Stars

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

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Serenity Now!
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Serenity (2019)

I walked into Serenity with only the knowledge I could glean from the movie’s poster.  Somehow,…

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Table Manners
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Table Manners (2018)

I grew up on a ranch, and I can still remember the fires that would…

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Stan & Ollie
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Stan & Ollie (2018)

Somewhere, embedded within the raucous, irresistible comedy of the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers, and…

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The Kid Who Would Be King
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The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

The Kid Who Would Be King reminds me of those quirky daydreams I had as a nerdy…

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On the Basis of Sex (2018)

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

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