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Glass (2019)
Two and Half Stars

After 20-plus years of filmmaking, the M. Night Shyamalan template for storytelling has become quite…

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The Top Ten Movies for 2018

For the first time since high school, I’ve made an effort to see just about…

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If Beale Street Could Talk
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Five Stars

“I hope that nobody has ever had to look at anybody they love through glass.”…

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The Upside
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The Upside (2018)
Two and Half Stars

As a young dweeb, I found great joy in flipping to the “How to Increase…

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They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

The old saying goes that, “war is long periods of tedium punctuated by moments of…

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Vice (2018)
Aquaman

When offered the vice presidency, Daniel Webster was succinct: “I do not propose to be…

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Bumblebee (2018)

Bumblebee makes a wise move by chucking the mechanical three-ring circus of past Transformers films into the…

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Aquaman (2018)
Aquaman

Aquaman takes 100 minutes worth of rollicking escapism and dilutes it into 145 minutes worth…

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Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

For the past few weeks, I’ve scowled at the sight of every Mary Poppins Returns poster.  My…

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Mortal Engines (2018)

The makers of Mortal Engines clearly went to great lengths to render a fully three-dimensional world, only…

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