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Avengers: Infinity War (2018, Dir. Anthony and Joe Russo): Eighteen movies and ten years later (as the Marvel Studios logo up front reminds us), the moment has finally come. Avengers: Infinity…
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Black Panther (2018, Dir. Ryan Coogler): Up to now, Marvel movies have mainly existed in a universe of their own making. Oh sure, we recognize locales like San Francisco, Hong…
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The Post (2017, Dir. Steven Spielberg): In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy.…
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Darkest Hour (2017, Dir. Joe Wright): We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017, Dir. Rian Johnson): For me, I go back and I think about when I was a kid in Colorado, in my backyard, and I…
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The Disaster Artist (2017, Dir. James Franco): Tommy’s a mystery. He’s better off always remaining a mystery. He says he’s from New Orleans, who am I to disagree? I don’t know…
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Justice League (2017, Dir. Zack Snyder): Popcorn comic book movies versus mundo-serious graphic novel films. Slick, likable product versus overwrought mythologizing. High Rotten Tomato meter scores versus negative word of…
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Kenneth Branagh's new version of "Murder on the Orient Express" tries to marry the story's old-world glamor with Shakespearean pathos.
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In "Thor: Ragnarok," Marvel's Thor series finally fulfills its destiny as goofy, lunk-headed entertainment -- but is this destiny all that fulfilling?
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"Blade Runner 2047" is visually impressive and sincere in its sci-fi, but does it recapture the enigmatic style of the original "Blade Runner"?
