Author: Jim Lane
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Father Figures
What starts out as a routine, mildly amusing road movie for likable stars grows in the telling winds up as one of 2017’s more pleasant surprises.
This article was published on 01.04.18
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The Greatest Showman
P.T. Barnum made his fortune peddling hoaxes to a gullible public, and he might be amused by how the movie runs the same scam.
This article was published on 01.04.18
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Pitch Perfect 3
This franchise ran out of steam halfway through the credit crawl on the first movie, and there’s been nothing but garbage-in-garbage-out since then.
This article was published on 01.04.18
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This year’s best and worst films
Abounding remakes aside, cinema brought us clear winners and stinkers.
This article was published on 12.28.17
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Sucker bait
The real P.T. Barnum was a fascinating character, but the movie has no interest in his real life and times..
This article was published on 12.28.17
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The underrated 1995 Jumanji had wild adventures encasing a warmly sweet heart, and this film manages nicely to duplicate the formula.
This article was published on 12.21.17
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
There’s plenty of fun to be had, and the series faithful won’t be disappointed.
This article was published on 12.21.17
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Wonder Wheel
Great acting and Vittorio Storaro’s sun-splashed photography can’t compensate for writer/director Woody Allen’s tiresome return to his most distasteful theme: having inconvenient people murdered and getting away with it.
This article was published on 12.14.17
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Just Getting Started
With a cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones and Rene Russo, we might have expected more than the standard geezer-fest out to snag seniors’ spending money—but as it happens, we don’t even get that much.
This article was published on 12.14.17
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