Section: Film
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Friend Request
As usual with this kind of garbage, the only suspense comes from wondering who’ll get it next, and how.
This article was published on 09.28.17
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American Assassin
An efficient intro to a new franchise, this movie can’t avoid a sense that no matter how well it’s all done this time, right up to the apocalyptic climax, we’ve seen it all before.
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Home Again
The story moves with the predictable monotony of a Swiss clock that cuckoos every five minutes, and cheap jokes and wasted actors abound.
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The LEGO Ninjago Movie
The LEGO movie franchise may be reaching a point of diminishing returns.
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Director Matthew Vaughn and his co-writer Jane Goldman expand on the Mark Miller/Dave Gibbons comic books in high style—this sequel to 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service is even more enjoyable than the original.
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Driving Miss Dench
In Stephen Frears’ mealy, creaky, cranky biopic, Judi Dench is as relentless as the clown from ‘It.’
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Battle of the Sexes
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine; Ruby Sparks) direct this cardboard biopic about the nationally televised tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
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September 28, 2017
SN&R Vol 29 Issue 25