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“Midway” is unapologetically bad. 

In Roland Emmerich’s bland retelling of World War II’s most decisive naval battle, the human characters are all cartoons, the dialogue is painstakingly corny, and there’s about several different subplots sprawling...

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On paper, a sequel to the Stanley Kubrick 1980 classic “The Shining” isn’t something audiences needed these days. You almost wonder who would be silly enough to attempt such a thing? Then, of course, you see that it was the master h...

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A film long overdue by any means, the new Harriet Tubman biopic entitled “Harriet” tries to unpack the legacy and impact of the iconic Underground Railroad conductor. On paper, “Harriet” has all the ingredients to be a rousing and gritty take o...

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An experience unlike “Memories of Murder,” “The Host,” or the vivid “Snowpiercer,” Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho’s wild and insane cinematic masterpiece “Parasite” is not only the best film I’ve seen in 2019, it’s one of the best films of the decade. The fil...

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“Terminator: Dark Fate” - the latest sequel in the franchise that never seems to die - is doing for the “Terminator” series what “Halloween” did for Micheal Myers last year. Director Tim Miller is treating “Dark Fate” as a direct sequel to the groun...

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Dramatizing historical and iconic figures - be it fictional or not - who were etched into our minds by the likes of William Shakespeare is nothing new. Just ask Orson Wells, Laurence Olivier, and Kenneth Branagh. In Netflix’s revisionist interpretatio...

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In the new cop thriller “Black and Blue,” a minor film that tries to push the conversation further around police corruption and brutality, Naomie Harries (“Moonlight”) - after a slew of supporting roles in franchises like “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “...

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“Death? There’s an app for that” reads the tagline for the new horror thriller “Countdown” which seems like the sole horror offering this Halloween season (I don’t consider “Zombieland: Double Tap” or “The Addams Family” in the same league)....