Captain Marvel (PG-13) When I see a film with credits for “Visual Effects” personnel that scroll on for page after page, I get the feeling that humans got lost in the process of making a film. Exhibit one is this…
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Fighting with My Family (PG-13) Yeah, so it’s predictable and the characters tend to be a bit stock, but this is one fun movie about a real-life person. Florence Pugh stars brilliantly as professional wrestler Paige (aka Saraya Knight) with…
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Cold War (R) – This is an “art film” so it may be hard to locate but it is also a nominee for Best Foreign Film for the Oscars and is well worth the drive to Bethesda Row, AFI or…
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Stan & Ollie (PG) This is a truly wonderful film. The performances are awesomely fine by Steve Coogan as Laurel and John C. Reilly as Hardy. Reilly, in fact, is nearly unrecognizable as himself as he brings off his totally…
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Mary Poppins Returns! (PG) What a total delight this movie is! Pure magic from the first bars of the opening waltz, “Underneath the Lovely London Sky,” to the reprise of the waltz at the end, this should keep you enthralled,…
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Deadpool 2 (R) This film, like its predecessor, is total nonsense from start to finish, but it is funny nonsense nevertheless. It cannot be a critic’s favorite because so many of the lines go by so fast that this poor…
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A Private War (R) This may be the most chilling pictorial interpretation of a major conflict in the history of film. Rosamund Pike is astounding in her portrayal of Marie Colvin, who makes the word “intrepid” sound like weak tea.…
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Bohemian Rhapsody (PG-13) This biopic will undoubtedly mean more to Queen fans than to the common moviegoer, but even those of us who know only two Queen songs can learn a lot from this movie. Both of them, “We Are…
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The Sisters Brothers (R) Two brothers, Eli (John C. Reilly) and Charlie (Joaquin Phoenix) Sisters, are on the trail of another tough guy, John Morris (Jake Gyllenhaal) in 1851. All three are under the command of a mysterious “Commodore” who has…
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A Star Is Born (R) Never a Lady Gaga fan entirely, I am now! What a performance she gives, both dramatically and musically in this fourth remake of the classic “rising star, falling sponsor” franchise. The film has previously been…