Tolkien (PG-13) – I have not seen a single episode of “Game of Thrones.” I have seen an example of Tolkien by accident in one of the Middle Earth films. Obviously, I am not a general fan of fantasy. Yet…
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Avengers: Endgame (PG-13) – Hollywood Revue—2019! Everybody but Busby Berkeley is in this wonderfully built film. Much of it is quiet and almost pastoral, but that is to set up the almost unbelievable sequence at the conclusion of the film.…
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Shazam! (PG-13) Yeah, I know, it’s a comics superhero movie and they’re supposed to be lame. The writers and producers of this film know that as well, so they play the superhero for somewhat of a dunce. Zachary Levi (Shazam)…
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Gloria Bell (R) Julianne Moore is a walking miracle. At 58 she plays a woman in her 50s and looks like a woman in her early 40s. Surrounded by a topnotch supporting cast, she triumphs in the difficult story of…
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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…