Set against the ruins of post-WWII Poland, the story revolves around a couple separated by political, geographical, and psychological divides. It examines the toll of a life in exile and the hardships of living under a totalitarian regime.
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Film review: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
Based on James Baldwin’s 1974 novel, the film is at once a gorgeous, aching love story and an unflinching gaze into the failings of our justice system.
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Film review: ‘Mary Poppins Returns’
Pitching itself somewhere between a remake and a sequel, “Mary Poppins Returns” doesn’t desecrate the original’s legacy, but it doesn’t fully distinguish itself either, charming as it is.
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Roundup: The top movies of 2018
Every film mentioned here is absolutely worthy of your time.
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Film review: ‘Aquaman’
Seeking to differentiate his film from the dour tone and muted colors that’s become DC house style, director James Wan and his team run in the total opposite direction. The psychedelic production design fills the frame with as much color as possible.
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Film review: ‘Bumblebee’
The best Transformers movie by a mile (though it’s admittedly not a high bar to clear), against all odds “Bumblebee” ultimately succeeds by finding the beating heart beneath the machinery.
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Film review: ‘Roma’
Telling a small-scale story with the expansive sweep of an epic, Alfonso Cuarón’s semi-autobiographical film charts a year in the lives of a middle-class family, told through the eyes of the live-in maid and nanny.
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Film review: ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’
The sequel to Disney’s smash hit “Wreck-It Ralph” is a simple, heartfelt story about remaining true to oneself, and what happens when the video arcade where its characters reside finally gets a wifi router.
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Film review: ‘Robin Hood’
The newest version of the classic tale never truly makes a convincing case for its existence, but well, here it is anyway.
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Film review: ‘Boy Erased’
Based on a 2016 memoir by writer Garrard Conley, “Boy Erased” details the author’s experiences being sent to gay conversion therapy after being forcibly outed to his conservative family.
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Review: ‘Wildlife’
On a certain level, the story “Wildlife” tells is not an
unfamiliar one, but it’s a tender and quietly powerful character study filled with understated emotion and incisive empathy.
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Review: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
The film boasts a wonderful lead performance from Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, but its clichéd narrative and sloppy, safe storytelling let down the larger-than-life figure at its center.
