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Everything is pretty good in 'The LEGO Movie 2'

Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 10:18 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

"The LEGO Movie" is a hard act to follow. Its world was so fresh and vibrant and unexpected, it's no wonder that it spawned a number of spinoffs of varying quality. But the big test was always going...

'What Men Want' is to avoid this blunder of a film

Friday, 8 March 2019, 11:29 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Not to kick off this review with a spoiler alert, but after seeing "What Men Want" the answer to what men want is probably the same as what women want: Not to be ripped off by yet another dubious...

'Velvet Buzzsaw' a gloriously gory art-world satire

Thursday, 7 March 2019, 11:27 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The art installation, so often a playground in the contemporary art museum, is in Dan Gilroy's gloriously gory satire "Velvet Buzzsaw" a terror chamber. Interactivity is involuntary. "Velvet...

Farhadi channels Agatha Christie in Spanish thriller

Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 11:24 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

There are few more seductive things to watch onscreen than a big, wine-soaked, multi-generational family wedding like the one that happens early in "Everybody Knows," Asghar Farhadi's new thriller set...

Gina Rodriguez deserves more than bland 'Miss Bala'

Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 11:23 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

If you've ever watched TV's hugely entertaining "Jane the Virgin," you'll know that its star, Gina Rodriguez, is one of the most engaging, charismatic and relatable actresses out there. It was...

Could 'Alita' be Hollywood's breakthrough manga movie?

Monday, 4 March 2019, 11:20 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The manga movie "Alita: Battle Angel" has been 20 years in the making, and producer Jon Landau thinks it will finally represent the breakthrough success in Hollywood for a genre which has proved...

'The Upside' is a cliche-ridden, exploitative mess

Thursday, 28 February 2019, 11:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

It's said that January is one of the prime months that Hollywood chooses to dump its most embarrassing films and "The Upside" doesn't exactly disprove that notion. Few films in memory have...

'Arctic' is a solid, and solitary, survival tale

Wednesday, 27 February 2019, 11:02 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The premise for "Arctic " is so simple it's almost silly to describe: Stranded man tries to survive. It's also been done more than a few times in movies, so it's understandable if hearing that invokes...

'They Shall Not Grow Old' is an immersive marvel

Tuesday, 26 February 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Director Peter Jackson is upfront about what audiences should not expect from his unconventional World War I documentary, "They Shall Not Grow Old." This is a film made by a non-historian for an...

The underwhelming rollercoaster of 'Glass'

Monday, 25 February 2019, 10:59 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Samuel L. Jackson's Elijah Price, or Mr. Glass, as he prefers to be called, was by far the most compelling part of M. Night Shyamalan's slow-burn comic book send-up "Unbreakable." A brilliant,...

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