The plastic heroes from 2014’s The LEGO Movie return for a comedy adventure full of catchy music, rapid-fire dialogue and jokes, and a sense that maybe this franchise is starting to show signs of diminishing returns.
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Taraji P. Henson gives this her all, but What Men Want is a shabbily constructed rom-com that just never quite works.
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Shot on an iPhone 7, Steven Soderbergh’s NBA-themed basketball drama, High Flying Bird, now streaming on Netflix, emerges as one of the first great films of 2019.
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Gina Rodriguez does what she can, but Catherine Hardwicke’s remake of Mexican film Miss Bala is a poorly scripted disappointment.
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Serenity is an absolute disaster.
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Joe Cornish delivers an amusing, energetic take on King Arthur’s story with The Kid Who Would Be King, a nice escape of sorts for kids and families alike.
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M. Night Shyamalan delivers one of the most disappointing movies in recent memory with the inert and lifeless Glass.
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Polish import Cold War tells a visually beautiful, if not somewhat emotionally distant story, of a 15-year off-and-on again romance between a young singer and music director in 1950s Europe.
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Documentary Oscar hopeful Hale County This Morning This Evening is a powerful, observational look at small town life in a predominantly African-American county in Alabama.
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Barry Jenkins’ beautiful and bittersweet If Beale Street Could Talk stands tall and proud as one of 2018’s finest films.
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The Upside may have the best of intentions, but the downside is…this thing simply does not work.
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Largely a by-the-book biographical drama, On The Basis of Sex remains an inspiring look at Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s journey from Harvard Law into a groundbreaking civil rights attorney, prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court.
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Marta Prus’ debut film, documentary Over The Limit is a stunning, uncomfortable, but rewarding look at Russian gymnast Margarita Mamun’s preparations for the 2016 Olympics.
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Swedish biopic Becoming Astrid offers a compelling look at the formative years of author Astrid Lindgren, who would go on to author the beloved “Pippi Longstocking” series of children’s books.
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Although it has no ability to close the deal, Escape Room is, for awhile, a surprisingly clever and intriguing PG-13 horror film…
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The best thing the Transformers franchise ever could have done? Replace Michael Bay as director and simplify the story. As a result, Bumblebee is one of 2018’s biggest surprises.
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Andie reviews Welcome To Marwen, praising Steve Carell’s performance and appreciating the effort to tell a complex story in a unique and clever way.
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Alfonso Cuaron has made a deeply personal and stunning film with ROMA, exploring memories from childhood and analyzing how those memories guide us through adulthood.
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Adonis Creed faces new challenges in life and in the ring, as the son of an old nemesis of his late father challenges him for boxing superiority.
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