It’s gigantic heart and winning intentions can’t disguise the fact that Ava DuVernay’s modern adaptation of the Madeleine L’Engle 1962 classic is a bit of a mess.
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A Wrinkle in Time.
March 7, 2018Game Night
February 21, 2018
Game Night is a frantically funny, self aware caper that’s got no real agenda except to make you have a good time.
Joanna Langield’s Movie Minute Podcast of Black Panther.
February 14, 2018Black Panther
February 14, 2018
There’s a whole lot going on in this latest Marvel chapter. And boy, are we all the better for it.
Permission
February 7, 2018
12 Strong
January 18, 2018
There are more than a dozen big names attached to this purposeful and often powerful war story, but perhaps the one with the biggest impact is behind the scenes, Jerry Bruckheimer. Because for all of its big star, big budget verve, this adaptation of the first Marines’ revenge for the 9/11 attacks is also a procedural drama, melding a few of the producer’s other hits, not just Black Hawk Down, but CSI, this time: Afghanistan.
Joanna Langfield’s Movie Minute Podcast of Molly’s Game.
January 4, 2018Molly’s Game
January 3, 2018
This dramatic biography has the familiar Aaron Sorkin snap and crackle, but why doesn’t it have any pop?
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