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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?
Joanna Langfield’s Top Ten Movies of 2017.
December 25, 2017All the Money in the World.
December 23, 2017
Based on a true story that feels eerily fresh, this highly strung procedural may not hit the jackpot, but it does pay off.
Joanna Langfield’s Movie Minute Podcast of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
December 14, 2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi
December 12, 2017
You may or may not be surprised to learn I do not automatically swoon every time I hear the words ‘Star Wars’. But, I’ll be damned if I didn’t feel a distinctive shiver down my spine watching The Last Jedi.
Joanna Langfield’s Top Ten Movies of 2017 (plus one very special mention!)
December 9, 2017The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Florida Project
The Shape of Water
Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
The Big Sick
Faces Places
Wonder Woman
The Movie Minute 