If nothing else, this familiar familia proves just how far good actors can elevate an ordinary script.
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Boundaries
June 19, 2018
Hearts Beat Loud.
June 5, 2018
These hearts are beating, just a tad too loud. Brett Haley’s loving drama is full of heart, but so determinedly, you can’t help but feel a bit exhausted by it all.
Book Club
May 17, 2018
The only surprise in this by the numbers sweetie is just how high its stars elevate it. And when we’re talking Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen, Candice Bergen and Diane Keaton that really isn’t a surprise at all.
Solo: A Star Wars Story
May 16, 2018
After a bumpy start, Ron Howard’s prequel settles in and takes us on an entertaining enough ride. There’s one great actor in it. And it isn’t Alden Ehrenreich.
Deadpool 2
May 14, 2018
You may come for the action, I’m in for the decidedly punchy jokes and, now don’t freak out, the surprisingly pungent emotion. Yup. This superhero spoof is laugh out loud funny, blows a whole lot of stuff up and is full of heart. Go figure.
Disobedience
April 27, 2018
Sebastian Lelio’s adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s book reaches not too far from the spectacular ground he covered in the Oscar winning A Fantastic Woman.
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