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Captain Marvel (2019)::rating::3.5

D espite its sweeping sociocultural ambition, Captain Marvel largely succeeds as robust, straightforward entertainment.  A decent origin story, it benefits enormously from a skilled cast of well-placed actors and the reliable hum of the Marvel machine.  While the female-driven production machetes a new trail through what had once been a male-dominated wilderness, the movie itself truly hits…

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Free Solo (2018)::rating::4

M idway through Free Solo, rock climber Alex Honnold goes in for a brain scan.  Honnold is training to scale the granite face of Yosemite's El Capitan, without the benefit of ropes or harnesses.  A curious doctor pours over the test results, wondering if Honnold's singular determination and fearlessness can be pinpointed by science.  Sure enough,…

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Greta

Greta (2019)::rating::3

T he script for Greta seems a lot like a Frankenstein golem, a lumbering construct of thrillers plucked from the $1 DVD bin of a Walmart:  Fatal Attraction, Psycho, Single White Female, and many others get stitched together, forming a brand new monster in the process.  The movie that sits up and lurches off the table may…

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