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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)::rating::4.5::rating::4.5::rating::4.5
T hroughout the Vacation movies, Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) functions as a kind of cheerful, benevolent weapon of mass destruction.  His ambition is simple, but noble:  To act as catalyst for the greatest vacation, holiday gathering, or whatever ill-fated event the screenwriters have devised for him.  His currency as a husband and father is measured solely…
December 21, 20220Comments
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The Fabelmans (2022)::rating::5
W hen he directed Jaws in 1975, Steven Spielberg was hailed as a wunderkind and an overnight sensation.  The truth is that Spielberg had been cranking out movies for most of his young life.  As a precocious teenager, his amateur oeuvre was both irresistibly innocent and sweepingly ambitious:  A spate of homemade Westerns and WWII battle epics…
December 16, 20220Comments
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Ticket to Paradise (2022)::rating::2
I f they handed out a generic award for Best-Looking Movie of 2022, Ticket to Paradise would be on the noms list.  As a squabbling, middle-aged couple, George Clooney and Julia Roberts are as photogenic as ever.  Their daughter? Beautiful, as you would expect.  The locations?  You couldn't CGI something prettier.  Hell, even the chittering, man-eating dolphins…
December 14, 20220Comments
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Tár (2022)::rating::4.5
A s we meet Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), somewhere in the deep of middle age, she's already a woman with nothing left to prove.  When she sits for an interview at The New Yorker Festival (where Adam Gopnik plays himself), Tár's résumé is read aloud, and her accomplishments are stunning.  She's an EGOT winner, and…
December 9, 20220Comments
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Black Adam (2022)::rating::2.5
B lack Adam plays like a cinematic paradox.  It delivers visual spectacle that's ambitious and expensive, but at the service of lazy, uneven storytelling.  As the title character, Dwayne Johnson shows all the charisma and gravitas that made him a durable superstar.  At the same time, his acting and wrestling legacies serve as distractions--this never feels…
December 2, 20220Comments
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Spirited (2022)::rating::3
I f you've seen the trailers, posters, or billboards for Spirited, let's see if your first impression synchs with mine:  At first glance, this movie looks like concentrated donkey doo.  It's another twist on A Christmas Carol, which the world needs like a ski boot to the Nutter Butters.  Even more egregious, this modern take stars Ryan…
November 23, 20220Comments

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