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Captain Marvel (2019)::rating::3.5::rating::3.5::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…
March 8, 20191Comment
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Captain Marvel (2019)::rating::3.5
Captain Marvel takes us all the way back to the glorious 90s, when the internet came screaming through rickety modems and Pepsi was available as a clear liquid. Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) has been living with and fighting for the Kree, an advanced alien race. When she crashes on Earth during the time of Alanis…
March 8, 20190Comments
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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,…
March 5, 20190Comments
Greta
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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…
March 2, 20190Comments
Fighting with My Family
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Fighting with My Family (2019)::rating::3.5
F ighting with My Family takes the sweaty, spandexed bravado of professional wrestling and somehow spins it into a sugary, feel-good movie.  It's surprising to find out this story has some basis in fact, and even more startling that everything works as well it does.  With its underdog heroine, tough-love mentor, and hissable villains, Fighting With My…
February 27, 20190Comments
RBG
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RBG (2018)::rating::4
L ate in RBG, we see a telling photograph of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor, the first two women appointed to the United States Supreme Court.  They sit in an opulent chamber, pleasant and prim, surrounded by imposing sculptures and paintings of male jurists.  These starchy old men, replete with bushy mustaches and flowing…
February 22, 20190Comments

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