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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)::rating::2.5
T he first fifteen minutes of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms spark with real imagination and wonder:  Long-ago London is vividly recreated, with snowflakes flitting soundlessly to the cobblestones.  Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite teases on the soundtrack during an elegant dance scene, replete with billowing ballgowns and Morgan Freeman handing out enchanted presents, and....damn it, Christmas is…
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)::rating::4
I t's telling that Freddie Mercury chose to pepper his mansion with cats, maybe because their personality traits mirrored his own:  As a man, Mercury was proud, unapologetically high-strung, and ferociously independent.  As a rock god, he burned onstage like an incandescent singularity, his shimmering voice serving as a conduit for Queen's pounding arena anthems.…
Five Easy Pieces (1970)::rating::5
B obby Dupea's life pinballs from one meaningless day to the next, powered by one-night stands and pints of plastic sour mash.  He carouses with rowdy shitkickers and toils in menial jobs until the boredom and wanderlust overwhelm him.  Bobby is loosely tethered to reality by a curdled relationship with a hee-haw diner waitress, Rayette…
Batman and Robin (1997)::rating::0.5
A s I suffered through the wretchedness of rewatching Batman and Robin, a visual metaphor popped in my head:  The grainy footage of man's first failed attempts at flight.  You've probably seen the montages before, where intrepid young men with twiddly mustaches and bowler hats mount winged bicycles and half-assed gyrocopters--mechanical ostriches destined to go…

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