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Nov 2018

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)::rating::4::rating::4::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…

Oct 2018

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Mid90s (2018)::rating::3.5

C hildren of the mid-90s lived on the edge of a vanishing frontier, when the Internet was still a novelty and before social media gave us the blessing and curse…

Oct 2018

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The Old Man and the Gun (2018)::rating::3.5

D uring the Renaissance, the Stradivari family made stringed instruments with such phenomenal craftsmanship that their perfection cannot be reproduced with modern technology. Likewise, I think movie star charisma is…

Oct 2018

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Hunter Killer (2018)::rating::2.5

M y high school humanities teacher was an adorably quirky woman who had a saying: "The only new invention of the 20th Century was artificial snow. Everything else was done…

Oct 2018

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The Hate U Give (2018)::rating::4.5

W hen it comes to depicting teenagers, Hollywood generally puts its characters in two cheap, lazy categories: You have your vacuous, horny drunks on one hand, and drooling, dorky shut-ins…

Oct 2018

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The Sisters Brothers (2018)::rating::3

T he Sisters Brothers takes place at an odd junction in America’s history. It’s 1851, and the American West as we know it is still embryonic. The characters in this…

Oct 2018

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Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)::rating::3

B ad Times at the El Royale plays like Quentin Tarantino in third gear. In fact, just call it Reservoir Dogs on Beautiful Lake Tahoe. And while this film coolly…

Oct 2018

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First Man (2018)::rating::3.5

"Y our daddy’s going to the moon.” Janet Armstrong tells her son, in a voice shaking with pride and panic. “Okay.” The boy shrugs. “Can I go play now?” …

Oct 2018

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Get Lost-ria in the Wines of Austria::rating::0

T wice a month, I will pair an all-time classic movie with a few killer bottles of wine. The vino will tie to the film, in some shape or form.…

Oct 2018

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The Third Man (1949)::rating::5

I n the immediate aftermath of World War II, Vienna stood as a nexus where soot-stained cynicism met and mingled with nefarious opportunity. Like most of Europe, Austria struggled to…

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