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May 2022

Father of the Bride (1991)::rating::2.5::rating::2.5::rating::2.5

F ather of the Bride is a fluffy little comedy, in which perfectly amiable people grapple with an assortment of First World problems. We watch a millionaire fret about spending…

May 2022

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Rookie of the Year (1993)::rating::3.5

O f all baseball movies, none will have a higher nostalgia factor for 90s kids than Rookie of the Year. It brilliantly takes a gangly middle schooler and chucks him right…

May 2022

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Major League (1989)::rating::3

M ajor League is a bawdy, disposable little sports movie. Long ago, I filed it away as Porky's at the Dugout. And thirty-plus years out, it's still all of those things.…

Apr 2022

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Moneyball (2011)::rating::4.5

M oneyball spends just over two hours stripping the mythic grandeur from the game of baseball. Along the way, it also deconstructs the sweeping narrative hubris of the baseball movie…

Apr 2022

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The Sandlot::rating::3.5

I t’s a fascinating irony that The Sandlot began as an exercise in deep nostalgia. From its twinkly narration to the hoppin’ oldies on the soundtrack, the entire film is meant to…

Apr 2022

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Bull Durham (1988)::rating::4

"This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You catch the ball. You hit the ball!" -- Skip Riggins, Manager of the Durham Bulls. T he irony of the above…

Dec 2021

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Die Hard 2 (Cinemavino)::rating::3

The debate about whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie should be deader than disco. It is, and it always has been. If anything, this Bruce Willis classic is a…

Sep 2021

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (*spoiler-free)::rating::3.5

Hello all, and welcome to another mini-episode of Cinemavino! For this very special recording, we’re going to take a spoiler-free look at Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. We all enjoyed…

Sep 2021

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Cinemavino — The Bourne Legacy::rating::2.5

Welcome back to another fine episode of Cinemavino! This week, it's our penultimate look at summer sequels. Sadly, this season is winding down, and so is our talk about part twos. The…

Aug 2021

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Cinemavino — Mission Impossible III::rating::3.5

Hey, y'all! This week on Cinemavino, we take another long look at an epic spy sequel: Mission Impossible III. MI3came at an odd juncture in Tom Cruise's career. He was at…

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