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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Jan 2019

Stan & Ollie (2018)::rating::4::rating::4::rating::4

S omewhere, embedded within the raucous, irresistible comedy of the Three Stooges, the Marx Brothers, and Laurel and Hardy, lies a parable about the bond of brotherhood. Through the daredevil…

Jan 2019

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On the Basis of Sex (2018)::rating::3

"Politics is the strong and slow boring of hard boards," Max Weber once observed, although the same could be said for any challenge to the cultural or legal status quo.…

Jan 2019

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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)::rating::5

"I hope that nobody has ever had to look at anybody they love through glass." These words open If Beale Street Could Talk, with every syllable coated in aching, anguished sadness.…

Dec 2018

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Green Book (2018)::rating::4

T he story goes that in 1963, Sam Cooke and his band were turned away from a hotel in Shreveport, La. Cooke, arguably the most important soul singer of the…

Nov 2018

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Creed II (2018)::rating::3.5

C reed II somehow manages to be completely entertaining, despite the fact that it's the sequel to a spinoff from a franchise that itself spawned six movies over three decades.…

Nov 2018

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Instant Family (2018)::rating::3

T he life of a parent has been described as "all joy and no fun." The act of having children trades the instant gratification of autonomous adulthood--the soft thrill of…

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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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…

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…

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