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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Sep 2022

Confess, Fletch (2022)::rating::3.5::rating::3.5::rating::3.5

L et me begin this review with a confession of my own: I couldn't have been less enthusiastic about a reboot of the Fletch franchise. The two original films made such…

Mar 2022

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Zodiac (2007)::rating::4

D avid Fincher's Zodiac effectively encapsulates the massive manhunt for the serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area from the 60s through the late 70s. His theatrical villainy would…

Mar 2022

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Ranking the Best Picture Nominees (2021)::rating::5

W ith the Oscars fast approaching, it's time to take a closer look at the nominees. It's a boatload of fun to rank things, so let's make a list, shall…

May 2021

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The Woman in the Window (2021)::rating::2.5

Two very different movies lurk within The Woman in the Window, and neither is very promising: One is an outright pillaging of Hitchcock's Rear Window, with the filmmakers even flashing…

May 2019

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Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)::rating::3

I'm gonna kick off this review with the stinging chill of full disclosure: Pokémon is an alien phenomenon to me. The parking lot of my old workplace was some kinda…

Mar 2019

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Holmes & Watson (2018)::rating::0

H olmes & Watson isn't so much a movie as a monsoon of limp, slimy jokes that plop to the ground like that storm of toads in Magnolia. The actors fidget…

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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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…

Sep 2018

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Vertigo is an odd, elliptical masterpiece that manages to somehow embody Alfred Hitchcock’s cinematic eccentricities and yet stand apart from the rest of his sprawling filmography. It covers his familiar terrain…

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