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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Oct 2022

Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)::rating::2.5::rating::2.5::rating::2.5

W here the Crawdads Sing builds a preposterous murder mystery alongside a preposterous coming-of-age story, and hopes that one will distract you from the other. In fact, this film is…

Aug 2022

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Prey (2022)::rating::4.5

P rey is the Predator prequel we never knew we needed. That first film was a campy, mud-soaked masterpiece of 80s mega-violence. Everything since has followed the formula of the Jurassic Park franchise:…

Mar 2022

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Deep Water (2022)::rating::2

T wo completely different movies live within the soul of Deep Water, and both of them are bad: On the one level, director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal) delivers a humid,…

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…

Feb 2022

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Nightmare Alley (2021)::rating::3.5

W ithin Guillermo del Toro's ambitious, eccentric Nightmare Alley, two very different movies form an awkward coexistence: For much of its first half, we see the dark, sprawling topography of a…

Jan 2022

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Last Night in Soho (2021)::rating::3

Y our tolerance for this wacky, atmospheric thriller will depend on your affinity for the freewheeling era known as Swinging London. If the thought of a film built around the…

Aug 2021

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Reminiscence (2021)::rating::2.5

Joy also delivers some truly remarkable visuals that pop up like small pockets of self-contained brilliance. At the same time, Reminiscence is one of those confounding movies that will only make you…

Nov 2019

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Motherless Brooklyn (2019)::rating::2.5

In Motherless Brooklyn, writer-director-star Edward Norton paints with brilliant brush strokes, but he doesn’t know when to step back from the canvas.

Oct 2019

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Cinemavino — Episode 50: Squad Goals::rating::0

For this week’s Cinemavino, we watch Monster Squad! Sean Jordan, an expert on horror movies, stops by to share his insights.

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