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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Nov 2022

Don’t Worry Darling (2022)::rating::2.5::rating::2.5::rating::2.5

I n its best moments, Don't Worry Darling is a thoroughly engrossing misfire. A talented cast and crew gives everything they have, juggling like frantic circus performers doomed to drop…

Oct 2022

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Bullet Train (2022)::rating::2.5

B ullet Train takes the squib-splattering mayhem of Quentin Tarantino and mashes it up with the physics of Wile E. Coyote and the soundtrack of an overserved Japanese karaoke bar.…

Oct 2022

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Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)::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…

Jul 2022

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Watcher (2022)::rating::3

W atcher wasn't constructed with COVID in mind, but it might as well have been. On one level, this is an atmospheric little thriller that lights a fuse and lets it…

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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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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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)::rating::4.5

W ith The Tragedy of Macbeth, director Joel Coen and his longtime collaborators labor greatly to deliver a fresh take on the Shakespearean behemoth. Coen strips the legendary work down to…

Sep 2021

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The Bourne Legacy (2012)::rating::2.5

Where Matt Damon goes, Jason Bourne must follow. -- Ancient proverb, probably. There's not much wrong with The Bourne Legacy, aside from its very existence. When Matt Damon stepped away after The Bourne Ultimatum,…

Jun 2021

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The Misfits (2021)::rating::1.5

It only took 125 years of moviemaking, but The Misfits has finally given us the cinematic equivalent of a wet willie. That might sound a smidge dramatic, but after…

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