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Movie Reviews by Todd Wofford— Funny, informative movie reviews

Apr 2022

A League of Their Own (1992)::rating::4::rating::4::rating::4

A s with all the best baseball movies, A League of Their Own captures all the joys, monotonies, and superstitions of a long season. But unlike other classics of the genre, League also captures…

Feb 2022

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House of Gucci (2021)::rating::2.5

A fter 160 minutes of House of Gucci, I can confidently say I have no idea what the hell I just watched. Is this a gloriously trashy piece of pop art--the…

Feb 2022

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CODA (2021)::rating::3.5

T he title for CODA is a fascinating play on words: In the context of this film, its most obvious use is an.acronym--Child of Deaf Adults. But a coda is also…

Feb 2022

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Spencer (2021)::rating::3.5

From the opening scene, Spencer announces itself as a sizzling slice of historical fiction. Put another way, this is an imaginative portrait of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart), painted against the…

Feb 2022

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As Good as It Gets (1997)::rating::3.5

A s Good as It Gets provokes a dilemma I've never encountered before: On one hand, it blazes a trail through difficult issues, such as OCD and homophobia, places Hollywood had long…

Jan 2022

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)::rating::3

D espite that title, we never really see the world through the eyes of Tammy Faye Bakker. Instead, the film only serves up a superficial look at the eccentricities we…

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…

Jan 2022

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King Richard (2021)::rating::3.5

Let me begin this review with a dose of unvarnished honesty: I've never much liked tennis. In my defense, I grew up in a small town where the three…

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As with Alfonso Cuarón's brilliant Roma, Belfast serves as a conduit for writer-director Kenneth Branagh to explore his own childhood. Both films feature the fading, fragile innocence of youth, juxtaposed with…

Jan 2022

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Being the Ricardos (2021)::rating::4

F ew TV stars, past or present, could breathe the same rarified air as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. As a power couple, they dominated the Nielsen ratings throughout the…

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