Category: Reviews
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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ goes very very big
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Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? – William Butler Yeats Mankind deserves sacrifice – but not of mankind – Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Avengers: Infinity War…
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A less talented cast might have shattered ‘Krystal’
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It would be easy to dismiss Krystal, from writer Will Aldis and director William H. Macy; as what was described as “…the wrong execution of the right idea” in a film from the early 1980s. …
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‘Josie’ is certainly no pussycat
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“No man knows the virtue of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them” – William Godwin In a small town in the South, the arrival of “Josie” (Sophie Turner – X-Men: Apocalypse) raises…
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‘Black Panther’ enriches the Marvel cinematic universe with culture and commentary
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The superhero genre is one that can easily run out of steam. And there have been many who claim it’s already jumped the shark or is well on its way to audience fatigue. Then along…
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‘Molly’s Game’ is interesting, but don’t go all in
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Jessica Chastain in ‘Molly’s Game’ “There is no such thing as women’s intuition. You all just have crap poker faces.” – Actress Rachel Shelley “If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you…
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You can bank on ‘All The Money in the World’
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“If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem” – J. Paul Getty “If you look after the pennies, the dollars will look after…
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‘I, Tonya’ is a different look at a famous moment in figure skating
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“Half of figure skating is opinion, convincing judges” – Scott Hamilton who won a gold medal in figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympic Games “Look, I’m sorry but when the CIA wants to learn…
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Extra, Extra, see ‘The Post’
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“When the public’s right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered” – Christopher Dodd “What…
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ races at light speed to new heights
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“That’s why ‘Star Wars’ is appealing. You watch someone fight the perilous monster” – Carrie Fisher As Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens ends, “Rey” (Daisy Ridley – Murder on the Orient Express) has…
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‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ is wonderful
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“There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief – Aeschylus” “I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I’ll…