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The Book of Henry
None Yet 0 Points 2017
Shimmer Lake
Great 17 Points 2017

A new twist on a great crime thriller: throw in subtle comedy and tell the story backwards. It was tough at time trying to soak in the story in reverse order, but the process of remembering the ending events and revealing the motives by showing them was a unique and fun way to experience the st…

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Atomic Blonde
None Yet 0 Points 2017
American Assassin
Good 66 Points 2017

The War Against Islamist Terror gets short shrift in the nearly risible American Assassin, which starts well, powerfully well, but then goes mostly downhill. Quality aside: Sequel or No Sequel? That is the question. This origin story sets a low bar, yet made money, so why not a sequel. It’ll al…

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Blade Runner 2049
Great 66 Points 2017

One needn’t be familiar with Blade Runner minutiae to find Blade Runner 2049 gripping from the start, thought provoking by the middle and shattering at the end. Yep, this terrific sci-fi sequel works for newbies.

Thus, it’s not just an aficionado’s treat. It’s meat for the masses. Somehow th…

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The Foreigner
None Yet 0 Points 2017
Geostorm
Good 17 Points 2017

A decent action/conspiracy film features Gerard Butler as a “Climate MacGyver” who not only is an eco-fixer, but does a respectable job at putting bad guys in their place. Ignore the subtle leftist positions, and the movie is enjoyable.

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All the Money i...
Really Great 66 Points 2017

All the Money in the World slays as a kidnapping thriller and as a biopic of the legendary J. Paul Getty, once the world’s richest man. The thriller jumps off to a startling beginning, takes a series of surprising turns, and remains thrilling right up to the well-known ending. That’s a solid sh…

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Suburbicon
Good 17 Points 2017

I had no idea that this sleeper directed by George Clooney and deftly acted by Matt Daemon & Julianne Moore even existed. A surreal view of what happens when you insert bad actors and desperate measures in the perfect (and perfectly white), master-planed suburb in the 1950s. It is hard to put my…

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The 15:17 to Paris
Very Good 83 Points 2018

Clint Eastwood’s terrorist-on-a-train film unspools like a cinéma vérité home movie. Three yokels from Sacramento – California’s middle-American capital city – get the chance to be heroes and don’t blow it.

Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos & Anthony Sadler famously play themselves as the three du…

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