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Lady Bird
Great 17 Points 2017

Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are excellent in this heart-touching coming of age story. Saoirse is the self-named ‘Lady Bird’ – put in to Catholic school by her over bearing mom to save her from the streets of Sacramento. The story runs the usual gamut of parental relations, love, clique-y h…

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55 Steps
Very Good 17 Points 2017

Helena Bonham Carter and Hillary Swank make a great pairing in this inspiring tale of Eleanor Riese and her fight for mental patients rights. But the story isn’t just about that; it is about her unique personality and the enduring friendships she formed. Good stuff.

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The Upside
Really Great 17 Points 2017

Loved this heart-warmer of a story featuring a trio of all stars: Nicole Kidman, Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart

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The King
Good 17 Points 2017

Lots of notables star in this documentary about life in America during Elvis’ time. Interesting format as they ride around in one of Elvis’ old cars during the interviews.

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The Yellow Birds
Good 17 Points 2017

Jennifer Aniston and Tye Sheridan are among a great cast in this movie about wartime trauma and the crazy acts that ensued. It turns in to a bit of a contrived whodunnit story, but was entertaining nonetheless.

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Okja
Perfect 66 Points 2017

Okja [Oak-ja] grabs your heart and doesn’t let go. It’s a perfect movie from shoulder to shank, as pure an experience of cinematic magic as the best of Spielberg. But Spielberg it ain’t. Bong it is — Bong Joon Ho.

The brilliant Korean auteur made Okja in 2017, four years after "Snowpiercer…

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Trotsky
Great 66 Points 2017

The three men who led the Russian Revolution – Trotsky, Lenin and Stalin – come alive in Trotsky, a 2017 Russian miniseries. Caveat emptor, Trotsky is a Putin-era Russian production that takes some dramatic and therefore historical license, plus features at least one R-rated sex scene per e…

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None Yet 0 Points 2017
Aquaman
OK 83 Points 2018

Aquaman is a whole lotta waterlogged cheese, almost 2½ hours worth. It’s not a bad movie and certainly an OK time at the movies, but is kinda turgid, as DC movies so often are. Fortunately, the cast saves the day, starting with Jason Momoa, who makes a compelling superhero, if not an especial…

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Black Panther
Great 83 Points 2018

Black Panther joins Wonder Woman as the second cultural-phenomena superhero blockbuster in half a year, each a terrific specimen of the superhero genre, yet transcending it in social impact. Females saw themselves anew in Gal Gadot; The African diaspora gains a new and fantastic folklore in *…

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