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When Academy members chose their lineup of best movies from 2019, they faced another round of “Oscars so White” criticism—but not when it...

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Review 2020 1917 January Many family members hear the proverbial quote “war stories,” but Academy Award winning director Sam Mendes...

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Judy Garland, the screen legend who never won an Oscar, becomes awards bait in the new biopic about her. The movie Judy lets Renee...

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Just before leaving to hike the famous Camino Santiago in Spain, my husband and I got off a Sierra trail and sat on a rock overlooking...

Cell phones take one step beyond in the new movie "Don't Let Go." Blending a "Twilight Zone" mentality with police procedural elements,...

Despite sounding like a unique children's title, "The Peanut Butter Falcon" comes off as an adult piece bearing familiar elements. It...

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Bucking current movie trends, "The Farewell" opens with words that read "based on an actual lie." It won me over right then because...

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Horror stays dark despite the light of "Midsommar" in a new film featuring colorful flowers, flowing white costumes and lots of bright...