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Bill Watters • 01/09/20
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“Underwater” is a film whose marketing campaign is doing it no favors. Going in, after having seen the trailers, I was expecting it would be a modernest slapdash blend of a greatest hits mash up of “Alien,” “The Abyss.” and “DeepStar Six.” While the trailers don’t let in too much on the story specifics, but […]
Bill Watters • 12/24/19
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As we wind down towards the end of 2019, there have been a lot of really amazing films to reflect on over the course of the year – “Joker“, “Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood“, “Avengers: Endgame“, and others. But the one that stands out among all of them opens on December 25th- “1917.” It’s […]
Bill Watters • 12/19/19
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I’ve been sitting here for a while reflecting on the experience that was seeing Universal Pictures anthropomorphic CGI showcase “Cats” and how to translate it into some kind of coherent review. Let’s go back to the general description in Playbill of the original stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber from it’s release back in 1982: Cats […]
Bill Watters • 12/18/19
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If you want to know utterly nothing else about “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” other than the most basic answer to your question: Yes, it’s good. It delivers an ending that’s satisfying though imperfect, and it does so with a style and grace that is admirable given all the forces (pun non-intentional) at work […]
Bill Watters • 12/13/19
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With a third installment in the “Jumanji” franchise, “Jumanji: The Next Level,” has the same effect as when you’ve played a new game and had a blast of a time, then go back to it a few months later and play it again. Now only to find that now the clever elements have been experienced, […]
Bill Watters • 11/27/19
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“Knives Out” is the exact type of counter-programming that was needed for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Written and Directed by Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson, this is a throwback to the types of murder mystery-whodoneit that we haven’t really seen in a while. It’s closer to a drama than a black-comedy, but there’s […]
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