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Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 06 Aug 2018

The super-spy wannabes seize the big-screen spotlight for the first time with Penguins of Madagascar, a funny, frenetic and ultimately forgettable…

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Review of Divergent (2014)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 06 Aug 2018

An intriguing premise, sharp casting and thoughtful world-building make Divergent an engrossing science-fiction adventure…

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Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 06 Aug 2018

With his enchanting adventure Oz the Great and Powerful, director Sam Raimi eventually manages to blaze his own trail down the Yellow Brick…

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Review of How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 06 Aug 2018

Like Hiccup, though, the filmmaker is willing to take big risks and deal with the results, which are, by turns, harrowing, heartbreaking, thrilling…

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Review of The Muppets (2011)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 06 Aug 2018

Although the movie's villain isn't developed enough and the horde of fuzzy characters becomes a bit overwhelming, The Muppets doesn't just…

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Review of The Beaver (2011)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 06 Aug 2018

[Gibson offers] one of the most subtly complex turns of his long career, single-handedly pulling off Foster's strange, imperfect but ultimately…

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Review of Dark Shadows (2012)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 06 Aug 2018

It's hard to imagine a more fitting moviemaking team than Tim Burton and Johnny Depp to give the TV cult favorite a big-budget cinematic remake…

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Review of Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 26 Jul 2018

The series accomplishes if not the impossible then at least the highly unlikely by delivering more satisfying cinematic spy thrills in its…

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Review of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 19 Jul 2018

Unabashedly corny and cliched…

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Review of Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 21 Jun 2018

It's virtually impossible not to feel lifted up…

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Review of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 21 Jun 2018

Firmly grounded in a deeply affecting, even wounding, emotional reality…

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Review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 21 Jun 2018

For the target audience, like my 11-year-old son, Gabe, who adored it, the sequel is sure to delight, while the rest of us hold out hope that…

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Review of A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 09 Mar 2018

The film's narrative is choppy and graceless, with wild tonal shifts and an internal logical that too often seems faulty…

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Review of The Shape of Water (2017)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 29 Dec 2017

The Shape of Water is both surprisingly sweet and shockingly sexy. And it's one of the best movies of the year…

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Review of Molly's Game (2017)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 29 Dec 2017

Champion performances from Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba ensure that Molly's Game is able to win a few pots before clumsily folding…

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Review of Downsizing (2017)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 29 Dec 2017

Auteur Alexander Payne never comes up short on ambition even when he takes the movie's big idea about as far as it can go…

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Review of The Breadwinner (2017)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 14 Dec 2017

Often sorrowful and scary, with an ending that uplifts but doesn't quite satisfy, The Breadwinner also succeeds as a resonant coming-of-age…

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Review of Te Ata (2017)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 04 Oct 2017

Even if the biopic's creators play it a bit too safe with their storytelling approach, Te Ata serves as a fitting tribute to a trailblazing…

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Review of Cars 3 (2017)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 21 Jun 2017

Although it doesn't make it to the top of the Pixar leaderboard, Cars 3 gets the popular racing franchise back on track with a rare third installment…

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Review of Moana (2016)

By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 23 Nov 2016

Cravalho has the charm and chops to stay in the lead role even when Johnson starts wielding his considerable charisma, and her Moana is the…

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