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Review of The 355 (2022)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 06 Jan 2022

Showcasing a thrown-together international team of female spies, The 355 mostly feels like the pilot for a TV series, just with an inordinately…

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Review of Sing 2 (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 22 Dec 2021

The result is a breezy exercise in karaoke for kids, where the soundtrack beats the movie and a lot of stars again lend their voices to the chorus…

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Review of The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 21 Dec 2021

While ‘Resurrections’ again offers a choice between the red pill and blue pill, the one thing that won't be necessary -- especially for…

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Review of Nightmare Alley (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 17 Dec 2021

Nightmare Alley spends too long spinning its wheels before getting to the more pertinent twists about the dangers of conning the wrong people,…

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Review of The King's Man (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 14 Dec 2021

Fun in places, this World War I era story was designed to expand the franchise but appears just as likely to end it…

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Review of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 13 Dec 2021

Briskly balancing a dizzying assortment of parts, Marvel's latest (by way of Sony) looks destined to do what only a spider can -- namely, lure…

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Review of National Champions (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 10 Dec 2021

At its best, National Champions feels calibrated to provoke a conversation about the flawed framework of college sports, which is talked about…

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Review of Being the Ricardos (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 07 Dec 2021

No matter how many times you've watched those classic I Love Lucy episodes (or not at all), it's likely you'll come away from Being the Ricardos…

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Review of Don't Look Up (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 07 Dec 2021

In a grand science fiction tradition, Don't Look Up uses a disaster-movie framework as a metaphor for a reality-based crisis, with a huge comet…

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Review of The Forever Prisoner (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 06 Dec 2021

The Forever Prisoner asks the right questions regarding not just Zubaydah but the broader prosecution of the war against terrorism…

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Review of West Side Story (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 03 Dec 2021

The new West Side Story doesn't entirely answer the most obvious question, which is why essentially remake a 60-year-old classic…

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Review of House of Gucci (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 23 Nov 2021

House of Gucci takes a seemingly can't-miss combination of talent and material and produces what feels like the knockoff version of a really…

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Review of tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 19 Nov 2021

Deftly expanding the source material into a movie, the film is anchored by a sensational performance by Andrew Garfield as Larson…

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Review of Encanto (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 19 Nov 2021

Encanto compensates for the dearth of traditional conflict with a colorful world filled with powers and an abundance of music…

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Review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 18 Nov 2021

At its best Ghostbusters: Afterlife simply delivers a good time, combining the upgraded special effects with comedy and youthful angst, while…

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Review of King Richard (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 18 Nov 2021

Smith aces the performance, which is the main attribute in elevating the story above the standard sports-movie conventions…

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Review of The Power of the Dog (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 16 Nov 2021

The Power of the Dog is such a delicately constructed movie as to almost defy the ability to review it without saying too much…

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Review of Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 11 Nov 2021

Home Sweet Home Alone is a very odd duck -- a movie that basically replicates the three-decades-old Home Alone template, but in a way that…

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Review of Mayor Pete (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 11 Nov 2021

Mostly, the documentary premiering on Amazon serves as a social-studies lesson in how campaigns operate, with the most candid moments coming…

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Review of Passing (2021)

By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 10 Nov 2021

Hall captures how the two women chafe against the system and its limitations in different ways, and shoots the film with a haunting, almost…

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