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Review of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 20 Nov 2020

Rollicking and heartbreaking in equal measure, the period musical drama Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom plays all the right notes, from Viola Davis…

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Review of Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 10 Nov 2020

Hillbilly Elegy is a well-acted study of a white working-class family reaching for the American dream over three generations, though its disconnected…

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Review of Mank (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 06 Nov 2020

A wonderful throwback about a flawed figure who took on a hostile era in Hollywood with choice words and major chutzpah…

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Review of Rebecca (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 22 Oct 2020

A dreamy homage to old-school Hollywood as well as a haunting, female-driven psychological thriller with deep mystery and satisfying twists…

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Review of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 22 Oct 2020

Directed by Jason Woliner, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm features an unexpectedly strong ending that at least pays off some of the sweeter aspects…

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Review of Hubie Halloween (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 07 Oct 2020

A feel-good, all-star monster mash with a low-key smackdown on bullying and a major focus on being as goofy as possible…

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Review of The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 24 Sep 2020

The filmmaker crafts an entertaining, immersive and ultimately optimistic spectacle that never forgets, especially at its ending, that humanity…

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Review of Enola Holmes (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 22 Sep 2020

It’s rather elementary: Young women yearning for an action heroine of their own get one with Enola Holmes, a problem-solving youngster we…

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Review of Mulan (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 03 Sep 2020

The not-so-secret sauce for why this Mulan works is Liu, a Chinese actress new to American audiences who sells every bit of her character,…

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Review of Antebellum (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 31 Aug 2020

What makes the new psychological thriller Antebellum effective, however, is not just studying the past of America’s original sin but deftly…

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Review of Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 27 Aug 2020

While Face the Music is best when you don’t think about it too hard, it's also a movie that knows exactly what it is and doesn’t bother…

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Review of The One and Only Ivan (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 18 Aug 2020

It’s cute and heartfelt at times, though the adventure by director Thea Sharrock (“Me Before You”) can’t decide between being a fun-filled…

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Review of An American Pickle (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 03 Aug 2020

There are some scattered laughs but it's not particularly funny, and American Pickle is generally all over the place, aiming to be an abstract…

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Review of Greyhound (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 06 Jul 2020

The movie is successful at finding little details that make it feel lived-in and authentic…

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Review of The Old Guard (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 03 Jul 2020

Old Guard feels fresher as a high-minded treatise on mortality and loss than a superhero-y franchise-starter…

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Review of Hamilton (2025)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 30 Jun 2020

Would it have been better to be in the room where it happened…

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Review of Irresistible (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 22 Jun 2020

Irresistible lives up to its title with an enchanting twist on a well-trod narrative and thankfully brings back the gifted satirical mind that…

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Review of Artemis Fowl (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 11 Jun 2020

Rather than being a massive foul-up, Artemis Fowl is a sufficient spycraft fantasy that could benefit from the inevitable sequel, and Gad proves…

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Review of Da 5 Bloods (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 10 Jun 2020

The best of Lee’s joints straddle the history that’s happened and the history being written now, and Da 5 Bloods successfully follows suit…

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Review of Scoob! (2020)

By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 15 May 2020

Scooby has quite a history to which “Scoob!” pays homage, though it seems to have missed the most basic lessons…

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