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Review of The Darkest Minds (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 08 Aug 2018

If you've seen The Hunger Games, Divergent or The Maze Runner, there are no surprises in this low-rent X-Men knockoff…

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Review of The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 08 Aug 2018

Kunis has a nice flair for comedy, but she gets shoved aside by McKinnon - who, like the movie at large, is obnoxious and funny in a roughly…

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Review of Dog Days (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 08 Aug 2018

The movie's heart is in the right place, and like a good doggie we forgive it if it doesn't always know what it's doing…

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Review of Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 08 Aug 2018

There are some pretty clever turns along the way, the look is bright and shiny enough to keep toddlers from getting restless, and there are…

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Review of The Equalizer 2 (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 25 Jul 2018

Washington's implacable charisma and Fuqua's robust command of pace and style are desperately needed because writer Robert Wenk is back too,…

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Review of Skyscraper (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Jul 2018

Johnson's charisma lifts things a notch or two above the bottom of the barrel, but he's not a magician - and he can't really fly…

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Review of Whitney (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Jul 2018

Director Kevin Macdonald's documentary traces the life and career of Whitney Houston, a sad arc that could wring tears from a bronze statue…

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Review of Sorry to Bother You (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Jul 2018

Riley is an original voice, and not as undisciplined as he seems; his movie begins in gritty, flippant realism, then pulls us along step by…

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Review of Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Jul 2018

It's enjoyable enough, even for those who would rather eat broken glass than sit through another elephantine CGI-fest from the damned Marvel…

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Review of Tag (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 27 Jun 2018

Jeff Tomsic's flailing direction fails to smooth out the script's lurching changes in tone from jackass farce to buddy-buddy sentiment to group…

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Review of Incredibles 2 (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Jun 2018

It's been 14 years since The Incredibles, and superhero movies are a lot thicker on the ground now, but writer-director Brad Bird has lost…

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Review of Ocean's Eight (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Jun 2018

Mechanical and formulaic, but the formula is amusing and it goes down smoothly enough to pass for something original…

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Review of Adrift (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Jun 2018

It's virtually a two-person show, and Woodley and Claflin are both excellent…

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Review of Hotel Artemis (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Jun 2018

A wildly unpredictable ride sparked by edgy performances and a striking look…

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Review of Show Dogs (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 23 May 2018

This dreary time-and-talent waster seems to have been aimed at undemanding three-year-olds whose parents have more money and less sense than…

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Review of Life of the Party (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 23 May 2018

The story is inconsistent from one scene to the next -sometimes from one shot to the next - with nearly every scene looking desperately improvised,…

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Review of Book Club (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 23 May 2018

It's great to see these four working together, good sports and consummate pros that they are, but the fact remains that they're shoveling crap,…

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Review of Breaking In (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 16 May 2018

Action hero may not be what [Gabrielle] Union does best, but her versatility stands her in good enough stead; here's hoping this potboiler…

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Review of I Feel Pretty (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 14 May 2018

A slickly satisfying vehicle for Schumer's comic everywoman persona, and she rises to the occasion…

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Review of Tully (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 14 May 2018

Theron is wonderful, sympathetic even when she's being unreasonable, and her joined-at-the-hip chemistry with Davis makes the movie's unsurprising…

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