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Review of The Greatest Showman (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 04 Jan 2018

A miscast and unappealing Rebecca Ferguson as soprano Jenny Lind sinks the movie even further…

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Review of Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 04 Jan 2018

This franchise ran out of steam halfway through the credit crawl on the first movie, and there's been nothing but garbage-in-garbage-out since then…

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Review of Just Getting Started (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 21 Dec 2017

The movie is a ghastly, ramshackle mess, lurching from gag to clunking gag and exacerbated by Barry Peterson's harsh cinematography, making…

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Review of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 21 Dec 2017

The kicks keep coming and the stars have a lot of fun channeling their teenage alter egos…

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Review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 21 Dec 2017

Where Abrams left us eager for more, Johnson leaves us sated and willing to wait a couple of years for the next episode…

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Review of Lady Bird (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Dec 2017

Ronan, well on her way to being one of the greatest film actresses of the 21st century, is the movie's second-biggest asset after Gerwig herself,…

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Review of The Star (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 30 Nov 2017

It's harmless enough, but nowhere near as inspiring as it aims to be…

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Review of Wonder (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 30 Nov 2017

The movie's pro-tolerance, anti-bullying message is more than a little ham-handed, but it's redeemed by [Stephen] Chbosky's delicate direction…

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Review of The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 30 Nov 2017

The impression, despite Paki Smith's sumptuous Victorian production design, is one of constant, cheesy falsehood and wasted opportunity…

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Review of Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 17 Nov 2017

Branagh lards Haris Zambarloukos' cinematography with gratuitous CGI until it looks like Murder on the Polar Express…

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Review of Last Flag Flying (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 17 Nov 2017

Linklater juggles the movie's shifting moods expertly and draws moving, finely textured performances from his stars…

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Review of Daddy's Home 2 (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 16 Nov 2017

Co-fathers Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are back in one of those we-made-too-much-money-not-to-make-a-sequel-but-we-don't-have-any-good-ideas…

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Review of Loving Vincent (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 16 Nov 2017

The result is breathtakingly original, a reminder of both van Gogh's unique vision and the tactile pleasure of hand-drawn animation…

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Review of Suburbicon (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 16 Nov 2017

The movie is a limp example of an unhappy genre: bland satire…

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Review of A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 16 Nov 2017

[The stars], having soiled themselves with last year's loathsome Bad Moms, wade into more of the same, this time dragging Christine Baranski,…

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Review of Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 16 Nov 2017

It's a knowing self-spoof that doesn't take itself too seriously…

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Review of Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 02 Nov 2017

Young Tiltson all but steals the show from his elders…

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Review of Geostorm (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 01 Nov 2017

The script by Paul Guyot and first-time director Dean Devlin putters around with leftover parts from disaster movies that were badly written…

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Review of Happy Death Day (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 01 Nov 2017

Rothe is the closest thing to a saving grace here; she has presence and wit and looks…

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Review of Only the Brave (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 18 Oct 2017

It's a harrowing story of heroism and dedication, and the movie does it full justice…

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