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Review of Fences (2016)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 21 Feb 2018

On a stage, dialogue as symbol can work. Movies require something more natural for audiences to lose themselves in -- something Fences doesn't manage…

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Review of Hidden Figures (2016)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 21 Feb 2018

As the first major release of 2017, it's a little early to call Hidden Figures the feel-good movie of the year, but let's at least hope it…

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Review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 21 Feb 2018

The chemistry between the trio as they scour the city in search of Newt's creatures is sure to be a crowd-pleaser…

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Review of Beauty and the Beast (2017)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

As a whole, the production doesn't hold a candelabrum to Kenneth Branagh's lovely 2015 version of Cinderella, to say nothing of the 1991 Beauty…

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Review of Gender Wars (2015)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

I hope someday someone will make the movie that the trailer for Battle of the Sexes, the PG-13 sports biography starring Emma Stone and Steve…

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Review of Alien: Covenant (2017)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

The plot turns to a been-there, done-that mad scientist resolution…

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Review of The Big Sick (2017)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

The ultimate message is that, once we find love, vows are worth both taking and keeping…

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Review of The Ticket (2016)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

For those with the patience to dive into an intelligent narrative that explores the fleeting nature of gratitude and the wages of covetousness,…

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Review of Dunkirk (2017)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

What we're left with at the end of the horror, panic, and grim determination is a dawning sense of grace…

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Review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

I felt not the smallest stir of emotion when the film revealed which of the good-natured ruffians would become which fabled knight…

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Review of The Mummy (2017)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

The Mummy buries the clear moral themes that make superhero movies so popular. Making light of darkness may curse this franchise…

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Review of Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

The most compelling parts of the film are recordings where McQueen himself appears to be trying to dispel his title as The King of Cool and…

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Review of Katiyabaaz (2013)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

It demonstrates how to squander two workable ideas, first with commercialism and then with tired, Two and a Half Men-style wisecracks…

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Review of Logan (2017)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

Logan does take worthwhile risks and breaks some good ground in superhero storytelling…

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Review of Battle of the Sexes (2017)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

I hope someday someone will make the movie that the trailer for Battle of the Sexes, the PG-13 sports biography starring Emma Stone and Steve…

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Review of All Saints (2017)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 20 Feb 2018

It is theology-challenging to encounter a story where the rousing rescue doesn't come. Or at least not in the way we expect…

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Review of Early Man (2018)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 16 Feb 2018

While Early Man scores lower in the wit department than some other Aardman films, the story is still plenty funny and boasts a sweetness that…

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Review of Black Panther (2018)

By Megan Basham (282) for WORLD (293) on 16 Feb 2018

More impressive, with a couple of minor exceptions, the storyline navigates expectations that it would carry themes of racial politics into…

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Review of The Notebook (2004)

By Megan Basham (282) for National Review (314) on 06 Feb 2018

Sure, The Notebook's story of first love tends toward the histrionic and self-important…

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Review of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

By Megan Basham (282) for National Review (314) on 06 Feb 2018

The new Bridget is bigger, brasher, and nowhere near the kind of thirtysomething girl we singletons and former singletons can relate to…

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