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Review of Playmobil: The Movie (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 07 Dec 2019

During the holiday season, when kids are being aggressively marketed to by every toy company who wants the top spot on Santa’s list, families…

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Review of Hala (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 22 Nov 2019

Viswanathan’s resounding, yet quiet performance allows the audience to see Hala for who she is — a smart, funny, intelligent, angsty, confused,…

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Review of Playing with Fire (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 07 Nov 2019

The film is bland and predictable, underestimates kids’ abilities to understand story and humor, and relies way too much on sight gags that…

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Review of The Addams Family (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 10 Oct 2019

Lieberman’s script really meets kids at their level of understanding, and yes, at times the gags were clichéd and perhaps over some kids’…

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Review of Abominable (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 26 Sep 2019

Nothing here truly changes animation, and yet, you can’t help but walk out of the theater with a smile on your face…

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Review of Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 22 Aug 2019

It’s the story of the conflict between Robbins and Mostel that unveils another layer of how the odds were truly stacked against the show…

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Review of The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 09 Aug 2019

The Peanut Butter Falcon is charming, enveloping, and an absolute joy…

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Review of Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 29 Jul 2019

The biggest challenge of an actor in any live-action update of an animated character is to make an audience that is already loyal to the original…

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Review of Don't Let Go (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 25 Jul 2019

Despite its trappings, Relive is a family drama with a slight supernatural twist, and had Estes explored that, perhaps the film would feel…

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Review of Stuber (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 11 Jul 2019

With a title that’s almost as lazy as its script, Stuber is a lackadaisical attempt at a “woke” buddy-cop comedy that just can’t figure…

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Review of American Woman (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 13 Jun 2019

Despite the script’s lack of character depth, Miller gives a consistently phenomenal performance…

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Review of Wild Rose (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 12 Jun 2019

Ultimately, of course, it’s Buckley who makes Rose-Lynn soar off the screen…

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Review of Late Night (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 06 Jun 2019

A witty, intelligent, and entertaining view behind the scenes of a late-night talk show…

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Review of Ma (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 28 May 2019

Attempts to be a psychological campy thriller but gets so lost in trying to construct a message that all the exaggerated thrills die before…

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Review of The Biggest Little Farm (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 08 May 2019

The Biggest Little Farm is a decent personal narrative film — even inspiring at times — but it could have provided a much-needed educational…

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Review of Wine Country (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 05 May 2019

Wine Country shows that women in their 50s are in one of the best phases of their lives, a time to be celebrated, welcomed, and enjoyed with…

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Review of Breakthrough (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 08 Apr 2019

I am not religious, nor have I ever claimed to be, but I enjoy a good inspirational tale…

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Review of Missing Link (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 02 Apr 2019

Writer-director Chris Butler (“ParaNorman”) excels in his decision to direct the story with gorgeous, bright, bold colors but seems to…

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Review of The Curse of La Llorona (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 16 Mar 2019

It isn’t to say that The Curse of La Llorona is bad; it definitely had the crowd I watched it with screaming in horrified delight and laughing…

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Review of Booksmart (2019)

By Yolanda Machado (67) for TheWrap (3,203) on 12 Mar 2019

Booksmart is, by far, one of the most perfect coming-of-age comedies I have ever seen…

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