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Review of Rocketman (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 29 May 2019

Rocketman is a campy, overblown, self-glorifying fantasia…

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Review of Aladdin (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 23 May 2019

As the princess’s handmaiden, Nasim Pedrad at least has the comic timing that the rest of the cast, including, surprisingly, Will Smith,…

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Review of Walking on Water (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 23 May 2019

Whether you deem this project an extravagant boondoggle or a masterpiece, you have to admire Christo’s tenacity in finally making it happen,…

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Review of Photograph (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 15 May 2019

What Batra is reaching for here is the fairy tale beguilements of Bollywood romance but without all the hoopla…

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Review of All Is True (2018)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 10 May 2019

Given the impossibility of crafting William Shakespeare into a believable human being, the film is an honorable try…

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Review of Texasville (1990)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 05 May 2019

Like Sonny’s moving pictures in his mind, Bogdanovich sees things we can’t; when we can join him--in moments of family and connectedness--Texasville…

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Review of Long Shot (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 02 May 2019

Just in case we don’t register the mismatch, Rogen is outfitted to look especially shlubby, and he sports an unbecoming beard that never…

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Review of Avengers: Endgame (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 24 Apr 2019

Best of all is Robert Downey Jr. Amid all the hardware, he alone in the Marvel series has consistently given top-notch performances…

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Review of Diane (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 10 Apr 2019

It’s a rarity, and a real pleasure, to find a movie that presents without condescension rural working-class people, especially women…

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Review of Dumbo (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 03 Apr 2019

The latest entry in this dubious enterprise is “Dumbo,” a perfectly lovely 1941 animated movie that has been transformed by director Tim…

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Review of The Mustang (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 23 Mar 2019

The director has a good eye for semidocumentary detail, and the performances, which also include Bruce Dern as a veteran trainer, Gideon Adlon…

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Review of The Highwaymen (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 Mar 2019

At his best, Costner both exalts and complicates the strong and silent types who crowd, often to diminishing effect, so much of our American…

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Review of Apollo 11 (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 01 Mar 2019

What makes this film different from numerous other such movies is that, in many instances, it utilizes footage never before seen publicly…

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Review of Cold War (2018)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 25 Jan 2019

What struck home the most forcefully for me in Cold War is its depiction, insidious and unrelenting, of how artists under communism suffered…

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Review of Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999)

By Christy Ellington (1) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 Jan 2019

Where other movies seem bound to treat kids like adults, Pokemon allows kids to be kids, and just enjoy a wholesome, entertaining, well thought-out…

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Review of Stan & Ollie (2018)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 18 Jan 2019

It’s a rueful and respectful tribute that stands on its own because of the extraordinary performances of Steve Coogan as Stan and John C…

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Review of Rush Hour (1941)

By Christian Science Monitor Staff (1) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 16 Jan 2019

The fast-talking Tucker and quick-kicking Chan are a surprisingly good team that manages to deliver a stylish and fun combination of highly…

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Review of Destroyer (2018)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 11 Jan 2019

This is one of those radical change-your-image performances that tries too hard to defy our expectations…

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Review of The Upside (2019)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 11 Jan 2019

The Upside is a movie that somehow works, at least some of the time, even when it shouldn’t…

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Review of Vice (2018)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 10 Jan 2019

When, at the end, we hear Cheney intone “I was the bad guy so you didn’t have to be,” the self-serving gravity of that pronouncement…

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