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Movie ***+ Grand Torino (2008)

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Superb Eastwood film and Eastwood performance as Korean War vet, Kowalski, befriending a Hmong boy against his inclination.

Movie ***** Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

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Terrific history of Freddy Mercury and Queen with Oscar-winning performance by Rami Malek. The sound in the film’s songs surpassed Celine Dione’s live performance that I just saw live – hence sound editing and mixing Oscars.

Movie **** Isn’t it Romantic (2019)

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Rebel Wilson pulls of the challenging premise of a heavyset woman architect trapped in as the star of a romantic comedy.

Movie ** The Oscar-nom. Short Films 2018: Live Action (2018)

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Terrible selection of depressing child-aggression and endangerment plots.

Movie **** Wandering Earth (2019)

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Cixin Liu story of Earth, threatened with destruction, beginning an interstellar journey to save humanity that’s burrowed into the mantle of the planet to survive.

Movie ****+ Captain Marvel (2019)

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Nice origin story for Captain Mar-Vell, an alien upgraded human woman returned to earth to prevent dangerous new technology being acquired.

Movie ****+ Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

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Well-done animated post alien-invasion sci-fi where android bots battle for the floating-city masters who control them.

Movie ***** They Shall Not Grow Old (2019)

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xceptional restoration of actual World War I footage using the actual participants in a way no actor could duplicate. As interesting as the restored footage is the 30 min follow-on piece about the decisions used in the restoration and the painstaking efforts to ‘get it right’.

Movie ***** Free Solo (2018)

rmann January 22, 2019 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Nail-biting documentary of the no-ropes climbing of El Capitan in Yosemite. Well-earned Best Documentary Oscar.

Movie – ****+ Marry Poppins Returns (2018)

rmann January 12, 2019 March 29, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Surprisingly, a fun addition to the original, reprising a few things but with all new songs beautifully done.

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Movie ***+ Grand Torino (2008)

Movie ***** Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Movie **** Isn’t it Romantic (2019)

Movie ** The Oscar-nom. Short Films 2018: Live Action (2018)

Movie **** Wandering Earth (2019)

Movie ****+ Captain Marvel (2019)

Movie ****+ Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

Movie ***** They Shall Not Grow Old (2019)

Movie ***** Free Solo (2018)

Movie – ****+ Marry Poppins Returns (2018)

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