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★★★★★ Mary Poppins Returns
A sequel that's practically perfect in every way.
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★★★★★ Once Upon a Deadpool
A mashup of old, new, and edited. Another studio experiment gone wrong.
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★★★★★ Mortal Engines
Crashes and burns and is one of the year's worst films.
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★★★★★ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spidey gets the film he's been deserving of all along with the year's best film!
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★★★★½ Ralph Breaks the Internet
While it may have a sense of familiarity due to being a sequel, it still manages to have more heart than most films out right now and features non-stop laughs right through the end credits.
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★★★½★ Creed II
Relies more heavily on sports film melodrama than the last round, but still manages to be the crowd-pleaser it needs to be.
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★★★★★ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Not as boring as the first film, but every bit as convoluted and overwrought.
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★★★★★ Instant Family
A family film that exposes most of the naked truths of foster care, good, bad, and even a little ugly.
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★★½★★ The Grinch
Unnecessary, adding nothing to Dr. Seuss's legacy. Considering it's about to be played ad nauseam soon, save your money for something else.
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★★★★½ Overlord
There's something for everyone — at least those who can stomach it — as Nazi zombies invade 'Saving Private Ryan.'
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★★★★★ Bohemian Rhapsody
May not be the best biopic ever — clashing directors aside — but offers a BTS glimpse of one of the world's biggest bands.
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★★½★★ The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Not the worst live-action Disney film of the year, but still not great. If you have the chance to see a live performance, that's the real ticket to go with.
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★★★★★ Halloween
Scrapes the slate clean leaving plenty of room for Michael and Laurie to slice new future escapades.
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★★★★★ First Man
Chazelle and Gosling take audiences on a humanistic adventure that sheds a light on the overshadowing trauma of the mourning process.
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★★½★★ Bad Times at the El Royale
An overkill in overindulgence.
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★★★★★ Venom
Venom uses a line that includes "like a turd in the wind," and that's exactly what this will be. Thankfully not connected to the MCU.
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★★★★★ A Star Is Born
Perfection from start to finish.
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★★½★★ The House with a Clock in Its Walls
That old Amblin magic is missing as Eli Roth goes against his own grain and makes a family film with no blood, or life.
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★★★★★ A Simple Favor
A pitch perfect satire of convoluted murder mysteries.
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★★★★★ The Predator
Never lives up to the expectations Black sets himself up for.
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★★★★★ Happytime Murders
A gloriously filthy combination of Muppets, Raymond Chandler, and The Naked Gun.
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★★★★½ The Meg
Never takes itself seriously and features some great special effects.
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★★½★★ Christopher Robin
Charming, but extremely boring. The Sundance version of Disney's live-action films.
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★★★★★ Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Just when we think we’ve seen it all, Cruise and company accomplish the impossible and prove we ain’t seen nothin’ yet!
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