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Awards Season Chasing Oscar 2021 Movies

Pixar Seeks, and Finds, its ‘Soul’

Through the power of music and Blackness, Pixar takes on a charming, enjoyable metaphysical journey.

By Brandon LewisJanuary 30, 2021
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‘Pieces of a Woman’ Struggles as a Whole

Vanessa Kirby and company give powerful performances, but this film about loss gets lost itself.

By Brandon LewisJanuary 9, 2021
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Struggles to Solve its Steve Trevor Problem

Gal Gadot and Chris Pine’s potent chemistry swoop in to save a film perilously close to being a hot mess.

By Brandon LewisDecember 25, 2020December 26, 2020
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Miraculous Performances and Writing Make ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Sing

The screen adaptation is almost too faithful to August Wilson’s play, but any tension melts away when a luminous Chadwick Boseman and fiery Viola Davis enter the frame.

By Brandon LewisDecember 19, 2020January 23, 2021
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David Fincher’s ‘Mank’ Has a High Barrier to Entry

Stunning but overstuffed, Fincher’s tribute to ‘Citizen Kane’ may require a study guide.

By Brandon LewisDecember 15, 2020December 15, 2020
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Riz Ahmed Anchors the Innovative, Astonishing ‘Sound of Metal’

Director Darius Marder’s depiction of the Deaf community is nuanced, graceful, and dignified.

By Brandon LewisDecember 12, 2020January 4, 2021
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The New ‘Rebecca’ Makes You Yearn for the Old One

Armie Hammer and Lily James fail to justify this remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic.

By Brandon LewisOctober 22, 2020October 22, 2020
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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Uneasily Balances Levity and Gravity

Aaron Sorkin’s retelling of the notorious Chicago Seven trial both succeeds and struggles because of its timeliness.

By Brandon LewisOctober 17, 2020
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Hollywood Needs to Accept its Streaming Future

COVID-19 has created the largest captive audience in modern history; movie studios shouldn’t squander it.

By Brandon LewisOctober 9, 2020October 8, 2020
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Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Boys in the Band’ Suffocates and Astonishes

Fifty years and a streaming service hasn’t lessened the emotional wallop of the source material.

By Brandon LewisSeptember 30, 2020October 4, 2020
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‘Enola Holmes’ Cracks the Code

Millie Bobby Brown shines in this bright and skippy addition to the Sherlock Holmes universe.

By Brandon LewisSeptember 24, 2020September 30, 2020
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‘The Devil All The Time’ is a Grim, Tedious Exercise in Patience

Strong performances from Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson aren’t worth the hellish effort of making it through this film.

By Brandon LewisSeptember 18, 2020September 30, 2020
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