The Martian (2015) movie review: Ridley Scott proves that he still has what it takes. Amiable ‘everyman’ Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain star.
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Barry Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby in Going My Way. Going My Way (1944) movie review: Leo McCarey’s Oscar-winning sentimental blockbuster. Going My Way movie review: Multiple Oscar winner starring Bing…
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The King’s Speech with Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter The King’s Speech movie review I can’t imagine what it must be like to be born into royalty. That kind of…
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Slacker Drew Fuller learns a series of repetitive life lessons in the mundane ‘inspirational’ drama The Ultimate Gift. Abigail Breslin costars.
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As an imperial fashion-world ogress, Meryl Streep is the best thing about David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada movie version. Anne Hathaway costars.
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Reese Witherspoon in Walk the Line. As country singer and Johnny Cash companion (and later wife) June Carter, Reese Witherspoon is the U.S. film critics’ top pick for Best Actress…
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Wayne Wang’s whimsical and sentimental Because of Winn-Dixie feels contrived. Veteran Eva Marie Saint and Jeff Daniels are the acting highlights.
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Meryl Streep is an ‘inspirational’ presence in Wes Craven’s unusually sentimental and gore-free real-life-based drama Music of the Heart. Angela Bassett costars.
Rancher Billy Bob Thornton follows his unusual space dream in Michael and Mark Polish’s folksy The Astronaut Farmer. Virginia Madsen costars.
Christophe Barratier’s boys school drama The Chorus is an unabashedly sentimental rehash of numerous other such tales (e.g., Going My Way).