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‘True Romance’ (1993) a violent fairy-tale love story

As Quentin Tarantino gained buzz as the Gen-X auteur in the mid-’90s, “True Romance” (1993) was his secret film among my high school classmates. Everyone

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Leitch’s ‘Bullet Train’ (2022) barely stays on the rails

I gave positive reviews to director David Leitch’s “Deadpool 2” and “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” but they won me over with a

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‘Seven’ (1995) is Fincher’s dirty, gorgeous masterpiece

As brutal as “Seven’s” (1995) subject is, you’d think it’d have no chance of ranking in IMDb’s all-time top 20. But that goes to show

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‘12 Monkeys’ (1995) is a stylish, confusing take on time travel

The coronavirus of 2020 is pretty scary, but it’s nothing compared to what theaters scared up in 1995. In addition to “Outbreak,” that year gave

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‘Ad Astra’ is a gorgeous but spacey art piece

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy watching “Ad Astra” (2019). Director James Gray’s film blends a solar system travelogue with the family

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Tarantino loves, lampoons motion picture industry in luscious ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ (Movie review)

Quentin Tarantino low-key makes fun of 1969-era movie- and TV-making in “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.” But the production design by Barbara Ling

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Baseball fans will find lots to love and debate about ‘Moneyball’ (Movie review)

“Moneyball” includes so many scenes of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brat Pitt) and other baseball people spitting chew into cups that it almost plays

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