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‘The Aeronauts’ loses some of its wonder on the small screen
By MARK VIOLA Not every new film I saw over the holidays was in a movie theater. Although Amazon is better than Netflix in releasing its movies nationwide as opposed…
‘Cats’ is a weird, wacky, wild mess
By MARK VIOLA Anyone who knows me knows I’m a cat person. I also quite enjoy musicals and theatre. So, it may surprise you that I’ve never seen “Cats” performed…
‘The Rise of Skywalker’ is a fittingly messy, entertaining end to the saga
By MARK VIOLA So, that’s it. Forty-two years after filmmaker George Lucas gave us a little movie called “Star Wars,” the greater Skywalker Saga that started with that film has…
Welcome to Jumanji’s ‘Next Level’
By MARK VIOLA There have been enough poorly-made movie sequels over the years that we can’t be blamed for rolling our eyes when yet another is announced. And, when the…
‘Richard Jewell’ gives a hero his due
By MARK VIOLA I was in high school during the 1996 Olympics held in Atlanta, Georgia. Looking back, I don’t recall much, if anything, about the news stories surrounding the…
‘The Irishman’ is a mobster epic
By MARK VIOLA For the second year in a row, I watched a potential Best Picture nominee not in a movie theater but at home on Netflix. This time last…
‘Dark Waters’ is a terrifying true story
By MARK VIOLA I remember when the nightly news began running stories about the alleged dangers of Teflon, the non-stick material found on just about every pan in our kitchen.…
‘Waves’ is a beautifully tragic tale about life
By MARK VIOLA While some stories revel in the extraordinary and fantastic, others find the beauty and tragedy of the ordinary and mundane. That is the case with “Waves,” the…
Johnson turns the whodunit on its head in entertaining ‘Knives Out’
By MARK VIOLA November gave us a quite a few movies in genres we’re not used to getting much of anymore, such as the crime noir “Motherless Brooklyn.” Now we…
‘21 Bridges’ is completely predictable
By MARK VIOLA The “twist ending” has become a film trope mocked almost as much as it is anticipated. Not all twists have to come at the end, with some…
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