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‘Green Book’ is a powerful story with two powerhouse Oscar-worthy performances
By Jonathan Shuping November 24, 2018 What do you get when you combine Mississippi Burning, The Shawshank Redemption, and Driving Miss Daisy? The answer is Green Book, and if that sounds amazing to you, well, that’s because it is. Based on a true story, Green...
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‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ is a love letter to the digital age
By Ryen Thomas November 24, 2018 Just in time for the start of the holidays, Disney delivers the animated family film, Ralph Breaks the Internet! It’s the sequel to 2012’s Wreck it Ralph and a love letter to the digital age where Disney turns the...
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Here’s what we’re watching on Netflix this month
By CLTure November 23, 2018 Our writers are dedicated to guiding you toward the very best entertainment in Charlotte and beyond, especially if you can watch to avoid talking politics after Thanksgiving dinner. Our staff writers and creatives will help you sift through the myriad...
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‘Creed II’ gives Rocky series another exciting and emotional knockout
By Douglas Davidson November 21, 2018 After six films, the Rocky series seemed to have run its course with 2006’s Rocky Balboa, a film that seemed set on sending the character Sylvester Stallone had been playing for forty years into a lovely retirement. While there’s...
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JK Rowling’s imagination shines through in cluttered movie ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’
By Bill Mazzola November 18, 2018 J.K. Rowling’s magical (and profitable) pre-Harry Potter Wizarding World expands both visually and story-wise in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The enchanting film is, as usual, rife with strange new beasts and incredible visual flair but it becomes somewhat cluttered...
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Steve McQueen’s heist film ‘Widows’ is the American crime genre at its fullest potential
By Dan Cava November 16, 2018 Widows is cold-hearted but warm-blooded, a masterful thriller that combines heady social critique with delicious genre pleasures. Working from a script he co-wrote with Gillian Flynn, director Steven McQueen (12 Years A Slave) has given us the rare gift...
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‘The Grinch’ offers a fun, colorful, and family-friendly escape before the holidays
By Jessica Owoc November 9, 2018 “That could have been so much worse!” exclaimed The Grinch moments before he was catapulted from the top of Mt. Crumpit into the town of Whoville and, quite frankly, Illumination’s updated take on the Dr. Seuss classic elicited the...
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Melissa McCarthy adds drama to her repertoire with ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’
By Jessica Owoc November 4, 2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? depicts the true events of writer Lee Israel (portrayed by Melissa McCarthy) as she gets caught up in a world of deception and crime trying to earn enough money just to keep food on...
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For fans of Queen, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ is an exhilarating experience
By Jonathan Shuping October 31, 2018 The opening 20th Century Fox fanfare plays out not with the standard horns but an electric guitar making it apparent from the very beginning that Bohemian Rhapsody is Bryan Singer’s love letter to rock ‘n’ roll. It’s not a...
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Neil Armstrong biographical drama ‘First Man’ is a raw film with indie feel
By Ryen Thomas October 14, 2018 First Man, brought to us by Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land, also nominated for Whiplash) and starring Ryan Gosling, promises a telling of Neil Armstrong’s race to becoming the first man ever to set foot on the...
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