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The Great Gatsby (2013)

How much one gets out of The Great Gatsby depends, in large part, how swept away one can be by some historically glitzy and energetic party scenes — even if the emphasis on such scenes undercuts their thematic purpose.

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Lightyear (2022)

While watching Lightyear, I couldn’t shake the sensation that I was watching the second movie in a series and had accidentally skipped the first.

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Get Out (2017)

When one reads a lot about movies, it’s sometimes difficult to separate the movie from the hype (or hate) it gets from the masses.

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A Bug’s Life (1998)

No need to beat around the bush: the second Pixar feature film, A Bug’s Life, is a significant step down from the first, the commercial and critical juggernaut that is Toy Story

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Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022)

Thus ends the strangest trilogy in Disney Channel Original Movie history.

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Greyhound (2020)

Greyhound opens with a lovely little flashback scene.

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Australia (2008)

Australia is Baz Luhrmann’s best film.

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High School Musical 2 (2007)

I’ve found that it’s a surprisingly contentious topic which High School Musical film is the best of the trilogy.

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The Prestige (2006)

Christopher Nolan is not the type of filmmaker to make directly introspective works.

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Minions (2015)

When I saw Despicable Me in 2010, I was pretty anti-Minions