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• Barbie

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  The skeptics were proven wrong with this one. This delightful pop confection took the world by storm with a smart script that takes the classic doll seriously enough that this movie is primarily of interest to adults. There's a crisis in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Disturbance in the Force

  How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened

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  You may or may not be familiar with the legendarily awful 1978 Star Wars holiday special. Either way, this entertaining documentary seeks to answer the burning question, "How could this travesty have happened?" And it does an entertaining…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Holdovers

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  It's the holiday season at a boys' boarding school in New England, and this year it's professor Hunham's turn to supervise the few kids who have nowhere to go and remain on campus. (Oh, joy.) This is a classic, old-fashioned take on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mudbound

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  Acclaimed director Dee Rees adapts Hillary Jordan's novel about two men returning home to the South after WWII and confronting racism with new eyes. Previously a streaming subscription exclusive that was Oscar-nominated, this intense 2017…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• No bears

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  The Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, part of the Iranian New Wave, is one of the most-respected directors of his generation and one who has bravely continued to work despite the most challenging circumstances. His latest film portrays a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oppenheimer

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  Nolan brings his signature cinematic flair to this three-hour adaptation of American Prometheus, a biography of Robert J. Oppenheimer. With a refreshing sense of scope and ambition, the film covers the scientist's formative years, but the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Scrapper

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  A twelve-year-old girl whose mother has died is stealthily making it on her own in a working class flat outside London, stealing bikes to make ends meet. Independent as she thinks she is, she is startled when her long-lost father shows up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tori and Lokita

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  Two child immigrants from Africa are caught up in the underground economy in Belgium, including work at a cannabis farm. Lokita wants to protect the younger boy Tori by obtaining residence papers, but her resulting need for cash leads them…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Weird, the Al Yankovic Story

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  The Hollywood biopic (that most lauded yet resented of genres) gets a funny send-up in this tongue-in-cheek telling of the Al Yankovic's supposed life story. With Daniel Radcliffe in the title role, and a bevy of cameos, this is worth a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

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