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STAN AND OLLIE – “A worthy on-screen salute”

Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly in <em>Stan

GLASS – “Always interesting – despite having more than a few cracks”

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JONATHAN – “A compelling Black Mirror-esque sci-fi drama”

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REPLICAS – “Ludicrous in every which way – and not the good kind”

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THE UPSIDE – “A fairly cliched odd couple dramedy that mostly works”

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ESCAPE ROOM – “There’s no escaping its PG horror fun”

(l to r) Jay Ellis, Taylor Russell, Logan Miller and Tyler Labine star in ESCAPE ROOM.

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK – “Oozes quality in nearly every way”

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VICE – “Darkly funny and oh so entertaining”

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WELCOME TO MARWEN – “Doesn’t work as well as it thinks it does”

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MARY POPPINS RETURNS – “A more than welcome return”

Nanny, State!: Emily Blunt plays the proper and prim magical au pair in the sequel <em>Mary Poppins Returns.</em>

BUMBLEBEE – “Like a sugary bowl of retro Saturday morning cartoon cereal”

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AQUAMAN – “Delivers a tidal wave of fun action”

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SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE – “Spins out a must see spectacle”

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE - Official Teaser Trailer (screen grab) CR: Sony Pictures Entertainment

MORTAL ENGINES – “A sub-par Mad Max for the YA crowd”

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ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL – “A highly entertaining cash grab”

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ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE – “A bonkers multi-genre mash up with blood spurts to spare”

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LOVE JACKED – “A rom-com with little rom and zero com”

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THE POSSESSION OF HANNAH GRACE – “Dead on arrival”

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GREEN BOOK – “A ride-along / buddy period piece that’s well worth the trip”

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CREED II – “A near perfect knockout of a sequel”

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RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET – “Imagination overload!”

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ROBIN HOOD- “Fails to fully ignite a meaningful reboot”

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FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD – “A fantastically bloated beast of a movie”

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INSTANT FAMILY – “Its heart is definitely in the right place”

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WIDOWS – “A damn good gritty heist thriller”

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THE GRINCH – “An exceedingly fun update on a Christmas classic”

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THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB – “Stuck in a web of mediocrity”

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THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS – “Magical visuals in an empty fantasy”

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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY – “It will, it will rock you (stomp stomp clap)!”

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JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN – “A lazy threequel in an inexplicable franchise”

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HUNTER KILLER – “So-so submarine suspense”

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HALLOWEEN – “A modern day slasher-piece”

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THE HATE U GIVE – “A powerful and honest YA film worth celebrating”

THUG-012 – Amandla Stenberg stars in Twentieth Century Fox’s THE HATE U GIVE. Photo Credit: Erika Doss.

BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE – “A mesmerizing neo-noir done right”

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FIRST MAN – “Sometimes emotional, often harrowing, always brilliant”

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A STAR IS BORN – “Like a great concert, a standing O is in order!”

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VENOM – “Gets enough licks in to send fanboys home happy”

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NIGHT SCHOOL – “The cast is hilarious – the script is not”

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SMALLFOOT – “Puts its best foot forward”

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THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS – “A surprising spell of infective fun”

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LIFE ITSELF – “Emotional, morbid and overlong”

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ASSASSINATION NATION – “If Spring Breakers, The Purge and Scream had a threesome”

Abra, Odessa Young, Hari Nef and Suki Waterhouse appear in Assassination Nation by Sam Levinson, an official selection of the Midnight program at the 2018 Sundance Film festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

A SIMPLE FAVOR – “A chic & juicy mystery thriller with lots of laughs to boot”

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THE PREDATOR – “Embarrassingly bad”

Twentieth Century Fox presents "The Predator."

MANDY – “A blood soaked 1980’s fever dream come to life “

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PEPPERMINT – “A serviceable paint by numbers revenge film”

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THE NUN – “The filmmakers should visit a confessional to seek forgiveness”

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SEARCHING – “The excellently crafted technology driven thriller you seek”

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THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS – “It’s Muppets gone wild… in a lackluster script”

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PAPILLON – “Top notch performances in a sluggish film”

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BOX OFFICE TOP 5

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Send Help
$20 million

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Iron Lung
$17.9 million

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Melania
$7 million

7.5

Zootopia 2
$5.8 million

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Shelter
$5.5 million

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