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Words Cannot Describe ‘The Emoji Movie’

As much as I would love to just make this whole review the “pudding” emoji, I have a little more creativity and dedication than the people who made this film (I’m using the word “film” in the loosest sense possible). “The Emoji Movie” (God help us) is based on the texting ideograms of the same… Continue reading Words Cannot Describe ‘The Emoji Movie’

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‘Collateral Beauty’ an Emotionally Manipulative Misfire

Will Smith really needs to fire his agent. “Collateral Beauty” stars Smith as a grieving man who copes with the passing of his young daughter by writing letters to love, death and time. Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Edward Norton, Michael Peña and Naomie Harris also star as David Frankel directs. The trailers for… Continue reading ‘Collateral Beauty’ an Emotionally Manipulative Misfire

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‘The Do-Over’ Is Passable but Still Bad Sandler

[sighhhhhhhhh] “The Do-Over” is the second of Adam Sandler’s four-movie deal with Netflix and stars him and David Spade as two men who fake their own deaths in order to start a new life, but soon realize the identities they’ve chosen are of two wanted men. Steven Brill (director of Sandler in “Little Nicky” and… Continue reading ‘The Do-Over’ Is Passable but Still Bad Sandler