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Hail the Conquering Hero Comedy

Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 ★★★★½ Watched Nov 28, 2020 joshmatthews’s review published on Letterboxd: This wartime Preston Struges comedy, which outright names some of the most brutal battle of the WW2 theater, including Bataan and Guadalcanal, seems to mock fog-of-war political machinations as much as it encourages viewers to…
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December 22, 2020
Green Book (2018) BiographyComedyDramaMovie Reviews

Green Book (2018)

Title: Green Book Directed by: Peter Farrelly Written by: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly Starring: Viggo Mortenson and Mahershala Ali Green Book, an otherwise forgettable movie, has one remarkable quality: Whatever your views on social relations in America, it will reinforce them.…
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February 22, 2019
Game Night (2018) ActionComedyCrimeMovie Reviews

Game Night (2018)

Title: Game Night Directed by: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein Written by: Mark Perez Starring: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Jesse Plemons, Kyle Chandler, Lamorne Morgan, Kylie Bunbury Music by: Cliff Martinez From its opening shot, “Game Night” knows exactly what it is: an escapist…
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March 9, 2018
Three Billboards (2017) ComedyCrimeDramaMovie Reviews

Three Billboards (2017)

Title: Three BillboardsDirectors: Martin McDonaghScreenplay: Martin McDonaghStarring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage, Lucas Hedges, Caleb Landry JonesMusic: Carter Burwell They got the odd, plain title of this movie, every word of it, just right. They also made one of the best films of the year. You…
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December 29, 2017
Logan Lucky (2017) ComedyCrimeDramaMovie Reviews

Logan Lucky (2017)

Title: Logan Lucky Director: Steven Soderbergh Screenplay: Rebecca Blunt Music by: David Holmes Producers: Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, Gregory Jacobs, Mark Johnson For two hours, “Logan Lucky” offers many fine ,jazz-like riffs on the familiar melodies of the heist-movie plot. Its reworkings of those melodies bring…
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September 21, 2017