-Clint Eastwood returns with an overly dramatic, but sometimes thrilling, embellishment of a true tale.
-An excellent late summer indie showcase and a mysterious little release that was buried in a sequel-heavy summer.
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-The first of (presumably) many Obama biopics, and a return to form from Mel Gibson.
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–The Light Between Oceans is beautiful, compelling, and heartbreaking, but eventually capsizes after a two hour bout with melodrama and multiple story arcs.
– Meryl Streep does it again in this charming costume comedy, while two excellent male leads pull off a brutal new WW2 film.
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-Woody Allen does Woody Allen things, and Captain Fantastic is surprisingly non-pretentious.
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