Benedict Cumberbatch

Doctor Strange is in need of a few supplements to ease confusion.

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‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ is full of potential that never fully develops. It’s visually immersive, but never quite leans into its own madness.

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Oscar nominations included interesting contenders and more than a few head-scratchers even the most seasoned minds at Scene-Stealers can’t quite explain.

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ offers a satisfying endcap to not just Holland’s trilogy, but for the Spider-Man character writ large.

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‘The Current War: Director’s Cut’ might be more electrifying with a better edit.

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Another adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic ‘The Grinch’ fails to warm up the holidays for the family, opting instead to coast on the good nature of its fan base.

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Doctor Strange is another home run for Marvel and one of the most visually dazzling movies of 2016.

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The Imitation Game is an enjoyable and well-done biopic that lacks a certain intangible hook which holds it back in my mind from a Best Picture nomination, despite some of the nods it has already gotten.

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The third and final entry in The Hobbit trilogy is by far the strongest of the three. It gives a faithful and lovingly-crafted foray into Middle Earth for fans of the book and new fans alike, while being able to incorporate lore from other writings of Tolkien into the mix and tying all six films together as a unit, binding them with common story elements and ties to each other.

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Dreamworks Animation has always looked out for the adults who take their children to movies. From Shrek and The Bee Movie, to How to Train Your Dragon and the movie which spawned the spin-off, Madagascar, the studio makes smart and funny animated movies, all the while possessing enough heart and emotion to not just tug at the heart strings of children, but their adult counterparts as well.

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Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in this plate-breaker that never manages to rise above spitefulness.

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This week, Eric takes the week off for a spa visit, so Trevan and Trey enlist the help of Film School co-curator Erin Kennedy to talk about Her, August: Osage County and Lone Survivor. We’ve already talked about Her on last week’s best-of podcasts, but you’ll want to stick around for the Oscar fodder that is August: Osage County and […]

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Of course, the film is full of familiar characters and cutting-edge computer-animated action scenes, yet at times this two-and-a-half-hour middle chapter lacks urgency and its easy to feel the running time.

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Through a rich, grueling portrait of the machinery of institutionalized slavery, Steve McQueen asks us to examine the rotten core of slavery and how it permeates our entire culture, not just to ponder life as it was in the 1840s.

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How does one make lines upon lines of computer code exciting to the eye? Director Bill Condon doesn’t know either, and can show you in The Fifth Estate.

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