Posts By Christian Toto

Misfits make for great kiddie fare.

Take a child, any child, who doesn’t “belong” and suddenly you’ve got a character to care about.

The family-friendly “Troop Zero” follows a gaggle …
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Truth tellers are a dying breed in our Fake News age.

We’ve seen that up close in the news media. Reporters warp reality until even left-wing fact checkers are blowing …
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Sequels rarely, if ever, lap the originals.

Worst case scenarios include “Zoolander 2,” “Caddyshack II” and, gasp, “Jaws 3D.”  Even well-intentioned sequels (“Godfather III”) come up embarrassingly short.

So it’s …
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A British newspaper offered a timely lesson this week … by accident.

The liberal Guardian covered VaughnGate, arguably the most important news story of the last 48 hours. Actor Vince …
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Terry Gilliam teased an interviewer recently, and her fellow scribes quickly rallied against the Monty Python legend.

Gilliam suggested he identified as a black lesbian, and that white males shouldn’t …
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“Joker” had the last laugh this week, snaring the highest number of Oscar nominations in a very crowded field.

The team behind “1917” earned just one less Monday, but the …
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The best indie films don’t treat audiences like children.

Major plot points aren’t spelled out in crayon or Voice of God-style narration. The audience is trusted to tease out the …
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Women have more power in Hollywood today than ever before.

That’s a mixed report card, though. 

The industry’s gender imbalance is well documented, and progress is coming in fits and …
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There’s too much blood, sweat and cinematic tears spilled in “1917” to be crushed by a gimmick.

It still comes too close for comfort.

Director Sam Mendes’ film, a brilliantly …
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In “Underwater,” no one can hear you muttering, “what the bleep is going on?”

This “Alien” clone features indecipherable jump scares, dialogue and kills. What did she say? Where is he …
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