Movies
Today’s audiences don’t just watch movies at the local cineplex. They screen them on their laptops, tablets and smart phones as well. The genres may be different, but Hollywood in Toto looks at entertainment value first and foremost when helping you pick the best movie for your favorite media player.
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‘Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within’ Tried, and Failed, to Change Cinema
“Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” wanted to change the way movies were made, challenge our ideas of what a movie…
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‘An American Tail – The Rise and Fall of Fievel Mousekewitz
Don Bluth’s “An American Tail” was an ambitious collaboration between the animator, whose “The Secret of NIMH” (1982) was a…
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Here’s the Best Reason to Watch ‘Sing 2’
Buster Moon, the entrepreneurial koala bear voiced by Matthew McConaughey, is back. With the future of his Moon Theater in…
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HiT’s Worst Movies of 2021
Hollywood traditionally holds back its Oscar-bait movies until the year’s fourth and final quarter. Cinematic stink bombs, by contrast, can…
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‘Matrix Resurrections’ Can’t Even Top Lackluster ‘Loaded,’ ‘Revolutions’
Lana Wachowski’s “The Matrix Resurrections” is proof that two Wachowskis are better than one. I can’t blame the disappointment of…
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‘The King’s Man’ Forgets Its Own Franchise
The first few moments of the “Kingsman” prequel suggest a full on woke makeover for the stylized spy saga. An…
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HiT’s Best Movies of 2021
This critic dreads one event of the movie year beyond all others – Oscar night. The show, once a beloved…
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‘Lost Daughter’ Lets Beautiful Performances Guide Us Through an Ugly Story
“The Lost Daughter” is the directorial debut of Maggie Gyllenhaal, whose first work as a filmmaker demonstrates her ability to…
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‘Nightmare Alley’ Tops Del Toro’s Oscar-Winning ‘Shape of Water’
Guillermo Del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” deals with monsters, as do all of his films, only here, these cruel, debased creatures…
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How ‘American Underdog’ Will Surprise Even Die Hard Kurt Warner Fans
We just re-watched Venus and Serena Williams’ improbable rise to tennis stardom via “King Richard.” Did it matter that their…
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