Daily Archives: June 13, 2021

BOX OFFICE: “A Quiet Place Part II” owns “In the Heights” and “Peter Rabbit 2”

I’ve been arguing with people online all week about building up box office expectations for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first big musical, “In the Heights.” It’s also showing on HBO Max, and TV is a good place for it. It’s a watchable … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway”

It rallies for an almost-boffo finale, with James Bond movie rescues and a James Bond Astin Martin — if spies ever drove convertibles. But “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway,” is a curiously perfunctory affair, a laughless comedy based on the … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: “Space Jam: A New Legacy”

People asking me “Any movies you’re looking forward to this summer?” can stop asking. My friends know when I’m Being sarcastic.

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Movie Preview: Animated Patton Oswalt is “Ron’s Gone Wrong”

Not Disney. Not Pixar. 20th Century Studios releases this defective robot pal comedy this fall.

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