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“CONTAGION”: Not with a bang but a whimper
Gwyneth Paltrow...not feeling so good “CONTAGION’’ My rating: B (Opening wide on Sept. 9) 105 minutes |MPAA rating: PG-13 There’s no shortage of big names in the cast, but the real star of “Contagion”...
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“PROMISED LAND”: The new Jimmy Stewart
Rosemary DeWitt and Matt Damon in “Promised Land” “PROMISED LAND” My rating: B+ (Opening Jan. 4 at the AMC Studio 30 and Barrywoods 24) 120 minutes | MPAA rating: R Matt Damon is this generation’s...
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“MONUMENTS MEN”: Edge-less intrigue
“THE MONUMENTS MEN” My rating: C+ (Opening wide on Feb. 7) 118 minutes | MPAA rating: PG-13 Most of the films George Clooney has directed — “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” “Good Night, and Good...
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“THE MARTIAN”: The loneliest man alive
“THE MARTIAN” My rating: A 141 minutes | MPAA rating: PG-13 With “The Martian” director Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon deliver an almost perfect piece of popular filmmaking, an intimate sci-fi epic...
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“JASON BOURNE”: Runaround
Matt Damon as Jason Bourne “JASON BOURNE” My rating: C+ 123 minutes | MPAA rating: PG-13 It’s good to see Matt Damon back in action. “Jason Bourne” marks his return to the renegade spy franchise after...
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“DOWNSIZING”: Half the fun
Kristen Wiig, Matt Damon “DOWNSIZING” My rating: C+ 135 minutes | MPAA rating: There’s a work of genius lurking inside “Downsizing,” one that struggles to make itself heard and ultimately loses steam...
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“AIR”: Merely mercenary or nearly mythic?
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck “AIR” My rating: B (Prime Video) 111 minutes | MPAA rating: R “Air” describes itself as “a story of greatness,” but exactly whose greatness is up for grabs. Ostensibly the...
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“OPPENHEIMER”: Destroyer of worlds
Cillian Murphy as J.Robert Oppenheimer “OPPENHEIMER” My rating: B+ (in theaters) 180 minutes | MPAA rating: R Christopher Nolan’s monumental and astoundingly dense “Oppenheimer” is a study in...
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