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Movie review: ‘The Book of Henry’ gets tangled in good intentions

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 17, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, News, Reviews

Toward the beginning of “The Book of Henry,” we find Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) meticulously setting up a Rube Goldberg machine. It appears to be important. We know it’s supposed to be important because Henry continues to come back to it, changing calculations and...

Movie review: 'The Book of Henry' gets tangled in good intentions

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 17, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, News, Reviews

Toward the beginning of “The Book of Henry,” we find Henry (Jaeden Lieberher) meticulously setting up a Rube Goldberg machine. It appears to be important. We know it’s supposed to be important because Henry continues to come back to it, changing calculations and...

Movie review: ’47 Meters Down’ is nonsensical fun

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews

As a movie critic, what are you supposed to do with a movie like ’47 Meters Down?’ It’s bad. The opening 15-minutes are head-shakingly bad. The ending is laugh-out-loud bad. But between the dialogue and nonsensical plot-line, you’re going to get sucked in – not...

'Cars 3' should’ve raced straight to DVD

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews

Pixar fans have known this day was coming since 2006 when Disney officially purchased the Steve Jobs-driven animation studio. And sure, there have been signs Disney had John Lasseter and his team cash in with films like “Finding Dory,” “Toy Story 3” and “Monsters...

‘Cars 3’ should’ve raced straight to DVD

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews

Pixar fans have known this day was coming since 2006 when Disney officially purchased the Steve Jobs-driven animation studio. And sure, there have been signs Disney had John Lasseter and his team cash in with films like “Finding Dory,” “Toy Story 3” and “Monsters...

'My Cousin Rachel' is almost worth seeing someday

by Travis Poppleton | Jun 8, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews

“My Cousin Rachel” is a frustrating affair. It should be good. You can see all the elements of a great movie dancing on the screen in front of you, but it never quite comes together. Performances, misdirection, three-dimensional characters — while watching the story...