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Day: September 22, 2017

Review: Stronger

By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) Adapted from his memoir of the same name, Stronger recounts the true story of Jeff Bauman (Jake Gyllenhaal), who was standing near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in 2013 to cheer for his ex-girlfriend Erin (Tatiana Maslaney), when two terrorists set off a homemade pressure cooker bomb. Jeff… Read More Review: Stronger

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Review: Brad’s Status

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) Brad Sloan (Ben Stiller) is living a decent life in Sacramento, with a nice home, a good job at a non-profit that he started, a loving wife (Jenna Fischer) and a teenaged son Troy (Austin Abrams) who is getting ready to forge his own path in the world.… Read More Review: Brad’s Status

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Review: Battle of the Sexes

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) Dramatizing the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell), Battle of the Sexes sets itself up to be as much a story of chauvinism vs feminism as it is a sports movie. Billie Jean King is fresh off her win at… Read More Review: Battle of the Sexes

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