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The Last Tree movie review: boy interrupted

Wed, Jun 24, 2020
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An astonishingly beautiful coming-of-age story of startling specificity and intense intimacy, yet universal in its compassionate depiction of a child’s perspective dawning on mature self-awareness.

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Captain America: Civil War movie review: the consequences of superpowers

Fri, Apr 29, 2016
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Tough, unanswerable human questions frame spectacular, innovative action sequences that are like superhero ballets. This series just keeps getting better.

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Half of a Yellow Sun review: history with a romantic flourish

Fri, Apr 11, 2014
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Oh what a lovely film! As romance and history, this is by turns funny and tragic, suspenseful and celebratory, and never less than solidly entertaining.

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