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Floundering On Repeat Viewings Note: The following essay contains spoilers. Our original theatrical review of Godzilla: King of the Monsters is safe, although different in conclusion. The Oxygen Destroyer …

Earning the Crown Dropping Gareth Edwards’ 2014 near arthouse take on giant monsters, the follow-up concentrates on national anxieties. This sequel engorges on desperate American feeling and dialogs. Godzilla’s …

Double the Marmalade, Please Paddington 2’s story concerns a fuzzy, ever polite bear desperately trying to buy a birthday present for his aunt. That’s sweet. The whole movie is …

Sexual Heal… err, Fishing Beauty and the Beast, the bones on which Shape of Water sits, never looked beyond the fairy tale world. By comparison, Shape of Water takes …

Paddington is that rare all-ages film without pandering or tired pop culture nods Author Michael Bond’s tale of a rare, English-accented Peruvian bear shipped into a London family’s arms …

Bright carries some of the twisted holiday spirit but muddles itself with meager pacing and sour personalities.

It's easy to ding Sumbarine for being a little on the pretentious side.