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First Take: Ready Player One- insert coin to review film

SYNOPSIS: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Eas…
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First Take: A Wrinkle in Time- I feel like I’ve aged 20 years

SYNOPSIS: After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him. …
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First Take: Tomb Raider- what the hell just happened?

SYNOPSIS: Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the isla…
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First Take: Peter Rabbit- childhood very much in tact

SYNOPSIS: A mischievous rabbit with an adventurous spirit lands in hot water when he tries to sneak into a mean-spirited farmers treasured vegetable g…
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First Take: Walk Like a Panther- the following review is scheduled for ONE FALL

SYNOPSIS: A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure. When you say …
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First Take: Gringo- run for the border

SYNOPSIS: GRINGO, a dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, explores the battle of survival for businessman Harold Soyinka …
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Projection Room: The Oscars 2018 in a nutshell

And that officially concludes the awards season- it’s 5am in the morning as I write this (well, the barely legible, tiredness induced first draft at …
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First Take: Red Sparrow- not so prima ballerina

SYNOPSIS: Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School,’ a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon…