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Ophelia

It’s probably not a coincidence that opening sequence shots in “Ophelia” resemble Kings Landing from “Game of Thrones”. The Disney like voice over in the prologue, “the story you don’t know”, quickly dispels the association that this will be anything as riveting as HBO’s bloodthirsty shock-value series. Lisa Klein’s novel might borrow names from Shakespeare,

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If Beale Street Could Talk

Oscar winner Barry Jenkins highly anticipated new film opens exactly the way you would hope. A perfectly timed musical score from his “Moonlight” collaborating composer Nicholas Britell folds into the frame. The two lead actors (KiKi Layne and Stephan James) wearing outfits that compliment each other, slowly walk down the street daydreaming about their future

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Wonder

The bestselling book about understanding your classmates, bullying and accepting others for what’s on the inside, comes to the big screen with big stars. R.J. Palacio’s book Wonder is a film that will be far more emotional and meaningful to parents than a younger audience. Restless, was what I witnessed at a screening of middle

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