Maryann Johanson
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‘Hidden Figures’ elevates NASA’s human computers to a realm as rarefied as the astronauts’
It’s a feel-good triumph, and it’s about damn time.
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Sweet, funny, exciting and moving, ‘Moana’ is a transcendent experience
Girl empowered
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‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,’ aka the American Harry Potter, lacks magic
What even is this?
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‘Inferno’ is absurd and pointless, but goofy enough to be entertaining
Ninth circle of huh?
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For a movie about giants and the expansive power of dreams, The BFG feels rather small
The biggest loser
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In Captain America: Civil War, America tires of cleaning up after the Avengers
Wrecking crew
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The Huntsman: Winter’s War embodies all sorts of opposites, all at once
Girl power … sorta
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In The Jungle Book, Disney has that rare thing: a property worth rebooting, and a reboot worth the ticket price
The bare necessities
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Embrace of the Serpent challenges Western ideals – like the impulse to protect indigenous peoples
Union of the snake
