Film critic for Salt Lake City Weekly since 2000.
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One Life 2023
At the outset, the true story of Nicky Winton feels like it might be something akin to Schindler’s List if Oskar Schindler had already been a saint at the outset—a narrative about atrocities without much of a character arc to pursue—but director James Hawes’ drama eventually carves out its own unique tale about the aftermath of a large-scale rescue effort. It opens in 1987 England, with Winton (Anthony Hopkins) going through old mementos and flashing back to 1938, where as…
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Arthur the King 2024
It’s hard not to feel like there’s a little bit of a bait-and-switch in the marketing of this odd drama, which suggests a “dude and his dog” story that takes forever to materialize. The fact-based narrative focuses on Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg), a veteran adventure racer who’s in semi-retirement circa 2018, never having won the world championships of his sport. He puts together a team (Simu Liu, Nathalie Emmanuel and Ali Suliman) for one last run at the championships in…
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Phineas and Ferb: The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension 2011
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