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Wreck-It Ralph

Rich Moore isn’t a director who plays it safe, and Wreck-It Ralph — released in 2012 — is proof of what happens when that restlessness meets a strong cast. You can tell a lot about a movie from its tagline, and “When the game is over, the fun begins.” gives away the game in the…
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Zootopia

Every so often an adventure film comes along that refuses to be filed away neatly, and Zootopia is exactly that kind of stubborn, memorable outlier. “Welcome to the urban jungle.” That’s the line the studio chose to sell the film, and it doesn’t oversell it by much. Strip away the craft and the premise is…
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It

Word of mouth is a strange thing, and “It” from 2017 is exactly the kind of film that earns it one recommendation at a time. That reputation, as it turns out, is well earned. The marketing leaned on the line “You’ll float too.” — and once you are a few scenes in, it is clear…
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Mean Girls

When Mark Waters sat down to make “Mean Girls”, the goal was clearly to deliver something that sticks with an audience long after the credits roll. It is the kind of film that tends to outlast whatever else came out the same year. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its…
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Wreck-It Ralph