Travels With JB

Movie: The Thread

The French courtroom drama, The Thread, offers several unexpected turns, with the greatest coming at the very end of the movie.  And it’s truly shocking!

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Movie: Smurfs

The younger you are the more likely you are to enjoy Smurfs, the latest animated movie featuring the much-loved tiny blue humanoid creatures.

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Movie: Drop

Drop is one of those movies that’s challenging to discuss without giving away the punchline.

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Movie: The Penguin Lessons

Combining a story about a cute Magellanic penguin with the bloodshed of Argentina’s Dirty War to create a feel-good movie was always going to be fraught with danger.

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Movie: Dog Man

There seemed to be three distinct audience members at a screening of Dog Man, the animated film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon.

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Movie: Flow

Flow’s victory in this year’s Academy Awards Animated Film category came as no surprise.

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