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Movie review: Wonka offers golden ticket to pure happiness

Movie review: Wonka Paul King, the director behind the warm and fuzzy Paddington movies, stretches a strong arm into the cauldron of modern chaos and pulls out a sweet, magical treat of a movie that affirms the power of a pure heart.
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Movie Review: The Boys in the Boat pays homage to courage, and cliché

Movie Review: The Boys in the Boat George Clooney catches a crab in this respectful, but unforgivably clichéd, take on the true tale of the 1936 U.S. Rowing Team, and the crew of working class heroes who beat Hitler's elites to take home the gold.  
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Movie review: Ferrari's fake accents force some bad turns, but Driver saves the lines

Movie review: Ferrari Director Michael Mann demonstrates a passion for Italian engineering and mid-century aesthetics in this big-budget biopic that seeks to celebrate the power and the pistons of the masculine experience.

MOVIE REVIEWS

Movie review: Maestro reveals duelling Bernsteins living within a single legend

Movie review: Maestro Bradley Cooper brings a heap of passion and a stylish eye to a dysfunctional love story that strips artistic ego down to the studs.  Echoing the core themes of an entirely different film about Leonard Bernstein, Maestro may ...

THE DADDY DIARY

Disney, duty and doodie

Daddy Diary #9: Freaky Friday Father Seeing through the eyes of his infant daughter, a first-time father learns parenting is a precious lesson in learning from an altered perspective By Chris Lackner I’ve decided fatherhood is a life-long ...

POP CULTURE DECODER

Pop Culture Decoder: Mom Boobs

Laying bare the effects that parenthood can have on the pointer sisters By Misty Harris You know how after performing a lot of hard work, you exhale all remaining volume from your chest, slump over and just surrender to gravity? The same ...

FOOD

Dare to Eat the Peach Pie - Dare to Reinvent Yourself

Recipe: Blueberry Peach Pie A humble pie made with peaches isn't just a perfect summer dessert, it's a fitting metaphor for life, and one that career-long food writer Louise Crosby is looking to realize through personal reinvention. By Louise ...
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