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Archived copies of Mister Marquee movie reviews and additional commentary. Note: there may be some spoilers.

Green Book

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: November 16, 2018 MPAA: R Director: Peter Farrelly Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, and Linda Cardellini Number: 4/5 Mister Marquee Says: Good Picture In the 1950s, Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen) is a bouncer at the Copacabana in New York. While the club is closed for renovations, he takes a…

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Us

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: March 22, 2019 MPAA: R Director: Jordan Peele Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, and Elisabeth Moss Mister Marquee Says: LEGENDARY Number: 5/5 Adelaide (Lupita Nyong’o) is on vacation with her husband (Winston Duke) and two kids when she starts seeing reminders of a traumatic incident from when she was…

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Fighting with my Family

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: February 22 Director: Stephen Merchant Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, and Nick Frost Mister Marquee Says: Mid Carder Number: 3.5/5 Saraya, WWE’s “Paige” (Florence Pugh), is a teenager who wrestles with her family. Her parents, Ricky and Saraya Knight (Nick Frost and Lena Headey), and brother, Zak (Jack Lowden),…

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Captain Marvel

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: March 8 MPAA: PG-13 Directors: Anna Boden Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ben Mendelsohn Mister Marquee Says: Average Marvel Number: 4/5 Vers (Brie Larson) is a member of the warrior Kree race with amnesia who has visions of a pervious life. When she chases a team of…

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LEGO Movie 2

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: February 8, 2019 MPAA: PG Director: Mike Mitchell Starring: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, and Will Arnett Mister Marquee Says: All Around Fun Number: 4.5/5 After the events of the first LEGO movie, Bricksburg has become Apocalypseburg, a gritty, mature post-apocalyptic wasteland full of brooding, hardened characters, and Emit (Chris…

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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: February 22 MPAA: PG Director: Dean DeBlois Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, and Cate Blanchett Mister Marquee Says: A Fitting End Number: 4/5 Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) decided he must move his viking community and their dragon allies out of their ancestral home land as a dragon hunter (F. Murray…

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Isn’t It Romantic

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: February 13 MPAA: PG-13 Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson Starring: Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, and Ada DeVine Mister Marquee Says: I Feel Pretty: Good Version Number:4/5 Natalie (Rebel Wilson) hates romantic comedies. For girls like her, they’re just fairytales that get their hopes up. When she runs from a mugger and…

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The Prodigy

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: February 8, 2019 Director: Nicholas McCarthy Starring: Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, and Colm Feore Mister Marquee Says: Prodigy? More like “D” Student Number: 1/5 Miles (Jackson Robert Scott) is an eight-year-old with a genius intellect. He also has a malignant spirit residing within him. His parents must find…

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: December 14, 2018 Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman Starring: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, and Hailee Steinfeld Mister Marquee Says: Really Fun Number: 4.5/5 Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is a young prep student in New York struggling to fit in at his new school. When he is…

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A Dog’s Way Home

by Hans A. Carpenter Release Date: January 11 MPAA: PG Director: Charles Martin Smith Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Ashley Judd, and Edward James Olmos Mister Marquee Says: Nothing Special Number: 2/5 Bella is a happy mutt living with her owner Lucas and his mom, a former soldier dealing with PTSD. Lucas riles up a landowner…

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