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Rewriting Oscar History: Who should have won in all the major categories?
The right movie doesn’t always win. WTOP film critic Jason Fraley sets the record straight.
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Movie Review: ‘Isn’t it Romantic’ is a cute rom-com spoof
Rebel Wilson plays a cynical New Yorker who hits her head and wakes up in a PG-13 world of romantic comedy cliches.
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Top 50 Hollywood romances
You had us at hello! WTOP film critic Jason Fraley ranks the best Valentine’s Day flicks.
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Movie Review: Everything is average in ‘Lego Movie 2’ as gimmick wears thin
WTOP film critic Jason Fraley said the Lego gimmick is starting to wear thin in the fourth installment.
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Movie Review: ‘Cold War’ is a stark, elliptical romance in post-war Poland
Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski delivers his Oscar-nominated follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Ida.”
3 weeks ago -
Movie Review: Star-studded tropical thriller ‘Serenity’ sunk by a plot twist
Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway’s early film-noir potential is destroyed by a preposterous plot twist.
4 weeks ago -
Top 50 movies on race in America
This MLK Day, WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley ranks the best movies ever on U.S. race relations.
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Fraley Film Guide 2019
2019 MOVIE GUIDE 4 STARS TBD 3 1/2 STARS “Cold War” – Pawel Pawlikowski follows “Ida” with Poland’s Oscar nominee for Foreign Film “Stan & Ollie” – Steve Coogan & John C. Reilly…
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‘Roma’, Alfonso Cuarón, and Mahershala Ali all Oscar nomination locks, say oddsmakers
See the early favorites for the Academy Awards, even before the nominations come out on Monday.
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Movie Review: ‘Glass’ pleases ‘Split’ fans, pales compared to ‘Unbreakable’
M. Night Shyamalan wraps his unexpected superhero trilogy with Bruce Willis, James McAvoy and Samuel L. Jackson.
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Golden Globe-winning ‘Green Book’ screenwriter Nick Vallelonga apologizes for anti-Muslim tweet
The post seemed to show Vallelonga agreeing with then-candidate Donald Trump’s widely-discredited comment that “thousands of Muslims” were seen celebrating in Jersey City after the 9/11 terror attacks.
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Movie Review: ‘Stan & Ollie’ is a delightful tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly earn acclaim as Hollywood’s legendary comedy duo Laurel & Hardy.
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Movie Review: ‘Bird Box’ is no ‘A Quiet Place,’ it’s a ‘Happening’ phenomenon
Sandra Bullock stars in a trending horror flick that’s setting Netflix records.
2 months ago -
Best movies of 2018
WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley ranks the best movies of 2018.
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Movie Review: ‘Aquaman’ treads water in scattershot origin story
“Aquaman” is a prequel “sea-quel” that will likely please fans of the comics, while non-fans will be ready to come up for air. The waterlogged flick packs plenty of nods to comic-book iconography but lacks the script structure for less-familiar audiences.
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