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JR'S TOP TEN FILMS
(2022 YEAR END EDITION)
"Good Old JR" Jim Rutkowski weighs in with his TOP FILMS of 202
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CINEMA RETROSPECTIVE
(2022 YEAR END EDITION)
The "Big Tuna" Vito Carli weighs in with a Look at the Year in Film

 

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
(***)-VITO CARLI

"...a commendable version that keeps your interest..."

 

ANT-MAN AND WASP: QUANTUMANIA
(*1/2)-VITO CARLI

"...a failure on almost every level."

 

AVATAR THE WAY OF WATER
(**½)-VITO CARLI

"...I stopped caring about the story-but not the visuals..."

 

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
(***1/2)-JIM RUTKOWSKI

"...as much a creative success as its predecessor."

 

LIVING
(****)-VITO CARLI

"...captures the tedium of government bureaucracy as well as Gilliam’s Brazil"

 

M3GAN
(**½)-VITO CARLI

"...those not expecting too much originality may have a reasonably good time"

 

MY YEAR OF DICKS
(****)-VITO CARLI

"...I discovered more and liked it more each time I saw it."

 

THE WHALE
(***½)-VITO CARLI

"...(you) will never forget the astonishingly convincing lead performance"

 

WOMEN TALKING
(***½)-VITO CARLI

"Everyone in the film is almost equally terrific"

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