Laramie Movie Scope

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[Strip of film rule] Laramie Movie Scope is an ongoing series of movie reviews, links and commentary, scoping out the film industry, penned by local film critic Robert Roten, who is a member of the Online Film Critics Society and his reviews are also linked at rottentomatoes.com and the Movie Review Query Engine web site. LARIAT is delighted to post them as a free public service to filmgoers everywhere. [Strip of film rule]

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Playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th:

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple[3 stars]*
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Anaconda[2 stars]*
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Avatar: Fire and Ash[3 stars]
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Charlie the Wonderdog[2 stars]*
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David[2.5 stars]*
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Greenland 2: Migration[2 stars]*
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Primate[2.5 stars]*
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Song Sung Blue[3 stars]*
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Closing this week
(Last shows on Thursday, January 15)

The following movie playing at the Fox Theater is likely to be gone by Friday:

Song Sung Blue[3 stars]*
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Playing at Studio City UW+ARQ®, 2433 E. Grand:

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple[3 stars]*
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Anaconda[2 stars]*
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Avatar: Fire and Ash[3 stars]
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Charlie the Wonderdog[2 stars]*
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Greenland 2: Migration[2 stars]*
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The Housemaid[2.5 stars]*
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Is This Thing On?[3 stars]*
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I Was a Stranger[3 stars]*
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Marty Supreme[3 stars]
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Primate[2.5 stars]*
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Zootopia 2[3.5 stars]
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Opening this week

Opening on Friday, January 16 at Studio City are the animated movie All You Need is Kill the historical drama Hamnet and the sports drama Signing Tony Raymond.

All You Need is Kill[3 stars]*
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Hamnet[4 stars]
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Signing Tony Raymond[2.5 stars]*
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Closing this week
(Last shows on Thursday, January 15)

The following movie playing at the Studio City theater is likely to be gone by Friday:

I Was a Stranger[3 stars]*
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* Denotes a movie rating derived from calculations based on multiple critic ratings posted on one or more of the following web sites: Movie Review Query Engine    Metacritic.com    Rottentomatoes.com

Click on the following movie titles to find web pages with synopses, MPAA ratings, running times, critic ratings and movie review links for each of the following movies at the Movie Review Query Engine, or Metacritic or Rottentomatoes web sites:
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
All You Need is Kill
Anaconda
Charlie the Wonderdog
David
Greenland 2: Migration
The Housemaid
Is This Thing On?
I Was a Stranger
Primate
Song Sung Blue
Click here for more reviews and ratings of current and upcoming films at the Movie Review Query Engine

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Coming Attractions:
Recent reviews of movies available on streaming services

2000 Meters to Andriivka[3 stars]
The Alabama Solution[4 stars]
Arco[3.5 stars]
Better Man[3 stars]
Code 3[4 stars]
Die My Love[2 stars]
Eephus[3 stars]
Frankenstein[4 stars]
A House of Dynamite[3 stars]
It Was Just an Accident[3.5 stars]
KPop Demon Hunters[3 stars]
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain[3 stars]
No Other Choice[3.5 stars]
Orwell: 2+2=5[3 stars]
The Perfect Neighbor[3.5 stars]
Presence[3 stars]
The Secret Agent[2.5 stars]
Sentimental Value[3 stars]
Sirat[3.5 stars]
Sly Lives (aka The Burden of Black Genius)[3.5 stars]
Sovereign[3 stars]
Train Dreams[3.5 stars]
Working Man[3.5 stars]

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of movies starting with the following letters:

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