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Monitor Movie Guide

A year of Monitor movie reviews.

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Title	MPAA Rating	Review Date
‘Steve! (Martin)’ review: The wild and crazy (and private) guy shares his story	TV-MA	2024-03-29
‘Dune: Part Two’: Sandworms, slick villains, and a would-be savior	PG-13	2024-02-29
Lyrical, harrowing ‘Io Capitano’ offers epic immigration tale	Unrated	2024-02-22
Beauty and the feast: Savoring ‘The Taste of Things’	PG-13	2024-02-08
‘Perfect Days’ asks, what constitutes a happy life?	PG	2024-02-06
The Candy Man can: ‘Wonka’ is scrumpdiddlyumptious	PG	2023-12-15
‘The Zone of Interest’ asks us to consider the unthinkable	PG-13	2023-12-14
‘American Fiction’ asks: What, in our society, should a Black writer be?	R	2023-12-13
Bring your appetite: Wiseman’s latest film is a feast for the eyes	Unrated	2023-11-30
What’s the best way to capture Leonard Bernstein?	R	2023-11-21
‘The Holdovers’ offers a prep school Scrooge a shot at redemption	R	2023-10-26
‘Flower Moon’: A true tale of oil, Native rights, and murder	R	2023-10-19
Scenes from a marriage – at a breaking point	R	2023-10-12
In ‘Between Two Worlds,’ Juliette Binoche makes the invisible visible	Unrated	2023-08-10
‘Oppenheimer’: An ambitious – and epic – cautionary tale	R	2023-07-21
Pretty in pink: In tonally uneven ‘Barbie,’ Robbie shines	PG-13	2023-07-20
Tom Cruise vs. AI: Can the last movie star defeat computer villain?	PG-13	2023-07-12
Raiders of the last ark: Ford dons the fedora one more time	PG-13	2023-06-29
‘Asteroid City’: Stars, galaxies, and the meaning of life	PG-13	2023-06-15
‘Past Lives’ looks at childhood love, and what we leave behind	PG-13	2023-05-31
Catcher and philosopher: Yogi Berra gets his due	PG	2023-05-11
Searing drama ‘R.M.N.’ asks, who belongs and who doesn’t?	Unrated	2023-04-27