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Monitor Movie Guide

A year of Monitor movie reviews.

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Title MPAA Rating Monitor Rating Review Date
Wit and wonder fuel 5-star ‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ PG-13 2025-03-25
Rebels with a robot: ‘Rule Breakers’ celebrates Afghan girls who dared to dream PG 2025-03-05
Grab your hat and pack the marmalade: Paddington is headed to Peru PG 2025-02-13
In ‘I’m Still Here,’ a compelling search for justice in 1970s Brazil PG-13 2025-01-16
Yes, Chalamet can sing. But can ‘A Complete Unknown’ capture Bob Dylan? R 2024-12-20
Say cheese! Wallace and Gromit return in ‘Vengeance Most Fowl.’ PG 2024-12-19
With his absorbing film ‘Hard Truths,’ director Mike Leigh sees people in full R 2024-12-18
Looking for a new holiday classic? These 2 films glow with Christmas spirit. PG 2024-12-02
Five-star ‘Flow’ and chatty ‘Moana 2’ offer eye-widening animated delights PG 2024-11-27
In top-notch Indian film, three Mumbai women encounter what makes a life worth living Unrated 2024-11-14
‘Emilia Pérez’ breaks genres and bursts into song in a one-of-a-kind movie R 2024-11-07
In ‘A Real Pain,’ a road trip whose emotional power sneaks up on you R 2024-10-31
‘Road Diary’ documentary offers a front-row seat to stellar Bruce Springsteen TV-MA 2024-10-24
‘Anora’ thinks she’s found her Prince Charming. This 5-star movie is no fairy tale. R 2024-10-17
Live, from New York, it’s the ‘SNL’ origin story ‘Saturday Night’ R 2024-10-09
In ‘The Wild Robot,’ a 5-star fable for our AI age PG 2024-09-27
Francis Ford Coppola spent $125 million on ‘Megalopolis.’ How is it? R 2024-09-26
Burton and Keaton resurrect the fun in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ PG-13 2024-09-05
Indigenous children were abused in Canada. A film seeks answers. R 2024-08-15
With powerful ‘Green Border,’ a filmmaker searches for humanity in immigration stories Unrated 2024-06-27
‘Inside Out 2’ offers all the feels – and a great time at the movies PG 2024-06-17
‘Robot Dreams’ review: This animated delight explores friendship and loss Unrated 2024-05-29
‘We Grown Now’ review: Amid gritty Chicago reality, two friends embrace childhood PG 2024-04-18
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