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:

Abigail[3.5 stars]*
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Boy Kills World[2.5 stars]*
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Challengers[4 stars]*
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Civil War[3 stars]
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire[2 stars]
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire[2.5 stars]
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare[2.5 stars]*
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Sasquatch Sunset[2.5 stars]*
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Opening this week

Opening on Thursday, April 25 at the Regal Fox Theater 6 in Laramie, are the action comedy Boy Kills World and the sports drama Challengers. Opening on Friday, April 26 is the Japanese animated movie Spy X Family Code: White

Boy Kills World[2.5 stars]*
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Challengers[4 stars]*
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Spy X Family Code: White[3 stars]*
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Closing this week
(Last shows on Thursday, April 25)

The following movies playing at the Fox Theater are likely to be gone by Friday:

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire[2 stars]
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire[2.5 stars]
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Sasquatch Sunset[2.5 stars]*
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Playing at Studio City UW+ARQ®, 2433 E. Grand:

Abigail[3.5 stars]*
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Boy Kills World[2.5 stars]*
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Challengers[4 stars]*
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Civil War[3 stars]
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Dune: Part Two[3.5 stars]
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The First Omen[3 stars]*
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire[2 stars]
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire[2.5 stars]
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Kung Fu Panda 4[2.5 stars]*
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare[2.5 stars]*
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Monkey Man[3 stars]*
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Spy X Family Code: White[3 stars]*
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Unsung Hero[2 stars]*
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Closing this week
(Last shows on Thursday, April 25)

The following movies playing at the Studio City theater are likely to be gone by Friday:

Dune: Part Two[3.5 stars]
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The First Omen[3 stars]*
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Monkey Man[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 title links to 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, Metacritic or Rottentomatoes web sites:

Abigail
Boy Kills World
Challengers
The First Omen
Kung Fu Panda 4
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Monkey Man
Sasquatch Sunset
Spy X Family Code: White
Unsung Hero

Click here for reviews of current and upcoming films at the Movie Review Query Engine
Click here for more reviews and ratings of current and upcoming films at Metacritic.com
Click here for more reviews and ratings of upcoming films at Rottentomatoes.com

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Coming Attractions:
Reviews or previews of movies not yet shown in Laramie theaters,
or that are available only on streaming services

20 Days in Mariupol[4 stars]
All of Us Strangers[4 stars]
American Symphony[4 stars]
Anatomy of a Fall[4 stars]
Beyond Utopia[4 stars]
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget[3 stars]
Eileen[3 stars]
Enys Men[1 star]
The Eternal Memory[4 stars]
Fallen Leaves[3 stars]
Four Daughters[3 stars]
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project[3 stars]
The Holdovers[4 stars]
How to Blow Up a Pipeline[3 stars]
The Killer[3 stars]
Kokomo City[3 stars]
La Chimera[2.5 stars]
Maestro[3 stars]
May December[3.5 stars]
Nimona[3 stars]
Nyad[3 stars]
Origin[4 stars]
Passages[3 stars]
Past Lives[4 stars]
Perfect Days[3 stars]
Robot Dreams[2.5 stars]
The Royal Hotel[2.5 stars]
Rustin[3 stars]
Rye Lane[4 stars]
Saltburn[3.5 stars]
Sanctuary[2 stars]
Sharper[3 stars]
Shooting Stars[3 stars]
Society of the Snow[3 stars]
Stamped From the Beginning[3 stars]
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie[4 stars]
Suzume[4 stars]
The Taste of Things[4 stars]
The Teacher's Lounge[4 stars]
A Thousand and One[3 stars]
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar[4 stars]
You Hurt My Feelings[3 stars]
The Zone of Interest[3 stars]

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Bob's review vault[vault button for movie review archive index page]

Following are links to over 5,000 archived reviews
of movies starting with the following letters:

A through B   C through D   E through G   H through I
J through L   M through N   O through Q   R through S   T through Z

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