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Freeze Frame: “Snow White” (PG), “Locked” (R), “The Twister: Caught in the Storm” (Not rated), “The Electric State” (PG-13)

Maybe the best thing to say about the controversial live-action revision of the Disney's classic "Snow White" is that it's not nearly as bad as feared. Rachel Zegler is a fine heroine, and Gal Gadot is an adequately despicable villain. However, the CGI-generated dwarfs are a little creepy and the...

“In the Lost Lands” (R), “The Rule of Jenny Pen” (R), “Plankton: The Movie” (TV-PG)

Director Paul W. S. Anderson scored big at the box office with his "Resident Evil" franchise. That same excessive visual style is on display with "In the Lost Lands," an adaptation of a George R.R. Martin short story. Mila Jovovich, aka Mrs. Paul W.S. Anderson, and Dave Bautista star in...

Freeze Frame: “Cleaner” (R), “The Unbreakable Boy” (PG), “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” (R)

The action thriller "Cleaner" is a pale imitation of the movie it's trying so hard to be. "Cleaner" is no "Die Hard." Daisy Ridley stars as a window cleaner who, as fate would have it, is also a skilled ex-soldier. When eco-terrorists violently disrupt a corporate gala in a high...

Freeze Frame: “The Gorge” (PG-13), “Kinda Pregnant” (R)

The Apple TV+ movie "The Gorge" is half of a really solid sci-fi thriller. Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy are fine in this high concept horror flick about two highly skilled assassins who are assigned to guard opposite sides of a mysterious ravine. One side is part of the Eastern...