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Freeze Frame: “The Wedding Banquet” (R), “Sneaks” (PG), “The Dark Money Game” (TV-MA)

"The Wedding Banquet" is a remake, or rather a reimagining of the popular 1993 gay rom com of the same name. Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone lead the cast in the story of two gay couples who try to arrange a Green Card marriage in exchange for cash for costly...

Freeze Frame: “Twisters” (PG-13), “Widow Clicquot” (R), ” Find Me Falling” (TV-14), Wild Wild Space” (Not rated)

Action fans, you’ll be glad to know that “Twisters” doesn’t blow. It’s officially called a “standalone sequel,” with only a tenuous connection with the 1996 disaster hit, “Twister.” Daisy Edgar-Jones stars alongside man of the hour Glenn Powell in the tale of a brainy meteorologist and an egotistical social media...

Freeze Frame: “Origin” (R), “I.S.S.” (R), “Freud’s Last Session” (PG-13), “True Detective: Night Country” (TV-MA)

Ava DuVernay's earnest and thoughtful drama "Origin" focuses on the multiple personal traumas that prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson endured as she wrote and researched her nonfiction bestseller, “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents.” Anjanue Ellis Taylor is excellent in the lead role and while the movie is sometimes frustratingly repetitious...

Freeze Frame: “The Marvels” (PG-13), “Journey to Bethlehem” (PG), “Quiz Lady” (R), “Albert Brooks: Defending My Life” (Not rated)

The superpowers of Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and SABER astronaut Monica Rambeau become mysteriously intertwined in the action opus "The Marvels." Brie Larson, Iman Vellani and Teyonah Parris play the potent trio who are forced to work together to save the destabilized universe. "The Marvels" is silly stuff, incorporating wacky humor along...

Freeze Frame: “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (PG-13), “Flamin’ Hot” (PG-13), “The Idol” (TV-MA)

If I were a seven-year-old, I'd be anxiously awaiting the arrival of the latest "Transformers" movie. While the seven-year-old in me still gets a bit of a kick out of the dazzling robotic visuals on display in the seventh entry in the franchise "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts," the adult...