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Movie Reviews: The Upside, A Dog's Way Home, Replicas, On the Basis of Sex

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A long-delayed remake, Keanu Reeves doing weird science and The Young RBG Chronicles are the key offerings opening at local theaters this week.

Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston star in the aggressively feel-good based-on-a-true-story remake The Upside (pictured).

Eric D. Snider notes that Replicas isn't just the stupidest movie of 2019, it would have been the stupidest movie of 2017. If you like cute movies about cute dogs on cute journeys, you'll probably like A Dog's Way Home.

In this week's feature review, MaryAnn Johanson celebrates the healthy, mutually-supportive relationship at the core of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic On the Basis of Sex.
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 Scott Renshaw has been a City Weekly staff member since 1999, including assuming the role of primary film critic in 2001 and Arts & Entertainment Editor in 2003. Scott has covered the Sundance Film Festival for 25 years, and provided coverage of local arts including theater, pop-culture conventions, comedy,... more

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