A quiet January for new releases means that Dwayne Johnson and co. simply can’t be stopped. For the third straight week, “Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle” has retained its top spot at the box office. The film has been nothing short of sensational, leaping past $300 million domestic, with its worldwide total crossing the $700 million barrier. Now in its fifth week of release, Sony continues to remain mum about any sequel possibilities — perhaps they’re still locking down deals — but you know it’s an inevitability at this point.

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There are movies — good and bad — that inspire you as a writer. They’ll overwhelm you with the volumes of text that ensue from your fingertips, all conjured by the celluloid (or, more often than not these days, digital file) recently projected in front of you. “12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers“ is not one of those movies. In fact, its hyper-masculine, explosion-filled, glowingly patriotic storytelling is so formulaic, rote and dreadfully dull, that it leaves a film critic struggling to find something to write about.

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If your resolution for 2018 was to go outside more, maybe read the book that’s gathered dust on your nightstand, or pick up a hobby that doesn’t involve going to the movies, you’re in luck because unless you’re playing catch up, we’ve reached our yearly, momentary dry spell. While there are a few weeks in February that already look like they’ll be offering exclusively garbage, at least it will also have “Black Panther” and “Annihilation” to hold the tides.

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So, “12 Strong: The Declassified True Story Of The Horse Soldiers” (my god, that title) is now billing itself as “The true story of the first victory in the war on terror.” Honestly, I’m not sure I’m ready to process of all that, but nonetheless, flag waving marketing probably finds an audience.

Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Trevante Rhodes, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, Austin Stowell, Ben O’Toole, Austin Hebert, Kenneth Miller, Kenny Sheard, Jack Kesy, Navid Negahban, Laith Nakli, Fahim Fazli, Numan Acar, Elsa Pataky, William Fichtner and Rob Riggle, the war drama follows a U.S.

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Hollywood has not made many movies about America’s longest war, the one still taking place in Afghanistan, mostly because it’s hard to find a feel-good narrative in a sixteen-year morass of bloodshed and confusion. However, by looking back to the more naive early days of the conflict, Jerry Bruckheimer thinks he may have found one in Doug Stanton’s non-fiction book “Horse Soldiers.” Here’s the synopsis:

“12 Strong” is set in the harrowing days following 9/11 when a U.S.

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