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  With an abundance of pressure placed on me, I sat with kids seated on my left, right, front and back, I waited for the film to start to be followed by high pitched happy screeches. The film opened and much to my delight the music and animated animals of every species came on screen mesmerizing every kid in the audience - including this kid. Buster Moon, a koala bear whose veins are filled with an undeniable thrust for show business, is voiced by the indomitable Matthew McConaughey.

3 ½ Bagels out of 4

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Jim Jarmusch, the writer/director of "Paterson" is without a doubt, a brilliant moviemaker who is able to make something out of nothing. The nothing is the script, the something is a humble and thought provoking homage to poetry. Wisely casting Adam Driver, one of cinema's wonderful and endearing actors as "Paterson,"  a simple bus driver who aspires to be a poet. The writer's humor is evident immediately as "Paterson," the bus driver drives a city bus in Paterson, New Jersey. When inspired by something, i.e. an overheard conversation by two passengers, or a sunset or a storefront in the once proud wealthy city now reduced to a lower echelon of workers, Paterson takes out his meticulous kept writing pad and jots down a poetic line. 

3 ½  Bagels (with a schmear) out of 4