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'Babylon' Review: The Era of Extravagance Is on Full Display for Better or Worse

'Babylon' Review: The Era of Extravagance Is on Full Display for Better or Worse

Including other new releases to 4K like Dragonslayer and Streets of Fire

Max Covill
Mar 21, 2023
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(Editor’s note: This review expands on an earlier review of Babylon for its home video release.)

Director Damien Chazelle is obsessed with dreamers. In his first movie, he conjured up a determined drummer and his equally demanding instructor in Whiplash. He followed that with stories of big acting dreams in La La Land, and space exploration in First Man.…

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