The following sentence contains a transitional word or phrase: Tonight is game night besides that movie has terrible reviews. Which revision correctly punctuates the sentence? Tonight is game night, besides, that movie has terrible reviews. Tonight is game night; besides; that movie has terrible reviews. Tonight is game night; besides, that movie has terrible reviews. Tonight is game night, besides that movie has terrible reviews.

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The correct revision that properly punctuates the sentence is: Tonight is game night; besides, that movie has terrible reviews.

This version uses a semicolon to separate the two independent clauses and a comma after "besides" for clarity.