Daily Archives: March 20, 2018

Netflixable? “Benji” comes home…to Netflix

Posted on March 20, 2018 by rogerinorlando

“Momma won’t let you stay,” the little boy Carter (Gabriel Bateman) pleads. It’s raining as he ditched the dog in a dingy alley, but you can’t tell from all the tears. “Please go.” “I love you, Benji.” That’s all you … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? “The Discovery” is a bummer on the Afterlife, for a bummer Era

Posted on March 20, 2018 by rogerinorlando

The gloom is relentless, from the End Times fog that hangs over the locations to the funereal subject matter — “proof” that the afterlife is real, with millions upon millions ready to check it out, because things here among the … Continue reading →

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Next Screening, A24’s “Lean on Pete”

Posted on March 20, 2018 by rogerinorlando

A borderline homeless teen, a fading racehorse on the seedy, dusty Southwestern side of the sport, Steve Buscemi and Chloe Sevigny. Those are the ingredients of “Lean on Pete,” a star vehicle for young Charlie Plummer and another intimate, personal … Continue reading →

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