Monthly Archives: November 2019

Movie Preview: Elisabeth Moss is haunted (literally) by her abuser, “The Invisible Man”

“I’m not…CRAZY!” A February movie, Moss lets her late spouse get in her head. Or maybe he really is “The Invisible Man.”  

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Movie Preview: Pixar explores inner life, and African American life, in animated “Soul”

“Soul” has a little jazz, and a little “Inside/Out” metaphysics. Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey are the voice acting stars of this June 20 release, which looks like a fairly significant departure for the animation house. A good departure. What’s … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Cena and kids? That’s “Playing with Fire”

We never like to see our movie stars “trying too hard” in a screen comedy. But sometimes, the effort itself is worth a few laughs. I mean, they’re suffering for their art, trying to wring laughs out of thin material, … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Bale and Damon, “Ford v Ferrari”

The Big Race didn’t finish exactly the way it’s depicted in “Ford v. Ferrari.” And the Money Moment, the hilarious scene previewed in the trailers and TV commercials where racing driver and race-car building legend Carroll Shelby delights and then … Continue reading

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Next Screening? “Knives Out”

All star cast, funny trailer, great buzz. Here’s a holiday movie that has it all — Jamie Lee C and Toni Collette, Chris Evans and Christopher Plummer. Don Johnson, Michael Shannon. Murder most foul, a dead rich guy, a house … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Nic Cage and H. P. Lovecraft, “COLOR OUT OF SPACE”

Something came down here, via meteorite. The South African writer of “Hardware,” one of the great indie dystopian sci-fi thrillers of the ’90s, directed this adaptation. Joely Richardson, Q’rianka Kilcher and Tommy Chong co-star with Nicolas Cage. Looks trippy enough.

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Next screening? “Ford v Ferrari”

Bale and Damon, and Tracy Letts — Ford crashes the 24 Hours of LeMans with its brand-new Ferrari et al killer, the GT40. Yeah, kinda looking forward to this one.  

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Movie Review: Thomas Jane wears a badge behind the wheel of his “Crown Vic”

“Crown Vic” is a grounded and gritty cops-on-the-night-shift melodrama built around a tightly-coiled turn by Thomas Jane. He plays a 25 year LAPD veteran assigned to FTO (Field Training Officer) duty, mentoring a “transfer cherry” (Luke Kleintank) through his first … Continue reading

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The digital casting future? James Dean returns via CGI for Vietnam War Action-Drama

Bound to happen. Cheaper than casting the real thing,beceb the ones who aren’t dead? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-james-dean-reborn-cgi-vietnam-war-action-drama-1252703

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Best Free Holiday Movie on right now? “Feast of the Seven Fishes,” a delectable holiday delight on Roku and Tubi

One way to get past that seasonal “holiday movie phobia” thing more than a few of us suffer from is to throw in some Italian-Americans, as writer-director Robert Tinnell does with “Feast of the Seven Fishes.” Make it a period … Continue reading

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