Daily Archives: February 6, 2021

Movie Review: An African preacher’s son contemplates Fraternity life as a “Tazmanian Devil”

“Tazmanian Devil” is a Nigerian-American morality fable that might more accurately have been titled “How I Learned to Stop Preaching and Love the Frat.” It’s about a kid who moves in with his Nigerian pastor father so that he can … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Son, daughter and everybody else weather a demented Dad’s rages in Viggo’s “Falling”

Lance Henriksen gives one of the great “rage, rage against the dying of the light” performances in Viggo Mortensen’s finely-crafted “Falling.” Playing a withered, half-demented old farmer whose cruel lashing-out torches all within reach, he puts an exclamation point on … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Beware the kidnapping victim/witness who doesn’t “Flinch”

Yes, the “hit-man thriller” is the most beaten-to-death genre in the cinema. Strangled, shot, stabbed and kicked to death as well. But “Flinch” throws a few curves and screwballs when it comes to the plate. It offers a surprise or … Continue reading

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