Daily Archives: February 12, 2021

Netflixable? “To All the Boys: Always and Forever”

It’d be hard to overstate just how likeable Netflix’s “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” movies are. Cute cast, realistic (if affluent) situations, upbeat messaging and first love-affirming, precisely what a teen rom com should be. And if Netflix … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Let’s turn Nic Cage loose in “Willy’s Wonderland”

“Yeah, I’ll do your little movie,” the pitch meeting ended, probably a short one, probably handled by phone. But the Oscar winning actor had one rider he insisted on in his contract. “I’ll do it so long as I don’t … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Swedish city slickers find out what seeing a “Red Dot” means in the North

“Red Dot” is a savage if not wholly satisfying “flip-the-script” stalked in the wilderness thriller whose cleverness comes from its subtext. We’ve seen scads of these “slickers in the wild” stories since “Deliverance” and “Southern Comfort.” Sometimes, they begin with … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Real horror comes from “Violation”

March 25 from Shudder.

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