Daily Archives: March 31, 2021

Movie Preview: A surrogacy comedy with a twist, “Together Together”

Ed Helms and Patti Harrison star in this one, which opens April 23. An Ed Helms comeback?

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Movie Review: “Die Hard” in a VA hospital? “Assault on VA-33”

It’s Sean Patrick Flanery vs Nicolas Cage’s son in “Assault on VA-33,” a half-hearted, half-assed “Die Hard” in a VA hospital shoot-em-up. “Boondocks Saints” alumnus Flanery, emerging as the ginger-haired B-thriller (sometimes C) rival to Frank Grillo, plays a battered, … Continue reading

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Animated Movie Preview: “Spirit Untamed,” an animated sequel from Dreamworks

Think back to the earliest days of Dreamworks Animation. Remember “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron?” June 4, 19 years later, we get a big screen sequel to the studio’s sixth animated outing.

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Documentary preview: A history making transgender opera debut, “The Sound Of Identity”

“The Sound of Identity” makes its way to streaming June 1.

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Netflixable? Teen endures “A Week Away” at camp with “Jesus Freaks”

“A Week Away” isn’t the most original idea for a movie. A summer camp comedy? At church camp? But making this a musical and thus one of the most ambitious “faith-based” films in years, mark this “Week” down as a … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “Voices” haunt blind woman from Childhood

“Voices” opens with a moment of what looks like torture porn — two women, strapped down or strung up, trapped by some unseen tormentor. But that fictive present is abandoned for most of the rest of this sleepwalking, sleep-inducing thriller. … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “Like a House on Fire”

She’s almost certainly expecting too much when she makes that first call. “Hi Dan. I just wanted to say that I’m OK and that I’m back now.” Knocking on his door just confirms it. You can’t “just show up,” Dan … Continue reading

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