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Daily Archives: April 12, 2021
Movie Preview: Tony Hale wants you to “Eat Wheaties!”
This one comes our way April 30.
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“Psycho Goreman” comes to Shudder May 20
Remember this one? I reviewed it when it got a little taste of theatrical release a ways back. May 20, if you missed it, “PG: Psycho Goreman” comes to Shudder, in all its kid sass no budget glory.
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Classic Documentary Review: A music pioneer’s finest hour — Gil Scott-Heron’s “Black Wax,” now streaming
Poet, political activist, proto-rapper, stand-up, singer, musician and the original “bluesologist,” Gil-Scott Heron can be viewed in all his glory, an experimenter at his personal peak in 1983’s performance documentary/history lesson and travelogue, “Black Wax.” Almost 40 years later, and … Continue reading
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Series Review: “Frank of Ireland” indulges the Gleeson Brothers
It’s not often that a mere limited series can be said to “take the piss out” of an entire culture where that expression is common. That’s kind of the goal in “Frank of Ireland,” a six-short-episode series hitting Amazon this … Continue reading
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The 93rd Oscars — Is your favorite favored to win? Care to put money on it?
Ready or not, pandemic-pounded movie year or not, here come the 93rd annual Academy Awards, Hollywood’s grasp at trying to return to something like “normal,” and hopefully with enough of a TV audience tuning in to make it worth their … Continue reading
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Documentary Review — “Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts” remembers an ex-slave turned “primitive” art icon
A life of toiling the land and hard drinking put the old man on a box in front of a pool hall in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1930s. He’d use pencils and children’s “poster paint” to create art out of … Continue reading
Movie Review: A Toothy tale of terror in the Parsonage — “Jakob’s Wife”
Allow yourself a little cringe time in the opening act of “Jakob’s Wife,” a horror tale shot and set in quaint Canton, Mississippi. Pay no heed to the fact that every “teen” you meet is up for the “thirtysomething” reboot. … Continue reading
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“Save Ralph” — The Complete Ricky Gervais/Taika Waititi short film on animal testing
Dry, deadpan and sober. Not easy to watch, in other words. But on the money and on message. Gervais and Waititi are the two main voices you hear.
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