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Daily Archives: April 14, 2021
Series Review: A very different trip to “The Mosquito Coast”
Perhaps you remember the 1986 Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix movie “The Mosquito Coast,” about an American family caught up in the “self-reliance” genius and mania of a father who decides to shed the corrosive culture of ’80s … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A car crash, a lost “body,” “My True Fairytale”
It does nobody any favors to fixate on “Did teen Angie survive the car crash or are we watching her ghost?” in “My True Fairytale.” It’s entirely too obvious, no matter how much doubt writer-director D. Mitry tries to sew. … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Rosario Dawson is among the stars of David Oyelowo’s “The Water Man”
A child’s quest to find a mythic figure who can save his mother, Oyelowo directed and stars in this May 7 release.
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Movie Review: Bolivia’s “Tu me manques” could’ve been an Oscar contender
“Tu me manques” was Bolivia’s best hope for a Best International Feature Oscar nomination this year. It’s a drama about the creation of the play it was based on, a fictionalized account of the playwright’s loss of a lover to … Continue reading
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Next screening? “Queen Marie”
More than one political figure hoped to gain recognition for their newly formed state in the Paris talks following the end of World War I. Ho Chi Minh might be the most famous today, thanks to what didn’t happen there. … Continue reading
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