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Monthly Archives: May 2021
Netflixable? “And Tomorrow the Entire World” takes us into anti-fascism, and what they’re fighting against
Bulky, tattooed goons beat up “foreigners” and show up at protests, snapping cell-phone photos, sneering, intimidating, just hoping to start a riot. And the protesters have reason to wonder if the sometimes-passive cops aren’t on the thugs’ side. Chanting “We … Continue reading
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5-31-2021
Cape Canaveral National Cemetery at dawn.
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Next Screening? English explorers get mixed up in local conflict at the “Edge of the World”
This version of the true story of Sir James Brooke, who explored Borneo and then set up his own kingdom there, stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Dominic Monaghan and opens June 21. https://youtu.be/ycgW26bzjq0
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Movie Review: Niamh Algar is a Thatcherite “Censor” with “video nasties” issues
“Censor” is a horror satire about one of those intrepid, iron-stomached bureaucrats of the British Board of Film Classification, a woman who brings a zeal “to protect people” to her job in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain. It’s the mid-80s, and the … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Infinite” with Wahlberg and Ejiofor goes straight to Paramount+
An Antoine Fuqua take on an action tale with sci Fi underpinnings. June 10 on Paramount +.
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Netflixable? A few laughs, a few chills in Thailand’s “Ghost Lab”
It takes a while, a good overlong while, for the Thai thriller “Ghost Lab” to get going. But man, once it’s on its feet, saddle up for a fun ride. Hair raising moments, touches of pathos, gonzo violence, decent effects … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “The Columnist” has a REAL problem with hate mail
Ok, who hasn’t dreamed dark thoughts about some social media troll who’s made disgusting, cruel or hateful comments about something you’ve said, shared or posted? No one, right? There’s something very satisfying about the thought that some thinks-he-or-she-is-anonymous online troll … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Quiet Place II” crushes “Cruella,” and other non-surprises
Here’s what we know so far. Thursday night, “A Quiet Place II” did over three times the business that “Cruella” did. As of end of the evening Friday, “A Quiet Place Part II” has tallied $19.3 million. “Cruella” started Saturday … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Reality Stars Compete and Face a Reckoning in “Funhouse”
What would horror screenwriters do without murderously sadistic millionaires? They’re so very handy when you’re trying to concoct a means for putting say, eight reality TV and streaming show stars in a “Funhouse” where online viewers can revel in them … Continue reading
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First “Listen?” Cotillard and Driver duet in new musical, “Annette”
Can’t tell a lot from this clip, as it is seriously generic in the first act get up and get going tradition. “Annette” opens July 7 in la belle France, with Simon Helberg. Opera singer and stand up comic have … Continue reading
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