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Daily Archives: May 12, 2021
Denzel/Frances/”Macbeth” — this fall
Joel Coen’s directing the adaptation A24 will put in theaters and AppleTV will stream, a little Shakespeare coming our way performed by two of the very best American acting has to offer. “I will not be afraid of death and … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Refugees stuck in “Limbo” consider the oddities of Scotland
Omar is a Syrian refugee who maintains a poker face even as he gives us a glimpse of the full emotional range of the “displaced person experience.” He is sad, deflated, guilt-ridden and powerless. Surely “hopeful” figured in there at … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Spiral” puts us back on the “Saw” blade
As “Saw” movies go, “Spiral,” the latest film “from the Book of Saw,” isn’t one of the worst in the never-ending franchise. It’s not one of the best, either. This thriller sits on the gory edge of the blade, teetering … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Knives Out! And Guns! And Fists! “Undercover Punch and Gun”
What fresh nonsense is this? Well, “fresh” is maybe a tad generous. “Undercover Punch and Gun” is a jokey Hong Kong action pic with first-person shooter video game gunfights, martials arts mayhem, terrific stunts and some pretty damned funny one-liners. … Continue reading
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Series Review: German cops hunt a serial killer, and a kidnap victim, in the “Dark Forest (Das Geheimnis des Totenwaldes)”
“Dark Forest” is a German police procedural that is less about tracking down a serial killer than about the ripple effects of random, senseless violence and the pain of not-knowing what’s happened to a loved one who simply vanishes. There’s … Continue reading
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