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Daily Archives: August 5, 2021
Movie Preview: Clint can’t quit rodeo — “Cry Macho”
Dwight Yoakam is well paired with the Old Man of the Cinema in this September 17 release.
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Movie Preview: A Faaaaaabulous updated “Cinderella”
A September 3 musical with Camilla Cabello, Billy Porter, Idina Menzel and damnation, the only Irishman who can’t carry a tune, ear Pierce Brosan. Ok
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Movie Review: A Little August Existential Angst? “Nine Days”
“Nine Days” is the sort of indie drama that makes you appreciate the wonder that is the actor’s heart as much as the actor’s art. A collective of rising stars and famous supporting players took a flier on first-time feature … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: Enfeebled and Humbled, “Val” captures the Iceman in Winter
Jack Kilmer, Val Kilmer‘s son, reads his dad’s voice-over narration in “Val,” the autobiographical documentary he produced and which co-directors Ting Poo and Leo Scott assembled out of half a century of Kilmer home videos and movies. Val lost his … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Gerard Butler is back in “Copshop”
Frank Grillo, Alexis Louder and Toby Huss also star in this Sept.17 thriller.
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Movie Review: Ryan Reynolds rules the Gamescape as a “Free Guy”
The irresistible off-the-cuff Canadian quips of Ryan Reynolds are unleashed in an inside-video-game comedy from the director of “Night at the Museum,” “Free Guy,” an amusing variation on what is by now a well-worn plot. The new twist here? Our … Continue reading
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Documentary Preview: “The Capote Tapes” gives us Truman and those who knew him best
The year’s second Capote doc, after “Tennessee and Truman,” is due out Sept. 10 and seems to lean heavily on interview excerpts from his very life, heavily televised life.
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Movie Preview: Mary Elizabeth Winstead is “Kate,” a contract killer
This Sept. 10 Netflix release gives it’s titular heroine 24 hours to get a dirty job done. Woody Harrelson explains it all to us.
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