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Daily Archives: August 28, 2021
Movie Review: Leah is the haunted girl who lives on “Martyr’s Lane”
Ruth Platt’s “Martyr’s Lane” is horror at a low simmer, a triumph of tone over content, performances over frights. This beautifully Gothic ghost story rests on the shoulders of two angelic moppets, a film that makes its myopic simplicity a … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: A Brit romantic drama about grief, impending homelessness and dogs — “23 Walks”
This opened in the UK during the pandemic (Streamed?) and finally gets a US release Sept. 17.
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Movie Preview: A Melissa McCarthy weeper? “The Starling” is coming to Netflix
Melissa McCarthy is in mourning, and a damned starling is ruining her garden and her life. Chris O’Dowd raises the bar, playing the spouse of this broken relationship. And Oscar winner Kevin Kline lends grand seriocomic support. This looks like … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Every Last One of Them”
A “Chinatown on the Cheap” tale of a missing teen, gangland shenanigans, water rights, the works, all uncovered by a “special ops” (the hoariest trope in action cinema) veteran. Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Sloan, Taryn Manning, Jake Webber and … Continue reading
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Netflixable? “He’s All That” isn’t, but…
The plot has been around since Shakespeare sold out to Netflix. Guy courts woman, or vice versa, based on a dare, a bet or some other “arrangement.” It’s a “Taming of the Shrew” variation, whether it’s “Cruel Intentions” or “Ten … Continue reading
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