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Daily Archives: October 26, 2021
Movie Review: Oklahoma lives are upended in “13 Minutes” of Tornado Hell
It takes its title from the duration of a tornado passing through an Oklahoma town — “13 Minutes.” And the twister, when it supercells its way in, is hellishly real and a damned sight better than anything managed in the … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Amateur Polish sleuth wonders if she’s “In for a Murder (W Jak Morderstwo)”
The Polish comic thriller “In for a Murder” only finds its sweet spot briefly, and then only very late in the third act. Veteran writer-director Piotr Mularuk (“Zuma”) was going for something light, a frothy murder mystery which has been … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Animated Sword & Scorcery with blood and guts and Full Frontal nudity — “The Spine of Night”
“The Spine of Night” is a reasonably good-looking — and gory — animated sword and sorcery saga for adults, a movie set in a wholly-realized fantasy world, but lacking a story or characters that invite us to invest ourselves in … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Wes Anderson visits 1968 France via “The French Dispatch”
The giddy whimsy that’s been Wes Anderson’s brand since his earliest films is more subdued, the ornate, baroque world of “family” or “family where you find it” a lot more cluttered in “The French Dispatch.” Let others make intermission-length Netflix … Continue reading
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