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Daily Archives: December 4, 2021
Movie Review: A Mexican-Punjabi crime alliance entangles “The Scrapper”
Here’s a peek into a world few Americans knew existed, a thriller built out of the cultural connection between two immigrant communities bonded by the racism each faced because “we were all brown.” Writer/director/star Bari Kang‘s “The Scrapper” envisions a … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Sexy Seydoux plays the news anchor who transfixes “France”
“France” is an eye-popping star turn by Léa Seydoux in search of a more coherent and pointed satire than the movie surrounding her. Seydoux, one-time “Bond Girl,” much-honored co-star of “Midnight in Paris,” “”Blue Is the Warmest Color,” “The French … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Margrete: Queen of the North” struggles to keep Norway, Denmark and Sweden United
This glossy 15th century period piece is about the intrigues surrounding the Kalmar Union, and the woman trying to hold it together. “Margrete” opens Dec. 17.
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Movie Preview: “Death to Metal”
This lowdown and dirty thriller opens Dec. 7.
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Netflixable? Adorable “Mixtape” lets tweens discover ’80s pop and punk
There are several moments when “Mixtape,” a sentimental learn-about-my-parents-through-their-music dramedy, teeters on the edge of tumbling into maudlin. Every movie with “so cute you want to pinch its cheeks” in its DNA runs that risk. But then a song comes … Continue reading
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