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Daily Archives: December 10, 2021
Netflixable? A lovelorn/laughlorn Italian sequel, “Still Out of My League (Ancora più bello)”
Hey now, that’s not cricket. But it’s pretty much par for the course. You make a moon-eyed youth romance, it’s popular enough to inspire a sequel. Even in Italy that means you end with a (spoiler alert) “to be continued.” … Continue reading
Movie Review: Slovenia’s Oscar submitted drama, an old man remembers “Sanremo”
We meet him hitchhiking down a cobble-stoned street, then asking a young woman if he can borrow her bike. He just needs to go home and feed his dog. “It’s just down here a little bit, on the left,” he … Continue reading
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Netflixable? The World’s Ending and We’re Still Distracted — “Don’t Look Up”
Adam McKay made his mark behind the camera for Will Ferrell’s greatest comic hits — “Anchorman,” “Step Brothers” etc. But with “The Big Short,” an all-star romp that explained and sent up the shortsighted Wall Street types who wrecked the … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Where the wild crackpots are — “Wolf”
We can all pretty much agree that if the time comes to mount a “serious” new werewolf movie — or reboot the twinkly “Twilight” franchise — that George MacKay’s your guy. The “1917” star got into spectacular shape, took his … Continue reading
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