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Daily Archives: December 25, 2021
Classic Film Review: Billy Wilder’s “Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)” reconsidered
There’ve been a few attempts, over the decades, to rewrite the history of Billy Wilder’s 1964 clunker “Kiss Me, Stupid.” It’s “underrated” thanks to a winning Dean Martin as “Dino” (Dean Martin) performance, worth re-assessing because of a risque late … Continue reading
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Netflixable? A charming story of a French girl and her wolf — “Vicky and Her Mystery (Mystère)”
Let Hollywood plunge headlong into the CGI animals who hear the “Call of the Wild,” the easier to manage computer-generated bears and wolves, Persians and Chihuahuas they’re shoving into more and more films. In France, they still do things the … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Epstein-inspired horror-titillation — “The Scary of Sixty-first”
“The Scary of Sixty-First” is a lurid, bloody and somewhat misguided exploration of the crimes and mysterious death of well-connected human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein in horror film form. But it’s hard to effectively comment on and condemn a notorious sex … Continue reading
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