Daily Archives: March 2, 2022

Movie Preview: Brad Pitt and assassin friends ride the “Bullet Train”

Sandra Bullock, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Zazie Beetz, Joey King and Logan Lerman are the costars in what could be a fusillade of summer fun, coming July 15.

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Movie Preview: This bloke’s out for revenge, no “Bull”

April 1. Looks ferocious, it does. I was guessing Australia, not because of the accents, but because of the ferocity and the weapons and general savagery. But no. British to the hilt.

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Netflixable? Dogged Danes trek on and on “Against the Ice”

Well it’s not a dog lover’s movie, that’s for sure. Tales that involve but don’t star sled dogs rarely are. “Against the Ice,” the latest Greenland project from Danish “Game of Thrones” star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, recreates a little-known piece of … Continue reading

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Next screening? Pixar’s take on puberty — “Turning Red”

What do you follow the introspective look at “identity” that was “Inside/Out” and the reflections on what makes up the “Soul” with, if you’re an intellectually ambitious animation house that’s run out of ways to say “You’ve got a friend … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: Ginger Rogers and Basil Rathbone star in Sam Wood’s “Heartbeat (1946)”

A good rule of thumb about whether or not to watch a movie from the mid-1930s on into the 1950s is to ask, “Is Basil Rathbone in it?” The vulpine baritone with the steely gaze and plummy line-readings dressed up … Continue reading

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