Daily Archives: March 11, 2022

Netflixable? An unhappy return to Taiwan for this “American Girl (Mei guo nu hai)”

Fen was all set to live out her “coming of age” in Los Angeles, a Taiwanese transplant who still speaks Mandarin when ordered to, but who has grown up with American English and American attitudes. But she quickly figures out … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Reynolds and Garner, Ruffalo and Keener time-travel and wrestle over “The Adam Project”

For his latest feat, Mr. Canadian Trade-Balancer Ryan Reynolds travels through time to trade barbs with his 12-year-old self, further extends the warranty for action comedy hack Shawn “Night at the Museum” Levy and makes Mark Ruffalo funny. Pulling those … Continue reading

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Movie Review: College kids “Exploited” and…MURDERED

Have a smirk over the irony of naming an exploitive sex, webcams and coeds killer tale “Exploited.” It’s not like it’s going to score any other points for cleverness. A feebly-plotted, meekly-acted raw dog softcore porn pic masquerading as a … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Mel Gibson teaches spies the “Agent Game”

Dermot Mulroney and Jason Isaacs are among the co-stars of this B-movie Mel special. And yes, that’s Barkhad Abdi from “Captain Philips,” along with Katie Cassidy, Annie Ilonzeh and Adan Canto, whose work I am unfamiliar with. Director Grant Johnson … Continue reading

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Movie preview: A romance on its way to Mars — “Moonshot”

HBO Max has this Lana Condor/Cole Sprouse star-crossed love affair, also starring Zach Braff, set for streaming release March 31. Not a giggle in the trailer, but it could be sweet and special effective.

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