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Daily Archives: April 21, 2022
Movie Preview: Emma Thompson Hires a Hooker — “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”
An unconventional sex comedy about a newly widowed woman who hires a sex worker, and their love or lust connection. June 17, Emma T. reminds Kenneth B. what he misses.
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Movie Review: Pinot Noir meets Film Noir in “Brut Force”
Don’t let the bad pun in the title scare you off the wine country mystery “Brut Force.” Writer-director Eve Symington’s debut feature is a solid, engrossing film noir set in California’s pinot noir terroir. It’s the sort of smart, simply-shot, … Continue reading
Documentary Review: DisneyNature visits the “changing world” of a “Polar Bear”
There’s an optimism in every DisneyNature release, each timed to fall on Earth Day. No matter how embattled, threatened or tested nature is by a human race unwilling to switch off their SUV engine while we sit watching cat videos … Continue reading
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Documentary Review — A Groundbreaking female band is celebrated in “Fanny: The Right to Rock”
They were the first all-female rock band to put out an album on a major label, a fixture on concert tours, opening for Deep Purple, Jethro Tull and others, and a “novelty act” mainstay of TV musical variety shows of … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Christina Ricci is a single mom facing something “Monstrous”
A period piece for Christina R, this one opens in early May.
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Netflixable? A hostage and The Mob face “The Turning Point (La svolta)” in this Italian dramedy
A mobster on the lam turns life coach for an introverted Italian comic book nerd in “The Turning Point (La svolta),” an Italian mob dramedy with a hard, bloody edge. Riccardo Antonaroli’s film, based on a Roberto Cimpanelli/Gabriele Scarfone script, … Continue reading
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