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Monthly Archives: May 2022
Netflixable? Mexican Teens Text Their Way to Love — “Anonymously Yours (Anónima)”
Here’s all you need to know about this ever-so-slight teen romance from Mexico, “Anonymously Yours.” It’s all about how two kids meet by mistake via texts, and decide to keep their “relationship” secret — “No personal information, no pictures, no … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Will “The Policeman’s Lineage” help him tell Dirty Korean Cops from Clean Ones?
Forget the cop-out of an anti-climax that the makers of “The Policeman’s Lineage” insisted upon, and you’ve got a decent thriller built around the struggle for a young Korean cop’s soul. Director Lee Kyu-maan and screenwriter Bae Young-Ik set up … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Top Gun: Maverick” climbs to a $150 million opening weekend
Tom Cruise’s biggest opening weekend ever proves that there was pent up demand for that “Top Gun” sequel, no matter how much time has passed or how middling the first movie was. Tuesday and Thursday previews rolled into Friday has … Continue reading
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Netflixable? A campy Indian Bloodbath with Cute Dance numbers — “Beast”
“Beast” is an awkward blend of camp, over-the-top action picture and even campier over-produced production numbers featuring gorgeous stars of the Indian cinema and a sea of sexily-choreographed Indian extras. Two and a half hours of slaughter, song and dance? … Continue reading
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Documentary Preview: A teasing taste of Bowie — “Moonage Dream”
Wondrous.
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Movie Review: “Cordelia,” is she mad?
“Cordelia” is about a London actress of that name rehearsing King Lear’s youngest daughter, his favorite, in Shakespeare’s play. There’s something about Cordelia — the actress, not the Bard’s “banished” for most of “King Lear” character — that seems a … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A Crazed, Stop-Motion Animated Vision of a “Mad God”
Oscar-winning effects and stop-motion animation master Phil Tippett helped get “Star Wars” off the ground and won an Oscar for bringing dinosaurs back to life in “Jurassic Park.” But for 30 years, in between “Robocop” sequels and installments in the … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Iran’s a living nightmare for “A Man of Integrity”
Reza Akhlaghirad wears a sullen scowl — first scene to last — in Mohammad Rasoulof’s bitter, biting indictment of life in corrupt, theocratic Iran, “A Man of Integrity.” His character, Reza, is tested again and again, a surly and stubborn … Continue reading
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Series Preview: “Willow,” Because Disney is squeezing every last drop out of purchased intellectual property
Impressive looking, beautifully scored and cut in ways that touch the heart…and make you forget the black mark against Ron Howard’s track record that “Willow” once was. Nice to see Warwick Davis get another turn in his only real star … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: Remembering when Tiffany Haddish and others were young, funny and homeless in LA — “Comedy Confessions”
We all remember hearing Tiffany Haddish talk about her hard life on her way to the big time. The daughter of a broken home, with an absent Ethiopian Jewish dad and schizophrenic mother, Haddish was homeless for stretches as she … Continue reading
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