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Daily Archives: July 7, 2022
Movie Review: There’s no escaping the world, even in “Costa Brava, Lebanon”
A father tries to check himself and his family out of a civilization he sees as hopelessly corrupt and doomed in “Costa Brava, Lebanon,” a parable of parenting and pollution set in Lebanon “in a near future.” Co-writer/director Mounia Aki … Continue reading
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James Caan: 1940-2022
James Caan, Vito Corleone’s toughest son and Buddy the Elf’s soft touch dad, has died. An old school hardcase who worked pretty much right to the end, he was 82. “Thief,” “Gardens of Stone,” “The Godfather,” he walked away from … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Tech Titan gathers his family for a getaway far from “Neon Lights” in this thriller
If you see veteran screen heavy Kim Coates in a velour dinner jacket in a thriller, you can’t go far wrong figuring “Well, he’s playing the Devil.” Wherever his career’s taken him — “Waterworld,” “Black Hawk Down, “Sons of Anarchy” … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Hypochondriac,” a “Maybe I’m sick” horror thriller
Is it “real,” or is it all in our hero’s head? Interestingly, our hero is a young gay potter with a boyfriend and a dark, violent past, troubled family history, the works. July 29 in a few theaters, streaming Aug. … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “The Enormity of Life” weighs down this lightweight “dark” comedy
A dark comedy about mental illness and its collateral damage, “The Enormity of Life” never really manages a laugh and rarely even crawls out from under its own dispiriting shadow. And then it gets to one of its many points. … Continue reading
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