Daily Archives: August 31, 2022

Series Review: “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”

Women drive half of the story threads of the latest version of “The Lord of the Rings,” and that’s a definite broadening of perspective for the Amazon-created origin story “The Rings of Power.” But is it enough to answer that … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Sanaa Latham and Method Man — “On the Come Up”

A poor teen wants to break free of poverty via bio hop stardom. Sept. 23 on Paramount Plus.

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Classic Film Review: Three’s a crowd — again — in Polanski’s “Cul-de-sac” (1966)

It’s entirely-too-tempting to try and psychoanalyze the Perversity of Polanski when dipping into the cinema of the Franco-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski. After all, we’re welcome to interpret his gory “Macbeth” as a reaction to the Manson Family’s murders of his … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A “True Crime” mockumentary harpooned too soon — “Killer Whales”

“Killer Whales” is “true crime” mockumentary about the making of a documentary whose aim it to find the killer of a “bad boy” artist from among the four likeliest suspects. It pokes fun at not just the genre, but the … Continue reading

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