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Daily Archives: September 7, 2022
Movie Preview: Jessica Chastain and Essie Redmayne bring a real serial killer case to the screen — The Good Nurse”
Not a flattering story to tell when nurses are in short supply and have risked their lives for the rest of us the past two years. Or am I being touchy? This stars TWO Oscar winners and looks chilling, and … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Stephen Lang plays another scary “Old Man”
That “Don’t Breathe” opened up a whole new counter of B movies for Mr. Lang, who was in “Avatar” and “Gettysburg” and other films over the course of a lkng career. Ornery old men who will kill a foo are … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: One of the Great Thinkers of Our Age is Celebrated — “We Are as Gods”
His fans and critics fill the soundtrack of the documentary, “We Are As Gods” with cogent descriptions of philosopher, “visionary,” activist and Big Idea cheerleader Stewart Brand. He is an “intellectual Johnny Appleseed of the Counter Culture,” a “P.T. Barnum” … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Sending up Agatha — “See How They Run”
Oh, it’s not as clever as it thinks it is. And truthfully, for a “romp” it only occasionally romps. But “See How They Run” is still a warm, witty and old fashioned “whodunit” and an equally old-fashioned “theater” comedy, pronounced … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: A Belgian Idyll of childhood, two besties and how “Close” they are
Thirteen and “tested” by their first year of secondary school. This Lukas Dhont drama was a Cannes hit and an A24 pick up. Coming soon.
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Today’s DVD donation? “Vive L’Amour” comes to Casselberry
I rather liked this Taiwanese take on loneliness. Ming-liang Tsai’s never been to Casselberry, a city of lakes and Big Box Stores with houses and apartments scattered within. I dare say he’d connect with the disconnection of such Florida suburbs … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Netflix is a little…OK VERY late getting into the WWI movie biz — “All Quiet on the Western Front”
This German production of the classic Erich Maria Remarque anti-war Great War novel might have been an Oscar contender a few years back. You know, when “1917,” “The Laureate” and “Journeys End” came out. There have been other versions of … Continue reading
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Next screening? That AirBnB booking that goes “Barbarian”
Opens Friday. Could be good.
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Movie Review: Caine, Foster, Goode and Sophie Lowe go “Medieval”
A few essential facts you have to know before deciding whether to watch “Medieval,” a fictionalized early 15th century account of the exploits of Czech hero Jan Žižk. The knight, rebel and celebrated general who “never lost a battle” was … Continue reading
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