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Daily Archives: December 2, 2022
Movie Review: Disney Animates “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules” — barely
Really Disney? You buy 20th Century formerly-Fox film studio for Marvel’s X-Men, “Avatar” and…remaking Jeff Kinney’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” movies on the cheap? How cheap? Look at that shot posted above. THAT cheap. Making the aesthetic choice to … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Norwegians awaken a “Troll” — and find out
Norway can always be relied on to deliver a dose of dumb fun, with cool effects, when it comes to their mythic mountain monsters — trolls. The worst thing you can say about the new Roar Uthaug (“The Wave,” “Tomb … Continue reading
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Netflixable? A New, Animated Musical — “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol”
Animation is the proper way for a kid to first experience Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Live theater performances and the “classic” film renditions — 1951 with Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, 1984’s exceptional George C. Scott TV movie Scrooge … Continue reading
Movie Review: Cannibals — A Love Story? “Bones and All”
It was never going to be a horror film for everyone. And whatever its broader appeal, a teen cannibals in love story co-starring transgression-is-my-brand Timothée Chalamet was not something I particularly wanted to see. But as a “Badlands” style outlaw … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Fathers and Mothers struggle with the issues of “The Son”
Parenting is not for the faint-hearted or the disengaged, something every generation seems to have to figure out for itself. You don’t “need a license” to do it, the old joke goes, and even that might not help. The new … Continue reading
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