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Daily Archives: January 9, 2023
Movie Review: “When You Finish Saving the World,” Jesse Eisenberg would like a word
Actor turned writer-director Jesse Eisenberg‘s feature directing debut turns out to be just the sort of film you’d expect from the “Social Network/Now You See Me” star. “When You Finish Saving the World” is smart and articulate. It’s flippant. There’s … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Training” veterans to hunt humans in “The Stalking Fields”
It’s called “The Most Dangerous Game” and it is the most overused, beaten-to-death thriller plot of all. I’ve reviewed scores of these “Man…is the most DANGEROUS game” to hunt thrillers. And I’m wholly prepared to call this heartless, pulse-free corpse … Continue reading
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Movie Review: The “Other” version of “J-Horror” features in “The Offering”
What, again with the incantations, the pentagrams, the “protective circle” of ashes? Another ancient text turns to flames when you say the wrong thing? Another horned demon skittering up the walls? Oy! “The Offering” is a New York Jewish trip … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: An Epoch-defining Oscar winner — “Chariots of Fire” (1981)
The movies that matter in your life burn into the memory that first encounter with them.I saw “Chariots of Fire” at a preview in Charlotte, N.C., with local college and high school track teams in attendance, at a now long-closed … Continue reading
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