Daily Archives: February 1, 2023

Movie Review: Loner photographer connects with the Japanese “Woman in the Photographs”

He’s a loner, a photographer who runs the photo studio he inherited from his father, a man who almost never speaks, especially to women. His hobby is photographing insects in the parks of this corner of Japan. He even keeps … Continue reading

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“Fast and Furious Legacy” trailer reminds us of the story up to now

Paul and Vin and Michelle et al, back in the blush of youth, when they were all living and this decades old franchise was fresh. “Fast X” is coming, and its own trailer is in the works.

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Movie Review: “Ocean Boy” (“Bosch & Rockit”) comes of age amid Big Waves and family dysfunction

A kid who longs to grow up to be a pro surfer rides waves and surfs through the shoals of a seriously dysfunctional home life in “Ocean Boy,” which was titled “Bosch & Rockit” in Australia, where this “true story” … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Skarsgård watches himself go down in the “Infinity Pool”

“Infinity Pool” is a violent, hallucinatory thriller that puts the viewer, like its protagonist, in a pretty ugly head space. It’s unpleasant, gory and occasionally troubling, so of course Mia Goth co-stars in it. That’s become her brand. It wallows … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Dave Bautista tries not to scare the kid with his “Knock at the Cabin”

What does M. Night Shyamalan’s adaptation “Knock at the Cabin” have in common with “Old,” “Lady in the Water” and “The Happening?” It’s glib, gloomy, and in the end, kind of pointless. Even its “apocalyptic” edge seems played, a road … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Chinese espionage during world War II , “Hidden Blade”

A secret network of “ordinary people” fights the Japanese. Because heaven knows the Nationalists and the Communists weren’t having much of a go of that. The trailer to this Feb. 17 release doesn’t give us anything but the cast — … Continue reading

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