Daily Archives: February 13, 2023

Movie Review: A speculatively passionate take on the “Wuthering” Bronte — “Emily”

Shy, reclusive and homesick when she wasn’t at home with her father and siblings in Haworth, Yorkshire, not much was known about “Wuthering Heights” author Emily Bronte in her brief thirty years of life. And not much more is known … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Billy Bob, Robin Wright, Jackie Earle & Co. go Appalachian for “Devil’s Peak”

“Ah don’t have to remind you that her daddy thinks he is the ‘Jesus J. Edgar Christ’ of the Appalachian Mountains,” the mountaineer crime patriarch drawls in warning to his only son, who has taken up with a local prosecutor’s … Continue reading

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Next screening? “Ant Man and The Wasp” and a new word for “multiverse?” “Quantumania”

It’s coming to take over the Spring. Soon. This weekend.

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Movie Preview: Billy Bob, Robin Wright, Jackie Earle and Meth — “Devil’s Peak”

This “Winter’s Bone” tale is set in rural Jackson County, N.C., with power plays, politics, meth and bad blood tying up generations of folks given to “outlawing.” Opens Friday, streaming Feb. 24.

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Netflixable? Square Poles are tested in romance –“Squared Love All Over Again”

If ever a rom-com didn’t merit, warrant or need a sequel, it was the thin gruel that was “Squared Love,” a Polish comedy about a vapid influencer and reluctant viral sensation/schoolteacher finding love. But here we are, back to square … Continue reading

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MOVIE preview”Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”

Here’s the TV spot from the Fox football game Sunday. “Grumpy Old Indy,” villains sidekicks and stunt doubles. Looks fun, even if it strains credulity.

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Movie Preview: “The Flash”

Plainly too good to just abandon, whatever Armie Hammer impersonation Ezra Miller managed. Off camera. Ben and Keaton and Supergirl…multiverses? Multiple timelines? June 16.

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Movie Preview: “Guardians of the Galaxy 3”

Scores a few laughs, reaches for touching. Second Marvel movie in a row with a Black villain? Interesting.

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