Daily Archives: February 18, 2023

Movie Review: WWI Yanks and Tommies find something Monstrous in the “Bunker”

”Bunker” is a pokey, low-heat/low-energy WWI horror movie rendered in airlessly theatrical strokes by director Adrian Langley. Some of that staginess wanders into the starchy performances of the leads. And as we start to notice this is the quietest combat … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Looking for Zombies in the Muslim World — “Possessed”

With “Possessed,” Malay-language cinema takes tenative, lurching steps into the world of the “Living Dead,” “Walking Dead” and “Evil Dead.” The zombies in this attack-on-a-remote-single-sex-college-campus tale start out zombie-walking and turn into “World War Z” sprinters by the third act. … Continue reading

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BOX OFFICE: “Ant-Man/Wasp/Quantumania” on track for $100 million weekend, $115 by President’s Day

A $17.5 million Thursday tipped us that the latest “Ant-Man and The Wasp” movie was going to have a better than fine, considerably less than overwhelming opening weekend at the box office. Fold that in to what added up to … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: Natives cling to the Old Way of Doing things — “Gods of Mexico”

Mystery hangs over the images of Natives that Helmut Dosantos captures in his debut feature doc, “Gods of Mexico.” These are ancient people doing ancient jobs in the most traditional way imaginable, and Dosantos set out to document entirely with … Continue reading

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