Daily Archives: March 9, 2023

Movie Preview: Jennifer Lawrence does what a gal needs to do to save the house — “No Hard Feelings”

Dopey, transgressive, off-the-wall? Check out Matthew Broderick’s haircut. J-Law leans into…something for this June 23 farce about “helicopter parents” trying to transaction a woman into spending time with their “undatable” 19 year old dork of a son. A few chuckles … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Muddled Marlowe noir from Turkey — “10 Days of a Good Man”

You’d think a guy this obsessed with private eye Philip Marlowe, particularly Elliott Gould’s interpretation of the gumshoe in Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye,” could figure things out a lot sooner than “10 Days.” But that’s the length of time … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Garrett Hedlund is “The Tutor” worth “$2500 a day”

Victoria Justice co-stars, with Noah Schnapp from “Stranger Things” as the seriously creepy rich kid whose education merits a head-snapping day-rate for tutoring. But he makes sure it isn’t worth it. March 24

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Movie Review: A Chinese Inmate Remembers why he’s in Prison — “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”

Spare, dark and gritty to a degree rare in Chinese cinema, “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” is a thoroughly engrossing film noir about guilt and a resolve to somehow make things right. Eddie Peng of “The Great Wall” and “Love after … Continue reading

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Documentary Preview: Of Course Werner Herzog turns up in “The Arc of Oblivion”

No, our most inscrutable, cerebral documentary, feature films director and occasional movie bad guy Herzog didn’t direct this. The chap who made “The Search for General Tso,” a Chinese cuisine and restaurant doc did. But a movie about preserving proof … Continue reading

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