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Daily Archives: March 22, 2023
Movie Review: “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”
I don’t know about you, but “jaunty” can cover a lot of sins and do a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to movies based on flimsy, or should we say “less traditional” narratives — games, for instance. “Dungeons … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Seth Green goes Sensitive in “Changeland”
Comic actor, TV director and “Robot Chicken” co-creator Seth Green’s feature writing and directing debut ventures into Zach Braff “sensitive” territory, and never quite comes off. “Changeland” is a mashup of Thai travelogue, morose man on a soul-searching quest and … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: An IFC drama from Romanian Cristian Mungiu, “R.M.N.”
The current king of understated Big Theme dramas, “Beyond the Hills” “Four Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” were his. This is now scheduled for April 28.
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Netflixable? Take a long drag on this Hong Kong Noir — “Hand Rolled Cigarette”
For years, the gold standard for savage physical beat-downs depicted on screen was Chan-wook Park’s “Oldboy,” whose most visceral scene is a long-held-hostage “hero’s” furious claw-hammer takedown of an entire gang standing between him and his enraged revenge upon his … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “The School of Magical Animals,” Hogwarts-lite from Germany
The stakes that characters are struggling for in a story matter, even in kid’s literature. And you can’t wholly appreciate what the children and adults are battling over in J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world until you read or see a knockoff … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Universal’s answer to “The Little Mermaid?” The animated “Ruby Gillman: Teen Kraken”
Mermaids are Mean Girls, evil, the krakens are the real cool undersea kids. Got it? June.
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