Daily Archives: April 28, 2023

Movie Review: The Chinese “Top Gun” comes to the West — “Born to Fly”

Hollywood’s idea of a “Top Gun” is a somewhat short action tyro who isn’t shy about hitting the gym, driving his motorcycle without a helmet or doing his own stunts. Some of China’s top guns, cast in “Born to Fly,” … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3” Takes a Sharper Turn Towards Serious

It’s safe to say that “Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3” is an emotional roller-coaster, a fan-friendly ride through “the feels” that puts our motley, space-traveling crew in peril and revisits old trauma as it does. If you’re the least … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Undercover, making mayhem, trafficking in cliches — “AKA”

“AKA” is a solid if generally unsurprising terrorist thriller built around a French undercover killing machine with “particular skills.” “Lost Bullet” actor turned star and screenwriter Alban Lenoir leans on genre formula tropes and thriller cliches entirely too much in … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: “The Hunger Games” return, “The Ballad of the Songbird”

New cast, Nov 17 holidays release date. They’re expecting big things. Not sure anybody asked for this, but you know the suits loved what the earlier films did for their bottom line.

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Movie Review: “Peter Pan & Wendy,” again

The hardest hurdle for any new take on Peter Pan to overcome is simply justifying its reason to exist. There have been many Peters, many Wendys and many Captain Hooks. We’ve seen the story told this way and that, from … Continue reading

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