Daily Archives: May 24, 2023

Movie Review: Brian Cox and Sinqua Walls are Wounded Warriors “Mending the Line,” trout fishing for Closure

“Mending the Line” is a simple, sentimental story of combat veterans bonding and healing the wounds of war via fly fishing in Montana. A fine cast doesn’t turn this into any sort of existential epic, as it doesn’t transcend any … Continue reading

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Tina Turner: 1939-2023

She was a fair villainess in a “Mad Max” movie, sang an underrated James Bond theme. She was subject of a good almost great bio pic starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. Oh, and she was the headliner in the … Continue reading

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Movie Preview” “Revoir Paris” sees survivors of a mass shooting bond and heal in the bistro where it happened

Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel and Nastya Golubeva star in the latest from Alice Winocour (“Disorder,” “Proxima,” “Augustine”) film. Yes, this looks very good. June 23.

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Movie Preview: Tilda Swinton is laugh-out-loud funny in the trailer to the Immigration Fantasia, “Problemista”

Tilda co-stars as a New York art maven — maybe a bit of a “monster” — who sponsors the character played by director and star Julio Torres — as he seeks a chance to live the American Dream. Not magical … Continue reading

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Netflixable? “Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me”

The title of the new documentary, “Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me,” is almost a play on words. Anybody who remembers Smith in her time — the ’90s and early 2000s — figures “Oh, I KNOW her all right.” … Continue reading

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Next screening? “The Blackening”

The Wayans family made bank with the spoofy-goofy “Scary Movies” franchise and the “Haunted House” spoofs that bubbled up when those ran their course. Jordan Peele and “Get Out” came along and raised the bar, embracing some horror conventions but … Continue reading

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