Daily Archives: June 22, 2023

Movie Preview: Oh Baby, Elizabeth Banks and that Galifianakis dude resurrect “The Beanie Bubble”

Sounds like Zach, but does this guy look like Mr. Galifianakis? Quite the transformation for the “Between Two Ferns/Hangover/Baskets” drawling, sarcastic lump. Ms. Banks is spot on as one of the many women screwed over and cheated by the hustling, … Continue reading

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Movie Review: God Bless “The Childe” Who Survives This

“The Childe” is a flip and darkly amusing comic thriller from Korea, a tale of an impoverished Filipino boxer who laments the fact that he’s never been able to find his Korean father. Until he does find him. It’s violent, … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Dropping in on the sword and sorcery anime “Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King”

The magical manga turned anime spectacle “Black Clover” becomes a feature film in “Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King,” an offshoot of the popular TV series that struggles through a sea of characters, contrived factions and sword and sorcery … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: Kubrick becomes Kubrick, “Paths of Glory” (1957)

Cinephiles congregate around the films of Stanley Kubrick the way history buffs are drawn to Alexander, Hitler and Napoleon. They were all-powerful control freaks who set out to remake the world in an image they saw in their own minds, … Continue reading

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