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Daily Archives: June 30, 2023
Classic Film Review: Norman Lear fires the First Shot in the Culture Wars? “Cold Turkey” (1971)
The golden age of big screen satire began, more or less, with 1964’s “Doctor Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” peaked with “Network” (1976) and wrapped up with “Being There” and “Life of Brian” … Continue reading
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Alan Arkin, one of the Great Ones — 1934-2023
Alan Arkin, who passed away today at the grand old age of 89, was one of the great comic actors of his generation and a couple of generations that followed. He was one of my all-time favorites, and if he … Continue reading
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Netflixable? A Gay Parable in action-animated fantasy form — “Nimona”
With its same sex-coupled hero, its shapeshifting “monster” heroine at war with the “small minded,” its score adorned with “The Banana Splits Song,” a street sax player covering “Careless Whisper,” and characters testing a futuristic car sound system with a … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Cinematic Crap on a Georgia Cracker –“The In-Law Gang!”
One of the gifts or curses of reviewing films for decades is that ability to spot a fiasco in the first few frames. Some movies start off with promise and lose it. Some stumble but give you the hope that … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Pranksters watch a video and the horrors of “Baby Blue” visit them, one by one
There’s always a hint of defiance in mentioning the movie you’re most determined to steal from. It’s a dare, like “Sure, COMPARE our movie to that one.” Usually, it’s a bit misguided. “You can’t outrun the curse! Haven’t you ever … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Dune Part Two,” what a sci-fi epic should look and sound like
Getting romance in a science fiction blockbuster is a rare and precious thing. Raising the stakes, amping up the action, Chalamet maturing into the role. This looks and FEELS ike a major step up from the somewhat tedious “universe building” … Continue reading
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