Daily Archives: July 10, 2023

Movie Review: Can childhood friends reconnect with “Two Tickets to Greece?”

“Two Tickets to Greece” kicks off like too many other Grecian idylls, with a woman in need of getting her spark, zest for life, belief in love or “groove” back setting off for sunny Greece. But this variation on a … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Ridley Scott’s epic “Napoleon”

The first trailer for this sweeping saga of the rose and fall of Bonaparte features Vanessa Kirby and Ian McNeice (thought it was Rupert Everett as the Duke of Wellington, or is he George III?)…and a performance that I guess … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Newlyweds buy a “new” old house that comes with…”The Mistress”

July 28, this John Magarro/Chasten Harmon star vehicle hits. Looks pretty good, played a lot of festivals.

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Movie Review: Smug, rich playboy “The Modelizer” deserves his come-uppance

“The Modelizer” is a sex-comedy masquerading as a wish-fulfillment fantasy romance, sort of a “Crazy Rich Womanizing Asians,” and pretty much as insufferable as that sounds. Veteran supporting player Byron Mann — “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Little Fires Everywhere,” “The Big … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Growing up Caribbean-born and Hip Hop in Toronto — “Brother”

A kid grows up in a sibling’s shadow in this adaptation of a novel by  David Chariandy. Screens and streams VOD Aug. 4, and this Clement Virgo film looks pretty good, doesn’t it?

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Netflixable? French hustlers Pilfer Perfume — “Gold Brick (Cash)”

“Gold Brick” is a twisty French heist picture that leans on the “cute.” It’s a “Get even with the rich” scheme that involves pilfering perfume from France’s Chartres-centered “Cosmetics Valley” distribution chain. It’s more of a “How to” heist picture … Continue reading

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