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Daily Archives: August 5, 2023
Netflixable? A Reasonably Good Re-imagining of “River Wild”
Skip past the odd lapses in logic and boil down the new “version” the of river-rafting-with-a-murderer plot titled “River Wild” to its basics. It’s a thriller. Does it provide thrills? Does it serve up a surprise or two? Does it … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Mickey Hardaway,” a sensitive, static indie that plays a like still-life
“Mickey Hardaway” is a well-intentioned, slow-moving indie drama about a sensitive young man’s hard upbringing and the consequences of all the blows he’s taken along life’s way. It’s your standard-issue “film festival movie” — indie, an unknown cast shot mostly … Continue reading
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Movie Review: GIs endure “3 Days in Malay” in the Guadalcanal Campaign
Veteran character actor Louis Mandylor and a bunch of similarly-seasoned friends took off for Thailand to play at war in “3 Days in Malay,” an almost comically ahistorical, geographically-and-everything else inept version of the epic Guadalcanal Campaign. A hellish struggle … Continue reading
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