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Daily Archives: August 13, 2023
Movie Review: Horror with lots of “Cheapnis” — “Storage Locker”
Very bad and interminably long, “Storage Locker” brings together a perfect storm of terrible script, inept acting and cheese-puff (as opposed to the more expensive “cheese ball”) effects. It’s about a nerdy comic book collector (Avery Mayo) who gets mixed … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Love and Betrayal in the Indonesian Civil War — “Before, Now & Then”
This Silver Bear winner from the Berlin Film Fest takes us back to 1960s Indonesia for a sultry tale of infidelity and the secrets women keep from each other and their men. A lot more Indonesian cinema is making its … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Laughton is Maigret, in pursuit of “The Man on the Eiffel Tower”(1949)
For a “lost” film and legendary “problem” production, “The Man on the Eiffel Tower” (1949) certainly offers up a lot of delights for a cinephile. If you’re looking for the film that convinced the great Charles Laughton that he should … Continue reading
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