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Monthly Archives: September 2023
Movie Preview: The Return of John Woo in the Age of John Wick — “Silent Night”
The action auteur returns to theaters Dec. 1. Let the mayhem begin.
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BOX OFFICE: “Paw Patrol 2” by a nose, “Saw X” cashing in, “Creator” creeps in third
I didn’t bother catching the formerly straight to streaming “Paw Patrol” sequel when it previewed last weekend. But here it is, dominating Friday and looking like a BO winner, heading to a $22 million+ opening weekend, per deadline.com. Not great … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Wes Anderson meets Roald Dahl — “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”
It’s a match made in movie heaven, or so one would think. Apply the twee stylings of America’s most precious and airlessly droll filmmaker, Wes Anderson, to the darkly comic fiction of Britain’s frightener of children, Roald Dahl. “The Wonderful … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Life and Love coaching, like “Fingernails” dragging across…
An “institute” that’s developed a “test to make the bond of love grow stronger.” Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White and Luke Wilson star in this Oct. 27 release, coming to Apple TV+ shortly thereafter. Love that cast.
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Netflixable? Truck racer turns truck hijacker in “Overhaul”
Some entertaining truck stunts are the chief recommendation of “Overhaul,” a big rig racing, big-rig hijacking thriller from Brazil. This “Around the World With Netflix” outing is a “Fast and Furious” knock-off with dull characters, generic situations and little that … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: A New Animated Fairytale from Disney “Wish”
How does this Nov. 22 Mouse House offering sound to you, look to you? “Bland beyond belief” was my first take on it, seeing this trailer in front of “The Creator” last night. “Cutesy” Happy Meal toy characters. Generic story … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “The Creator” makes fear of AI a Vietnam War Analogy
The timing could not be more perfect for a thriller flipping the current AI debate on its head, an updating of everything “Blade Runner,””A.I.” and “The Terminator” wrestled with in action epic form. “The Creator” is derivative, but inventively so, … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Argylle” is back in Style in Feb.
Matthew Vaughn’s latest is a “Kingsman” styled spy good/spoof with Bryce Dallas Howard as a novelist whose latest hits assorted spies and spy agencies where they live. Sam Rockwell and Samuel L., Catherine O’Hara and Bryan Cranston and Henry Cavill, … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Profiled, “crowd-sourced” and “Accused” of a Crime he didn’t Commit
As thrillers go, “Accused” is simplicity itself. It’s just a guy, hunted, identified, harassed, threatened and tracked-down online, trapped in his parents’ house, waiting to be doxed, swatted or worse. The clever touches in the script to this new British … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: A Tease for a Trailer? Matthew Vaughan’s all-star “Argylle”
The full trailer to this “world’s greatest spy” thriller drops tomorrow. Why all the fuss? Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Samuel L., a digital cat, with Dua Lipa, Henry Cavill, Sofia Boutella, CAtherine O’Hara, Rob Delaney and many others. But … Continue reading
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