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Daily Archives: September 8, 2023
Documentary Preview: The Queen of Folk Music, “Joan Baez: I AM a Noise”
A giant who still walks, sings, protests and preaches among us gets her due. Oct. 6.
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Movie Preview: Oscar winners Jamie Lee (not really) Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones head to court for “The Burial”
Bill Camp, Pamela Reed, Alan Ruck and Jurnee Smollett star in this serio-comic courtroom “true story” about little men sticking it to The Man. Oct. 6.
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Movie Review: Time Travel on the cheap — “Relax, I’m From the Future”
There’s something about Rhys Darby’s quick, quizzical-voiced Kiwi cadences in “Relax, I’m From the Future” that remind me of the performances in the BBC Radio series (broadcast on NPR in the US) “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” I love the … Continue reading
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A Twitter “tipping point” moment for Rotten Tomatoes?
As a critic, I’ve been listed with the online movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes since the day it went “live” in 1998. Because, as every ageist troll who disagrees with a review I’ve written likes to point out, I’ve … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Armed with hostages for “A Day and a Half”
Every turn towards the bizarre and amusingly complicated gives away director and star Fares Fares‘ intentions in his “true story” hostage thriller “A Day and a Half.” He’s aiming for something like a Swedish “Dog Day Afternoon.” There’s a member … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Awkwafina is the “Quiz Lady,” of Course Will Ferrell is the Host
Sandra Oh plays the loopy sister in this dognapped farce set for Nov. 3 on Hulu. I laughed a couple of times. Got to be a good sign for the “Quiz Lady.”
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Movie Preview: A real-time thriller with kidnapper Toby Jones holding Luke Bracey’s Daughter — “Mercy Road”
“Just keep driving” that Ute, mate. Yeah, it’s Australian. Vague “crime in the Outback” vibe. Trapped in that Ute, frantically on the phone, rising threat levels, a panicked dad who “Didn’t know.” Oct. 6, we’ll know.
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Movie Review: “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3,” a lame excuse for a Working Vacation in Greece
She already got two movies and a TV series out of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” And Nia Vardalos even put a Greek travel comedy into theaters, “My Life in Ruins.” But it’s pretty obvious that the only thing Hollywood … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A Horror flop over “Nun II” soon
What a random, almost plotless debacle “The Nun II” turns out to be. Three screenwriters — one assumes (this is AI-generated bad) — took characters created by James Wan and Gary Dauberman, and sort of half-assed their way into giving … Continue reading
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