Monthly Archives: October 2023

Next screening? “Dicks: The Musical”

Time to saddle up…or strap on. Something. Yeah, it’s like that. With Megan Mullaly and Megan Theeeeeeeeee Stallion and Nathan Lane and Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp. And Bowen Yang. Of course. It opens Friday. Is America prepared?

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Documentary Review: Traditional Animation remembered, Digital Animation’s rise documented — “Pencils vs. Pixels”

“Pencils vs. Pixels” is a brisk celebration of the hand-drawn 2D animator’s art and cursory history of its “golden ages,” the last of which ended as computer-generated imagery and digitally assisted 3D animation took over with the rise of Pixar … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: An Auschwitz Story from a Family’s Point of View — that of the Nazi Commandant — “The Zone of Interest”

A chilling take on family, home life and universal family ideals — getting ahead, “providing.” Only a monster presides over this family. Like an even darker version of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?” “The Zone of Interest” opens in … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Jeffrey Wright’s a Black Author facing a sort of reverse racism for writing “American Fiction”

If Jeffrey Wright is typecast in the movies, it’s too often as the smart, patient and effortlessly cool Black man who saves James Bond’s cookies or helps the hero figure it all out. But every now and then, he gives … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Horrified Swedes find more than “Team Building” is in Play at “The Conference”

“Satisfaction” ranks high up on the list of things a good thriller should provide, coming right after “thrills” and in the case of a horror film, hair-raising shocks and jolts. Most horror movies adhere to a formula, so if you’re … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: NBC is back in the Conan O’Brian Business? “Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain”

Yeah, he plays the father figure to three dorks searching for a treasure. But still, it’s an NBC-U-Peacock project. And he’s in it. A November 17 release on Peacock.

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Movie Preview: Eddie Murphy signs his “life away” in the holiday comedy “Candy Cane Lane”

Amazon is streaming this Deal with the Holiday Devil comedy Dec. 1.

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Documentary Review: “Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West”

Filmmaker Ashley Avis made a pretty good modern American West version of the classic children’s novel “Black Beauty” for Disney a couple of years back. One thing she figured out adapting Anna Sewell’s novel is that it’s not really a … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: “The Oath” is an epic from the Book of Mormon mythology

Darin Scott directed, co-wrote and cast himself as the pre-Joseph Smith prophet Moroni from Smith’s “Book of Mormon” in a fourth century tale of white chosen people settling Pre-Colombian America, part of Smith’s 19th century religious text and historical thesis. … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee and Jurnee fight over “The Burial”

A cast of aces, a playful turn by Jamie Foxx, Bill Camp‘s volcanic villainy and the mere presence of Tommy Lee Jones make “The Burial” a courtroom drama well worth your time. A true-ish account of a battle with everybody’s … Continue reading

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