Daily Archives: November 24, 2023

BOX OFFICE: “Hunger Games” devours “Napoleon,” edges Disney’s “Wish”

It’s looking like a HUGE Thanksgiving week-weekend at the box office, thanks to the fact that not one but THREE blockbusters targeting three different audiences are now in theaters. Funny how that works. You don’t have to run away from … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Billy Porter and Luke Evans play a divorcing couple fighting for custody of “Our Son”

Phylicia Rashad also stars in this dramedy, which Vertical landed (typically the distribute pictures larger studios have passed on) and which opens Dec. 8, streams Dec. 15. Not a lot of pop or laughs or heart in this trailer. A … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Eddie Murphy hopes to holiday decorate his way to King of “Candy Cane Lane”

What Eddie Murphy has become, presented here without comment. Ahem. Dec. 1, Amazon Prime Video.

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Netflixable? Adam Sandler’s “Boo-freakin’ Hoo” parenting advice, as dispensed by “Leo” the Lizard

Adam Sandler voices an aged lizard who wants to escape to the Everglades but finds himself dispensing life advice to fifth graders in the classroom where he’s one of the resident pet reptiles in “Leo,” an animated comedy that’s passably … Continue reading

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