Daily Archives: November 27, 2023

Netflixable? The Best Action/Rom-Com in Ages is French and violently hilarious — “All Time High (Nouveaux riches)”

Silly me, I kept thinking about David Fincher’s dry and somewhat overpraised hitman film “The Killer” during sequences of the French comic thriller “Nouveaux riches,” retitled “All-Time High” and dubbed — if you prefer — for English speaking consumption. The … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Luke Bracey’s a Frantic Father seeking his Missing Daughter and Redemption on “Mercy Road”

The first thing that leaps out at you from “Mercy Road” is the loud, insistent string-heavy “thriller” music, a score that’s reminiscent of “Psycho” in its aural urgency. It’s not an over-the-top miscalculation, as it was scored by its director … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Norwegian kids scheme to have “Teddy’s Christmas”

“Teddy’s Christmas” is a holiday fantasy for children that’s long on charm and light — to the point of “slight” — in entertainment value. It’s a Norwegian film (“Teddybjørnens jul”) dubbed for the English-speaking market, and now featuring the voice … Continue reading

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