Daily Archives: November 30, 2023

Movie Review: Hot young Turks and a fantasy marriage? “In Your Dreams”

“In Your Dreams” is a shiny but drab Turkish romantic fantasy about two people who “dream” they wake up married, have a child and lives together, and spend much of their time together trying to figure out how this mystery … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Rita Moreno flings Jennifer Garner and Ed Helms into a “Family Switch”

Simmer down, now. This derivative, dumb and ditzy body switch comedy that ups the “Freaky Friday,” “13 Going on 30” and “18 Again” ante by serving up a whole “Family Switch” is harmless. No, it’s not the least bit original. … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Homeless, parentless siblings remember “How I Learned to Fly”

In light of the mockery of “Black Trauma Porn” in “American Fiction,” it’s hard to see the Simon Steuri drama “How I Learned to Fly” as anything but that. A downbeat story of two parentless, soon-to-be homeless siblings struggling to … Continue reading

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Book Review: Memoir of a Movie (TV mostly) Mensch, “Being Henry: The Fonz…and Beyond”

Multiple generations celebrated Henry Winkler’s late life Emmy Award for his performance as a bad actor turned bad acting teacher in Bill Hader’s hitman dramedy “Barry” on HBO. The guy had been a short, strutting TV icon in the ’70s, … Continue reading

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