Daily Archives: January 19, 2024

Netflixable? Britain’s Future Underclass dreams of escaping “The Kitchen”

Daniel Kaluuya, the British star of “Get Out,” “Nope” and “Judas & the Black Messiah,” steps behind the camera for “The Kitchen,” a story of underclass unrest in the face of official indifference, and one young man’s conflicted efforts to … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Armageddon on Earth means trouble in Space on the “I.S.S.”

As an apocalyptic “can’t we all get along” parable set in space, “I.S.S.” can be poignant and even pulse-pounding. But a promising lift-off, chilling set-up, dazzling production design and good effects can’t overcome a “more impressive than entertaining” label. Oscar … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: An R-rated youth football coach comedy starring Snoop — “The Underdoggs

Which seems the bigger stretch, skinny stoner MF Snoop Dogg as a former NFL “legend,” or the foul-mouthed pothead Snoop as a guy whose “community service” is coaching a peewee league football team? Watch your mouth. Kal Penn, Tika Sumpter … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Alice Eve’s novice Private Eye hunts a “Cult Killer” with the help of Her Mentor, Antonio Banderas

“Cult Killer” is a most peculiar Irish spree-killer thriller about the trauma of abuse, the monstrous sins of the super rich and some bizarre quirks of the Irish criminal justice system that one suspects are just clumsy inventions of the … Continue reading

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