Daily Archives: January 21, 2024

Classic Film Review: A Caper Comedy that Can’t Quite Find “Cool” — “Duffy” (1968)

Watching any mainstream Hollywood film of the mid-to-late ’60s is like wading into The Land of the Lost. A half century after the annointing of that corner of the Left Coast as the cinema’s capital and global arbiter of “cool,” … Continue reading

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Netflixable? MMA fighter has “60 Minutes” to get across Berlin…or else

The new German thriller “Sixty Minutes” lives or dies on the back of its brutal, sometimes bloody brawls, which push mixed martial arts mayhem in the movies to a new level. The beatdowns, punchups and kickdowns are savagely-staged and breathlessly-photographed … Continue reading

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BOX OFFICE: “Mean Girls” still rule, “Beekeeper” stings again, “I.S.S.” Crashes on Liftoff

A dead weekend for new releases, mostly gassed out existing titles and really cold weather in a lot of the country made this corner of January a non starter at the cinema. “Mean Girls” is adding another $11 million and … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Daisy Ridley goes American and lovelorn — “Sometimes I Think About Dying”

Ms. Ridley co-stars with Dave Merheje in this Rachel Lambert dramedy (?), whose biggest selling point is that Oscilloscope Labs has it. And we never go far wrong with their releases. Jan. 26.

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Movie Review: “Trunk: Locked In” and she’s desperate to get out

“Trunk: Locked-in” is a tense and paranoid “work the problem” thriller about a woman struggling to get out of the Audi trunk she’s been drugged and stuffed into, desperately reaching out via cell phone for help from family, the authorities … Continue reading

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