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Daily Archives: February 9, 2024
Netflixable? Quinto’s a newly-out Gay Man who figures out how to keep it “Down Low”
God help me, but I laughed a few times at “Down Low,” a glib, nasty and triumphantly transgressive comedy about a dying gay man’s off-the-bucket-list last big adventure. Zachary Quinto plays that dying gay man, whom we don’t know is … Continue reading
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Movie Review: The Stresses of an African Immigrant on Rome’s Riot Squad — “The Legionnaire”
“The Legionnaire” is a riveting topical drama “torn from today’s headlines” and set on the front lines of the global migration and housing crisis. The plot is another cop must choose between “families” dilemma — his blood relatives versus his … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Amy Winehouse, the Bio-pic that almost nobody will see — “Back to Black”
We’ve had a gloves-off documentary about the triumphant and tragically addictive life of singer Amy Winehouse. Here’s a link to my interview with “Amy” director Asif Kapadia. Now, the same folks who thought the abortion titled “Lisa Frankenstein” was a … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Finding love in high school, with a corpse –“Lisa Frankenstein”
To put it delicately, “Lisa Frankenstein,” a new high school romance about an aspiring goth poetess who falls for a long-dead teen with dash and 1830s sideburn, doesn’t play. A campy, bloody rom-com spin on a “Warm Bodies” theme, it … Continue reading
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