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Daily Archives: March 25, 2024
Netflixable? Of course an Indian “Top Gun” includes a little song and dance — “Fighter”
Film critics are like baseball umpires. Right and wrong are relative, so “consistency” is what matters. If I panned the original “Top Gun,” kicked its sequel “Maverick” and torched the Chinese knockoff “Born to Fly,” it’s not as if I’m … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: Remembering “Max Patkin: The Clown Prince of Baseball”
Max Patkin had been “The Clown Prince of Baseball” for 40 years before “Bull Durham” came along and preserved his act for all time. Writer-director Ron Shelton, a former minor league infielder, remembers basically building his Kevin Costner/Susan Sarandon/Tim Robbins … Continue reading
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Movie Review: An Iranian Mom struggles to free herself and her daughter from an abusive marriage and oppressive patriarchy — “Shayda”
A wary unease hangs over “Shayda,” the debut feature film of Iranian-born filmmaker Noora Niasari. In simplest terms, it’s a domestic melodrama, a story of a custody fight against the Islamic patriarchy of fundamentalist Iran. But what the viewer absorbs … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Harold and the Purple Crayon”
The Crockett Johnson novel makes the journey to the big screen with Zachary Levi in the title role, Zooey Deschanel, Lil Rel Howery, Jemaine Clement and Alfred Molina. The kid-simple gimmick is that anything Harold draws can come to life. … Continue reading
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