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Daily Archives: April 5, 2024
Documentary Review: Aspiring Leaders Come of Age at a fraught moment at “Girls State”
They gather, boarded for a week at college campuses in all 50 states — smart, bright competitive teenage girls selected to participate in one of America’s oldest mock-government institutions. The young women of each state’s “Girls State” debate issues, campaign … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: The Great Prison Break Thriller from the Golden Age of Film Noir — “Brute Force” (1947)
The worst thing about keeping a cinephile’s bucket list is that you never know what you’ve been missing until you hunt for something you know you’ve missed. “Brute Force” might be the greatest prison break movie from the film noir … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Korean gangsters try the double and triple cross with a Boxer/Ex-Con — “The Wild”
I’ve watched quite a few Korean films over the years, and since cinema is an international language working with most of the same dramatic tropes, genres, conventions and plots, I’ve never had much trouble categorizing what I was watching or … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: One more pitch for that Terror in a Tutu — “Abigail”
Giancarlo Esposito…my FAVORITE, and Kathryn Newton and Dan “Downton was a LOoooong Time Ago” Stevens co-star in the bloody-minded comic thriller. The second trailer teases more of the action. The plot? All we need to know is why these nice … Continue reading
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