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Daily Archives: April 6, 2024
Classic (Cult) Film Review: “A ‘Repo Man’ spends his life getting into tense situations.” (1984)
Movies that look as if the cast had too much fun making them are often cursed. But “Repo Man,” a cult sci-fi comedy from 1984, has long been the exception to that rule. Loopy to the point of gonzo, scruffy … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Julianne Nicholson stars in A24’s “Janet Planet”
A Mother-Child coming-of-age drama about coming of age depressed, and a mother led out of depression by, perhaps, her little girl? It’s a period piece set in 1991 and therefor a “personal” tale by actress, turned writer and now first-time … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: How is “Godzilla/Kong” Beating “Monkey Man?” “Omen” chills
You’d think Dev Patel’s Indian outing as a Subcontinental “John Wick” would be the fanboy film of the month, with epic action, bloody brawls and a wicked, droll humor levening it’s almost non stop beat downs. Good reviews, great word … Continue reading
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Netflixable? The BBC scores its “Scoop” in landing their “exclusive” interview with Prince “Randy Andy”
I’m not sure of the reaction “across the pond” to the journalism-in-action drama “Scoop,” an account of how the BBC landed its monarchy-rocking intervew that proved the utter undoing of then-Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. On this side of … Continue reading
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