Daily Archives: April 14, 2024

An Evening with John Cleese and “The Holy Grail” at the Florida Film Festival

John Cleese’s latest stop on his North American “Catch me while you still can” tour is at the Florida Film Festival, at the Enzian Theater in Maitland (North Orlando). It begins tonight at 8ish with a showing of “Monty Python … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly and Alice Braga weigh the mystery of “Dark Matter”

Getting an “Inception Lite” vibe from this May 8 thriller from Apple TV+. Guy comes out of a come with a new life in a new “world” created — he thinks — around him. Who or what is his “real” … Continue reading

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Worst “Corpsing” or “Breaking” character in “SNL” Sketch history?

Yeah, I’d say so. But to be fair, I mean, come ON. Note that the paid extras are the only ones keeping it together. And that this is merely the most busted-up sketch of the night. This is a regular … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: Schrader, George C. Scott, Calvinism and “Midwestern Values” are confronted with “Hardcore” (1979)

Some of its power to shock and repel still clings to “Hardcore,” the debut feature by “Taxi Driver” writer turned writer-director Paul Schrader. But as it travels from the conservative Rust Belt just before Reagan and the “Rust” set in, … Continue reading

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