Daily Archives: May 8, 2024

Next screening? “Kingdom of the Rise of the Escape from Beneath the Planet of the Apes”

An AMC multiplex in Durham, N.C., close enough to shout “Dook SUX” to the children of entitlement  who attend. I’ve been going to these movies based on the Pierre Boulle parable since Roddy McDowell and Jim Hunter mastered the prosthetic … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Costner’s Last Epic Western — “Horizon: An American Saga, Part 1”

Sienna Miller, Danny Huston, Giovani Ribisi, Sam Worthington, Luke Wilson, Michael Rooker, JEna Malone, Abbey Lee, Isabelle Furhman, Owen Crow She, Will Patton and Tatanka Means join Costner in his take on “How the West was Won.” Looks a tad … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Higher tech, younger cast, “Twisters” to be chased — a new trailer

This one’s all country music and “try that in a small town” vs. “city girl” and “yer fancy tech” “You don’t face your fears, you ride’em” swagger. Yeah, they rednecked up and dumbed “Twister” down for “Twisters.” Oklahoma “never had … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Another “Furiosa” trailer

Oh yeah. That’s the ticket.

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Movie Preview: Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone’s Native American “amber alert” star vehicle — “Fancy Dance”

Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”) plays a hustler whose sister goes missing, even though she’d be the last one “to miss a pow-wow.” The Feds and the State keep kicking the case back and forth. Shea Whigham plays the … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Broke? Gambling debts? Be careful “What You Wish For,” Chef

One hesitates to label the latest thriller from Nicholas Tomnay (“The Perfect Host”) “yummy” or “delicious.” Sure, it’s a culinary tale on the order of “The Menu.” But this most certainly isn’t “The Bear.” “What You Wish” is a thriller … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: Corman and Bronson and a Cowardly Gun Fetishist — “Machine Gun Kelly” (1958)

Historically, “Machine Gun Kelly” is about as accurate as the proverbial “two dollar watch.” The movie about the infamous 1930s Memphis gangster was shot on the cheap in Southern California, with nothing that looks like Tennessee, not a trace of … Continue reading

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