Monthly Archives: May 2024

Movie Preview: “Snowbound in a murder house,” a comedy about a Lil Rel, Nina Dobrev and Jillian Bell “Reunion” Gone Wrong

This baby, which also stars Chace Crawford, Jamie Chung and Billy Magnussen, is going direct to streaming — June 28.

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Movie Review: Let’s Reboot “The Strangers: Chapter 1”

As pointless as it is pitiless, “The Strangers: Chapter 1” is one of the most cynical horror reboots in recent memory. But it’s outperforming the far more entertaining “Abigail” and far better crafted “The First Omen,” and even puts Sydney … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: Rex, Henreid & Co. romp aboard Carol Reed’s “Night Train to Munich” (1940)

It takes some getting used to the idea of Paul Henreid, icon of indomitable Europe in “Casablanca,” in a Gestapo uniform. But in “Night Train to Munich,” filmed a couple of years before “Everybody Comes to Rick’s,” he’s billed as … Continue reading

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Movie Review: An epic Korean sea battle remembered — “Noryang: Deadly Sea”

“Noryang: Deadly Sea,” is a slow-start/big finish epic about Korea’s years-long 16th century conflict with Japan, the Imjin War. Director Kim Han-min’s CGI-aided sea spectable is the third film in a trilogy about that struggle, following “The Admiral: Roaring Currents,” … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Halle Berry’s family is haunted by an evil that will “Never Let Go”

Alexandre Aja, best known for “High Tension” but who also gave us “Crawl,” directs this thriller, a horror tale set for early fall release.Creepy enough?

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Movie Preview: Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us” becomes a Blake Lively star vehicle

A trauma survivor makes her move to the big city and meets and falls for a guy, and sees patterns that mimic her parents’ relationship. This Big Emotions summer romance features Justin Baldoni, who also directs, as the main love … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A Cute Gimmick carries Rudy Mancuso’s “Musica”

A good gimmick goes a long way in a romantic comedy, because basically, there’s been nothing truly “new” in the genre since “Much Ado About Nothing.” Writer, director, actor and composer Rudy Mancuso borrowed the musical commentator on the action … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Gianni Capaldi, Weronika Rosati and Christopher Lambert, “It’s Not Over”

Capaldi plays a guy who figures out that his girlfriend “has a very PARTICULAR personality” in this thriller. Psychopath? Lambert, showing his mileage, is the father who sets out to find “what have you done to my son?” June 25

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Movie Preview: “Wicked,” the movie, the first full trailer

One of the most popular musicals of the last 25 years comes to the screen this Thanksgiving, a fairytale spun off of L. Fram Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz.” Ariana and Cynthia Erivo and Michelle Yeoh and Bowen Yang with … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: “The Guardian of the Monarchs” remembers a Murdered Nature Activist in Mexico

Maybe you’ve seen a nature program that tells the story of the long migration of the Monarch butterfly, those beautiful, delicate orange and black lepidoptera that amazingly make their way over vast distances from all over North America, from as … Continue reading

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