Daily Archives: September 28, 2024

Movie Preview: Aisling Bea and Nick Frost take the kids on the Vacation from Hell — “Get Away”

Well, “We’ve taken holiday to a Swedish horror film” is how they put it. A little “Wicker Man,” a lot of Every Other “We’re not welcome here” thriller. With dark dark laughs. This horrific farce from beyond the sea is … Continue reading

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Series Finale: “The Grand Tour: One for the Road” lets Clarkson, Hammond and May drive, sail and rail into the Sunset

I was late but not terribly late getting around to “Top Gear,” finally bingeing on DVD screeners of the series the BBC was sending me for review about three or four years after the motoring show was rebooted around star … Continue reading

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BOX OFFICE: “Wild Robot” opens big, “Megalopolis” doesn’t, “Transformers” plunge, “My Old Ass” barely registers

I was betting that Deadline.com is lowballing, based on the hurricane-dampened “preview” night/opening day of “The Wild Robot” (right around $12 million), when their prognosticator said it’d hit $35 million on its opening weekend. Saturday, post hurricane, should have been  … Continue reading

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