Daily Archives: October 24, 2024

Movie Review: Switzerland’s Oscar contender has a Peruvian flavor — “Reinas”

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences changed its “Best Foreign Language Film” category at the Oscars to “Best International Feature,” it was designed to make the Academy Awards seem less Hollywood-centric, less like “English” was the official … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A Child’s turn as Robinson Crusoe in “Kensuke’s Kingdom”

“Kensuke’s Kingdom” is a simply but attractively animated film based on a Michael Morpurgo novel. The novel, in turn, is based on the classic tale “Robinson Crusoe,” here modernized to place a shipwrecked boy and his dog in tropical paradise, … Continue reading

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