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Monthly Archives: November 2024
Netflixable? Troubled Swedish Family has to “Let Go” to break-up
Swedish actress, screenwriter and director Josephine Bornebusch conjures up a downbeat star vehicle for herself with “Let Go,” about a dysfunctional family’s trip to support their sixteen year-old in a pole-dancing competition. Sweden, right? There’s a catatonic grandfather to visit, … Continue reading
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Tagged books, family, fiction, marriage-counseiling, sweden, travel
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Movie Preview: Reinventing the Haunted House Genre? “Presence”
The trailer is creepy enough, although the hyped quotes pushing this January release seem to be a collective over-reach. But maybe it’s all that. Certainly looks a step or two above your average weekly and ever-so-generic horror offering.
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Movie Review: A “Gump” sized Gimmick in Search of a Movie — “Here”
“Here” is such an empty cinematic experience that it summons up everything you ever hated about a Robert Zemeckis movie and the Zemeckis “style.” An Oscar winner with enduring classics scattered across his resume — “Cast Away,” “Back to the … Continue reading
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Tagged drama, film, movies, robert-zemeckis, robin-wright, tom-hanks
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Movie Review: Liam in Winter — “Absolution”
Any grace notes 70something Liam Neeson brings to his aging and about to become infirm man of action in “Absolution” are pretty much overwhelmed by cliches, loose ends and overreaches in a sloppily pieced-together screenplay. Character motivation and the hasty … Continue reading
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