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Monthly Archives: December 2024
Movie Preview: A comedy about an attempted insurance claim killing — “Trigger Happy”
Not a name in the cast — Elsha Kim, Tyler Poelle, Zak Steiner et al. But the tone seems…relatable. Jan. 14.
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Movie Review: Krap on a kracker? “Kraven the Hunter”
Aaron Taylor-Johnson gets gym-jacked one more time, Russell Crowe auditions for a future Ernest Hemingway at his burliest bio-pic and Alessadro Nivolla trots out the silliest supervillain voice since John Malkovich in “Rounders” for “Kraven the Hunter,” a misguided mess … Continue reading
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Netflixable? A TSA agent is blackmailed into letting somebody’s “Carry-On” slide by
The “talking villain” is played by Jason Bateman. So as you might guess, he damned near talks us all to death. The scenario is within the realm of possibilities, but juiced and dragged-out with so many eye-rolling “Hollywood” twists that … Continue reading
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Tagged action, jason-bateman, movie-review, neeson, netflix, taron-egerton, thriller, tsa
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BOX OFFICE: “Wicked” wins week, “Moana 2” owns another weekend, “Kraven” “worst Marvel opening,” anime “Lord of the Rings” bombs
A new superhero movie from the broader “Spider-Man” universe is not luring in a lot of fans on its opening weekend. And the filmed and TV’d to death “Lord of the Rings” has gone about as far as Warner Bros/New … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, box-office, film, kraven, lord-of-the-rings, moana, movies, rohirrim
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Movie Preview: The offspring of killer Dermot Mulroney frets over “Like Father Like Son” warnings
Dylan Flashner stars in this Jan 31 release, the son of a murderer on death row (Mulroney). Ariel Winter, Vivica A. Fox and Mayim Bialik (as a therapist) also star.
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Movie Preview: Christoph Waltz is the “Old Guy” clinging to a career he’s aged out of — Hit Man
Yes, another hit-man/hired-killer/”trigger-man” action comedy, this one with the Oscar winning Waltz as an AARP assassin. “We’re going younger, across the board” is something no legitimate employer could get away with “announcing” in this day and age. Lucy Liu and … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Jolie as Callas, “Maria,” a Diva at Death’s Door
“Maria” is an operatic bio-pic in every sense of the word. In director Pablo Larraín’s vision of “La Callas,” the diva’s diva Maria Callas, there is tragedy off-stage but serenity in the spotlight, an artist wholly prepared and fully immersed … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: After Society’s Collapse, a better-late-than-never sequel — “28 Years Later”
Cillian Murphy returns to the role that made his name, Danny Boyle returns to the “universe” that made him big box office. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes do the heavy lifting. Are we far enough removed from “The … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: An anti-war parable that became a landmark of Japanese cinema — “Ugetsu” (1953)
“The value of people and objects truly depends on their setting,” the potter Genjurô tells a noblewoman and patron at one point in the classic film “Ugetsu,” a Medieval fantasy based on the “Rain-Moon Tales” of 18th century writer Ueda … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema, classic-film-review, drama, film, japan, rashomon, ugetsu
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Movie Preview: Jack Quaid feels no pain in “Novocaine”
A superhero action comedy guaranteed to make you wince. A little. “Novocaine” opens in March, when we find out if Jack Quaid is about to become “a thing.”
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