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Daily Archives: February 13, 2025
Next screening? “Paddington?” In “Peru?”
These movies have been adorable entertainment for small kids. Let’s see if that “They always make one sequel too many” rule applies. “Almost,” is the verdict. My review here.
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Documentary Review: An Oscar nominated jazz memoir of Cold War Colonialism and Civil Rights — “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” in Congo
Johan Grimonprez’s “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” swirls by — a sea of famous and infamous faces, a parade of voices and a catalog of unpleasant history served up on a bed of bebop, cool jazz and free jazz. The … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, congo, documentary, history, johan-grimonprez, oscar-nominee
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Movie Review: Remembering the Events of “September 5” from the TV Control Room that Covered Them
“September 5” is a tense and fascinating deep dive into an infamous moment in world history and TV the way it used to be made, back in the olden days of analog, “coming to you live” and “film at 11.” … Continue reading
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Tagged abc-sports, israel-genocide, john-magaro, leonie-benesch, olympics, peter-sarsgaard, september-5, tim-fehlbaum
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Movie Review: Stephen King commits (Amusing-ish) Murder via a Wind-Up Toy — “The Monkey”
The blood and guts of “The Monkey” is played for laughs in Osgood Perkins’ film of Stephen King’s monstrous wind-up toy thriller. It’s a heavy-handed, staggering splatter comedy with random laughs mixed with random slaughter, all of it cast and … Continue reading
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Tagged film, horror, movies, osgood-perkins, the-monkey
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Next screening? Let’s do “The Monkey,” kids!
Lot of horror titles loaded into the beginning of the year. Most have been busts, or under performers. But hope and deadly toy monkeys spring eternal, right? The film version of Stephen King’s story has Theo James, Elijah Wood and … Continue reading
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