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Monthly Archives: February 2025
Movie Preview: Manic Pixie…Robber Homeless Girl? Luc Besson’s “June & John”
Action auteur Luc likes his thrillers sexy, and that’s what he hopes to accomplish by pairing Matilda Price and Luke Stanton Eddy in an LA “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” thriller of the “Something Wild” vein. No laughs. No “stars.” Action. … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Herzog’s “Cannes Darling” “Woyzek” (1979)
The great German director Werner Herzog and his muse, Klaus Kinski, marched through three films together in their peak years, 1978-82. “Nosferatu the Vampyr” was a hit, and “Fitzcarraldo” was a career-defining epic for both director and star, an ordeal … Continue reading
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Netflixable? The Hallmarkish charms of “La Dolce Villa”
You have to get past the sneaky feeling that the rom-com “La Dolce Villa” wasn’t just conceived and rigidly scripted according to “Hallmark” formula, but by some new AI that the greeting card company rents out to production companies. Find … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, italy, lifestyle, movie-reviews, netflix-movie, travel
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Movie Review: A Young Hitman is tested by “Old Guy” Christoph Waltz, his Mentor
Hitman thrillers long ago ran out of anything new to do with the genre, lapsing into glib sometime after “La Femme Nikita” back in the ’90s. Nowadays, “glib” isn’t enough. If you’re not aiming for “flippant” like 1974’s “Thunderbolt and … Continue reading
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Series Review: A Canadian Comic Moves to a Farm — “Tom Green Country”
The Canadian cut-up Tom Green was always an acquired taste. He showed up on the Canadian comedy scene post-“Second City,” a young self-promoting prankster who got “The Tom Green Show” on fringe Canadian TV and then MTV, making a name … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: A “Braveheart” take on “William Tell”
Connor Swindells, Jonathan Pryce and Sir Ben Kingsley star in this Swiss Myth Movie, which Samuel Goldwyn picked up for distribution in North America.
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Movie Preview: Thanks to Evil Eric Roberts, we’re gonna LOSE “The Comic Shop!”
A bit squishy and sentimental for Quiver Distribution to pick up. Jesse Metcalf stars, with Tristan Mays, Micah Gionvanni and Aging like fine but Evil wine Eric Roberts. April 11, here we go.
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BOX OFFICE: “Captain America” races…off a cliff, “Monkey” shines, “Unbreakable Boy” stumbles
Deadline.com and others have been predicting an almost healthy second weekend for “Captain America: Brave New World.” And “awareness” was so high on Neon’s hyped-to-high-heavens horror tale from Stephen King, “The Monkey,” that “the sky’s the limit” predictions rattled out … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Michael Shannon Directs Judy Greer, Alexander Skarsgård, Tracy Letts and Alison Pill — “Eric Larue”
Greer plays the mother of a teen who killed people in this drama scripted by Brett Neveau and directed by the formidable Mr. Shannon. Looks like a Greer showcase, with a supporting cast a lot more worthy of her status … Continue reading
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Movie Review: There’s Always a way Out of a Jam when you’re “Trigger Happy”
“Trigger Happy” is a bloody-minded dark comedy that at least managed to get the “dark” right. A stumbling misfire of a satire packed with repellent characters and rarely creative means of murder, it misses on most every level that matters. … Continue reading
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