Daily Archives: March 14, 2025

Movie Preview: The “official” “F1” trailer gives Javier Bardem the first and last word, lets Brad Pitt lose his shirt

June 27. Feel the hype? I’m gettin’ there.

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Movie Review: A Pop Music Fable trapped in YA Sci-Fi Land –“O’Dessa”

Generations raised on stories about this or that world/future/universe saved by “The Chosen One” deserve a musical about this post-religion/post Potter fantasy in the flesh. So here’s “O’Dessa,” a close-to-the-present-day dystopian fable about a “Seventh Son” who happens to be … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Numbing even without the violence –“Novocaine”

It begins with sentiment, introducing a character worthy of our sympathy, if not our pity. There’s an emotional tug to the scenes in which the guy with the genetic malady connects with that cute co-worker who seems to “get” him. … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A Treasure Trove of Secrets are concealed via a “Black Bag”

You don’t see men in turtlenecks anymore. They mostly turn up in spy thrillers, these days — gloomy, conspiratorial pictures with a fall, wintry or too-early spring setting, scripted to match the Cold War that passed and the chilly one … Continue reading

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