Daily Archives: April 15, 2025

Movie Preview: Mike Flanagan and Stephen King land Tom Hiddleston, Mia Sara, Karen Gillan, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Mark Hamill for “The Life of Chuck”

Festival buzz for this June release has been pretty good. Pretty pretty pretty good. Festival Groupthink? It’s totally a thing. But we’ll see. In June.

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Movie Review: Alt Future “Daddy” tests determine who achieves Fatherhood

There’s ambition and a dollop of intellectual heft to the indie dramedy “Daddy.” Even if it misplaces characters, shortchanges its goals and fails to deliver much in the way of a satisfying conclusion, you can appreciate the attempt and the … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: A Ken Loach dip into Dickensiana — “Black Jack” (1979)

Ken Loach built his career on films of protest, depicting the oppressed of many places and many eras in their struggle against their oppressors. The Brit’s “socialist realism” was obvious from his breakthrough English working class classic “Kes,” with the … Continue reading

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