Daily Archives: April 17, 2025

Man, is “Sneaks” trippy, or what?

A kiddie comedy about that special pair of sneakers who carry a young baller’s dream, separated by “The Collector,” with one Sneaker seeking his mate… You’d expect to hear the voice of Martin Lawrence in it, but Anthony Mackie and … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: “Wicked: For Good,” aka “Wicked 2”

Had the mood of of the audience and indeed the country changed since “Wicked One” opened last fall? Whatever cheery optimism the overproduced blockbuster engendered is going to find a steeper hill to climb when this “Wicked” this way comes … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Cobie Smulders and Ben Foster live on a “Sharp Corner”

Foster plays a man obsessed with saving drivers from themselves as they try to take the intersection where he lives at dangerous speeds. Smulders is the wife trapped in this obsession. This thriller drops April 23.

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Movie Preview: An action pic from “Last Samurai” era Japan — “11 Rebels”

The end of feudalism, the rise of imperialism and 11 convicts stand guard over a frontier fort, facing modernized infantry and artillery. It’s “Seven Samurai” with 11 “bandits,” a touch of “47 Ronin” and “The Last Samurai” inspired by a … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Slow and stumbling “Squad 36” takes its sweet time getting to all the Cop Picture Cliches

“Squad 36” is a ponderous Parisian police procedural that never seems to get out of its own way. Staggering from cliche to contrivance, there’s little doubt what climax the stock characters who inhabit it are headed to, and that there’ll … Continue reading

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