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Monthly Archives: May 2025
BOX OFFICE: “Lilo” and “Mission: Impossible” punch out “Karate Kid”
Remakes, reboots and sequels are selling all the tickets as May winds down and the summer cinema season marches into June. The “live action” remake of “Lilo & Stitch” is still pulling in parents, grandparents and the kids who insist … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Pete Davidson has a new job at “The Home”
And it’s not going well. This looks good and creepy and “Clockwork” ish. July 25.
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Classic Film Review: Brando goes Godfather one last time for “The Freshman” (1990)
Brando skates! Maximillian Schell sings! Brando kisses Broderick! Bert Parks croons Dylan! And most amazingly of all, no wildlife, or actors, were actually harmed in the making of “The Freshman,” an old-fashioned PG-rated romp from 1990. Well, maybe the writer-director … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: Archaeologist Could Rewrite American Prehistory if he saves an Ancient Site from his Fellow Texans — “The Stones Are Speaking”
Anyone with just a passing appreciation of American archaeology has heard of a Clovis point or stone tool. That’s an ancient spear point dating from a people and an era that for generations has been considered “The First Americans,” arriving … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Keanu is Aziz Ansari’s “budget guardian angel” — “Guardian Angel”
Sandra Oh and Seth Rogan also star in this profane, in more ways than one, angel-poking comedy. October 17.
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Movie Preview: A Secret Mission sends Civil War commandos down “Resurrection Road”
A Civil War thriller on a budget? What not? This one drops June 6.
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Movie Review: “Worth the Wait?” Worth tracking down
What’s not to like about “Worth the Wait?” A series of interconnected love stories that fit together well enough, a blend of the romantic, the cute and the sad, there’s no heavy lifting in any of this. It’s never laugh-out-loud … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Family ties are celebrated and tested in “Autumn” in Portugal
This festival friendly debut feature by Antonio Sequeira earns a June 2 release.
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Movie Preview: Henry Golding revives his One Great Relationship via drugs — “Daniella Forever”
Beatrice Granno has the title role in this festival darling, a sci-fi romance scripted and directed by Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigolando, who gave us “Timecrimes.” XYZ Films is unleashing “Daniela Forever” July 11.
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Movie Preview: Josh Duhamel’s gone “Off the Grid,” Kinnear and Stormare aren’t Having It
An engineer/physicist flees his old research job as it was weaponized, and now the guys in charge want him back. This action pic from the director of “Alone” opens June 27.
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