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Daily Archives: May 21, 2025
Documentary Review: A Legend Gets his Due as “Swamp Dogg Gets his Pool Painted”
Documentary filmmakers are always looking for a subject that’s colorful and obscure enough to justify the years it sometimes takes to make a non-fiction film about it or them. The guys who made “Swamp Dogg Gets his Pool Painted” had … Continue reading
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Tagged dr-dre, film, gene-pitney, jenny-lewis, john-prine, johnny-knoxville, johnny-paycheck, movie-reviews, movies, music, news, snoop-dogg, swamp-dogg
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Netflixable? “Jewel Thief — The Heist Begins” the moment you Start Streaming this Piffle
Slick, silly and production-designed to death, “Jewel Thief” is a Netflix franchise starter that’s cartoonish enough to be a non-starter. “The Heist Begins” is about an all-knowing, infallible thief (Saif Ali Khan) blackmailed into stealing a nine-year-old’s idea of what … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: An Animated Fantasy that takes a Little Boy “Into the Wonderwoods”
Animation director Vincent Parannaud did the adult and masterful “Persepolis,” one of the best animated films of the new millenium. Here, he’s aiming for a younger demo with a visually arresting tale of a child lost in enchanted woods, trying … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Pokey, Soapy “The Last Rodeo” can’t Quite Manage the Dismount
“The Last Rodeo” is a sentimental family melodrama set in cattle country against the backdrop of championship level rodeoing. It’s a decent showcase for three of the very best character actors in the business, although its predictability, slow pace and … Continue reading
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Tagged angel-studios, conservative-virtue-signalling, faith-based-movie, movie-review, movies, rodeo
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