Daily Archives: July 12, 2025

The Unheeded Climate Warnings of James Burke’s “After the Warming” (1989)

The record-warm winters, the baking hot summers — some dry, others filled with historic floods from “extraordinary rain events” — have a lot of people ready to lecture each other on when these “just as predicted” consequences of climat change … Continue reading

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BOX OFFICE: Up, up and A-Waaaaay! “Superman” rolls up $122 million opening

Audiences are reminding Hollywood that “In Gunn We Trust,” as James Gunn’s take on DC’s venerable “Superman,” the original superhero, proves to have plenty of gas in the tank. I saw it with a pretty packed crowd for a 2pm … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Dutch Duo are on the case as “Almost Cops”

The Dutch word for “buddy picture” is “vriendenfilm.” They take their shot at the genre with a cop/buddy action comedy, “Almost Cops,” whose title in Dutch is “Bad Boas,” a cute pun. That’s funnier than anything in this stunningly unsurprising … Continue reading

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