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Daily Archives: August 14, 2025
Movie Review: Parenthood — “A Little Prayer” that Never Ends
“A Little Prayer” comes to theaters to add a grownup grace note to the end of the summer cinema of 2025. It’s about parenting, the job that never ends and the parents who never stop second-guessing how they’re managing it. … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, family, films-made-in-n-c, god, independent-film, june-bug, piedmont-triad, southern-cinema, winston-salem
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It’s “Nobody 2” Thursday, Maybe with Sydney Sweeney and “Americana” thrown in
“Americana” has been sitting on a shelf, waiting for some August weekend (slow business) to open on for a couple of years. Low expectations? Sure. (Review here) Bob Odenkirk takes and throws punches? Again? On vacation? Who’s not down for … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Baby Assassins 3,” “Nice Days” for killing?
Truth be told, the world didn’t need a third “Baby Assassins” movie. All writer-director Yuko Sakamoto did was make a longer, more bloated, more character-cluttered version of the first two films. And five years have passed. Our Japanese kewpie doll … Continue reading
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Tagged akari-takaishi, baby-assassins, japan, Reviews, saori-izawa, yugo-sakamoto
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Movie Preview: Whishaw details for us “Peter Hujar’s Day” — a photographer exposed
It’s 1974, and Rebecca Hall as Linda Rosenkrantz interviews a not-quite-famous portrait photographer for a…profile? “To find out how people fill up our days.” A moment in time not-quite-explained by a guy who was a part of it, photographing it … Continue reading
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Movie Review: This “Duchess” Smuggles Diamonds and Gets Her Revenge
“Duchess” is the sort of very bad, over-the-top violent Guy Ritchie knockoff that you get when the wrong film actor or actress takes that “create your own breaks/write a role for yourself” advice seriously. Charlotte Kirk‘s a Brit with a … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon-prime-video, british, charlotte-kirk, colm-meaney, duchess, neil-marshall, stephanie-beacham
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