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Monthly Archives: August 2025
Movie Preview: Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, an “Anniversary”
Phoebe Dynevor, Zoe Deutch, Madeline Brewer, McKenna Grace and Dylan O’Brien also star in an edgy thriller about Her son’s new girlfriend, Mom’s scary ex-student. “We don’t always know what our children are capable of.” This new thriller from the … Continue reading
Series Review: Returning to the Gold Standard — “The Story of Film: An Odyssey”
I reviewed “The Story of Film” back when it first made its way to the US via Netflix over a dozen years ago, and like everyone else who weighed in on it, called it “a film school” course in streaming … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: The Psychology of “Ordinary Men” who carried out “The Forgotten Holocaust”
It can’t be a coincidence that Netflix chose this moment in time to stream the 2022 German TV doc “Ganz normale Männer – Der ‘vergessene Holocaust,’” “Ordinary Men: The Forgotten Holocaust.” The Internet is overrun with videos of masked goons … Continue reading
Movie Preview: The best argument against Digital Movie Dogs — “Good Boy”
IFC has this canine horror thriller set for Oct 3. The Horror here goes beyond house training problems and puppy chewing issues. Or…does it? A real dog actor. It makes a difference.
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Movie Preview: An Iranian out for revenge ponders “It Was Just an Accident”
Persian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s latest test of the boundaries of truth telling in the Islamic State is about misunderstandings, cruelty and the choice between vengeance and mercy. Panahi did “Offside,” “Three Faces” and “Taxi,” movies about life in Iran that … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: “The Limey” brings Terence Stamp and Cockney Revenge to ’90s L.A.
A chewy comeback role is the ultimate gift to an accomplished actor who never quite caught fire or who got older while producers and studio execs kept getting younger. Think of what Tarantino did for Travolta, Pam Grier or Robert … Continue reading
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One of the Great Ones, Terence Stamp — 1938-2025
Dashing, urbane, underestated and soulful, British character actor Terence Stamp might have had a run as a matinee idol. That wasn’t the hand the movies dealt him. So he crafted one of the most colorful careers of any of his … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Scoot McNairy’s the Gay Dad explaining himself to his Daughter — “Fairyland”
Andrew Durham’s film — based on a memoir by Alysia Abbott (played by Emilia Jones), also stars Maria Bakalova, Adam Lambert, Eddie Murphy’s daughter Bella and Geena Davis also star in this American Zoetrope (Sofia Coppola, producing for her dad’s … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Groundhog Day” goes Gallic, “Palm Springs” swings Moroccan — “An Endless Wedding”
The French take on “Palm Springs” is something of a departure from the Hulu original film starring Andy Samberg, Cristin Miliotti and J.K. Simmons. Director and co-writer Patrick Cassir’s “An Endless Marriage” is just as funny, but more brisk and … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Chalamet, Paltrow, Drescher and Ping Pong? “Marty Supreme”
This Christmas release by A24 had me straining to see if Pete Davidson and/or Adam Sandler were lower in the credits. Because any movie, directed by Josh Safdie, built around Timothee Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow and Fran Drescher has GOT to … Continue reading
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