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Monthly Archives: September 2025
Netflixable? Phylicia, Seraya and Tyler riff on The Book of Ruth — “Ruth & Boaz”
The Biblical “Book of Ruth” was the inspiration for “Ruth & Boaz,” a modern, semi-faith-based romantic melodrama from the fantasy factory that is Tyler Perry Studios. Ruth isn’t a widow who bonds with her widowed mother in law, meeting the … Continue reading
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Movie Review: McConaughey, Ferrara and Greengrass rally around “The Lost Bus”
Paul Greengrass, one of the last and greatest of the cinema’s action auteurs, stages, shoots and edits the hell out of “The Lost Bus,” turning a conventional enough “true story” of children trapped on a schoolbus in a raging wildfire … Continue reading
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Tagged america-ferrera, film, matthew-mcconaughey, paul-greengrass, yul-vasquez
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Movie Review: “Running on Empty” pretty much sums this Rom Com Up
“Running on Empty” is a dark comedy that tests the comic limits of the infamous “Gen Z stare.” A deadpan rom-com about death, it has reliable comics in supporting roles and co-stars Lucy Hale. And it is stillborn thanks, in … Continue reading
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Series Review: “House of Guinness” is a Pint in a Gilded Gallon-sized Glass
How long does it take you to decide if a streaming series is worth bingeing all the way to the end? One episode? Three? Five? That’s why such series frontload the action, the parade of characters, the colorful settings and … Continue reading
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Tagged guinness-stout, house-of-guinness, irish-series, irish-tourism, movies, netflix-series
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Documentary Review: “Thank You Very Much” is the Deepest and Most Thorough Andy Kaufman Remembrance of All
There have been scads of TV specials, documentaries and books about comic performance artist, singer and hoaxer Andy Kaufman in the 41 years since his death. I swear I’ve tried to take in one and all, from that sentimental, cute … Continue reading
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Tagged alex-braverman, andy-kaufman, danny-devito, documentary, movie-review, robin-williams, steve-martin, taxi
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Movie Review: A Friendship. An Affair. What’s Missing? “All of You”
Brett Goldstein burns through a little of his “Ted Lasso” capital with “All of You,” a “When Harry Met Sally” platonic-friends-can’t-stay platonic romance co-starring Imogen Poots. The friends “since uni” story, co-written by Goldstein, is at its best when our … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “One Battle” battles to the top, “Gabby’s Dollhouse” moves in next door
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is bursting onto screens with a flourish, taking in over $22.4 million on its opening weekend. Early projections were for a $25 million opening, and a $3 million Thursday night pushing the Friday … Continue reading
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Tagged benicio-del-toro, box-office, dicaprio, film, movie-review, movie-reviews, movies, sean-penn, teyana-taylor
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Movie Preview: James Badge Dale is Fresh Out of Prison, Billy Magnussen is family, both of them facing “Violent Ends”
Solid looking Southern fried thriller about Ozark crime families and an ex-con causing a shift in the balance of power. Revenge? Editor turned writer-director John-Michael Powell (“The Send Off”) cooked up this one. Oct. 31.
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Netflixable? Cross Liam in the Himalayas and he will Truck You Up — “Ice Road: Vengeance”
OMG there are some real LOLs packed into the Liam Neeson action sequel, “Ice Road: Vengeance.” Sadly enough, there aren’t many of them that are intentional. It’s implausible but far from impossible to believe the sight of gaunt, weathered 70something … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Idris and Rebecca Ferguson sit on “A House of Dynamite” for Kathryn Bigelow
Somebody launched a missile without authorization. Who? A tale from the New Cold War, this missile was launched from the U.S. Malevolence? Or just the stunning incompetence we’ve come to expect from the current regime? This Idris Elba/Rebecca Ferguson thriller … Continue reading
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