Monthly Archives: September 2025

Movie Review: A Dark Night of “La Dolce Vita” — “Finally Dawn”

Federico Fellini cast a jaded, bemused eye on the postwar Italian decadence and indulgence with “La Dolce Vita,” a cinema classic about a generation just removed from decades of fascism and war partying, reveling in paparazzo-pursued celebrity and an internationally … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Cryptic Creepiness in Cymru (Wales) — “Rabbit Trap”

Existential musings about the nature of sound, past trauma and childlessness occupy the lovely headspace of “Rabbit Trap,” a quiet and obscurant folk horror tale set in 1970s Wales. Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen (“The Alienist”) co-star as a couple … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Thandiwe Newton and Steve Zahn — “Let’s reboot ‘Anaconda'”

Here’s a comic lark of a lark, alleged adults remaking “a movie we loved when we were kids.” A remake about making a remake. A Christmas comedy of the “What could go wrong?” variety. Love that cast. But…snakes?

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Movie Preview: Sweeney is “The Housemaid” to Seyfried — Scary

A job that’s a dangerous exposure to a family’s ugly secrets is the premise of this Dec. 19 release. That Sydney Sweeney is the hardest working woman in show business. She almost managed a movie a month this year. Pairing … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Looking for Love via a Rich Bachelor in “The Wrong Paris”

As obvious as its title and as sexy as an all-gals bull-riding contest, “The Wrong Paris” is a Netflix romance novel of a movie whose creators don’t dishonor The Hallmark Channel Oath. Keep it cute, keep it clean and make … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Can Orlando Bloom “Make Weight” for his Comeback Fight? “The Cut”

Just when you think there’s nothing new that can be done with “The Big Fight” picture, “The Cut” comes along and finds all its drama in the preliminaries. The latest film from the director of “Anthropoid” is a fascinating exercise … Continue reading

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Robert Redford: 1936-2025

Hard as it might be to believe, there is such a thing as being too “classically handsome” or just entirely too good looking when you’re a movie star. Don’t ask Warren Beatty, whose ambition and range were obvious and whose … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “Samurai Fury” Triggers an Insurrection in Old Nippon

A badass ronin swaggers and slices his way through Medieval Kyoto in “Samurai Fury,” an action epic about a tax revolt in a time of plague and famine. Ryosuke Kakine’s historical novel — “Muromachi Outsiders” — was inspired by real … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Coming Out in the ’90s is no Easy Thing for “Plaintclothes” Cop

“Plainclothes” is a simple but engaging “coming out” tale of the sort we’ve been seeing for decades now. But the performances are understated and spot-on. And writer-director Camen Emmi’s feature debut reels us in through the simple trick of not … Continue reading

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Documentary Preview — “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror”

Hell’s bells, has it really been FIFTY YEARS? This doc about the loopy, toe-tapping, trans-happy, Meat Loaf rocking musical starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Bond villain Charles Gray (“It’s just a JUMP to the left…”) and its creator, … Continue reading

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