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Daily Archives: October 31, 2025
Netflixable? Farrell hedges his bets on “Ballad of a Small Player”
The latest turn in the twisty, quixotic career of Colin Farrell is a surreal and supernatural gambling tale of one not-quite-posh poseur’s days of reckoning when every debt, every losing streak, every health problem and every crime comes due. “Ballad … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Nic Cage is a father trying to understand the powers and tests facing “The Carpenter’s Son”
A test of belief faith-based thriller, with Noah Jupe in the title role and Nicolas Cage as The Carpenter. Looks amazing. Nov. 14.
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Movie Review: Yorgos and Emma and Jesse, lost in “Bugonia”
The latest from the challenging and celebrated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos might be his most on point satire yet. The director of “The Favorite” and “Poor Things” addresses the intellectual disconnect of modern discourse, the impatient and sometimes brusque way the … Continue reading
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Tagged emma-stone, film, jesse-plemons, movies, yorgos-lanthimos
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Movie Review: Every Heist needs “The Mastermind” to Plan It
Grey skies, a “cool jazz” score and sketchy characters are selling points of “The Mastermind,” a ’70s period piece infused with the “grit” aficionados associate with the films of that benighted decade. It looks the way fall thrillers, even dryly … Continue reading
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Tagged bill-camp, josh-oconnor, kelly-reichardt, Reviews, the-mastermind
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