Monthly Archives: November 2025

Netflixable? “Gunslingers” is a New Career Low for Everybody Involved

“Gunslingers” is an early 20th century Western set in Kentucky — nobody’s idea of the West — starring B-and-C movie icons Stephen Dorff, Heather Graham, Costas Mandylor and Nicolas Cage. And if that doesn’t lower your expectations for it, it … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: How We Got Here, “Palestine 36”

Palestine’s hopes for an Oscar — Best International Feature — ride on this historical drama starring Hiam Abbas and Jeremy Irons. Land buys/land grabs, displacement by mass immigration, statehood and the long march towards apartheid and then genocide of an … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Jesse Williams, Pierce Brosnan and Lily Rabe — “Curtain Call”

A grand dame of the stage faces the end, when she can’t remember her lines. Great cast, headed by a couple of Oscar winners. Alas, the title is invisible on IMdb (this is happening more often), so the Nov. 10 … Continue reading

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Movie Preview: Johnny Depp directs Pacino — “Modi”

Italian star Riccardo Scardino has the title role, with Antonia Desplat and Stephen Graham joining Pacino in support. Andy Garcia directed and starred in a Modigliani movie over 20 years ago. Let’s see if this one pays off.

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Movie Preview: Kate Beckinsale, still a “Wildcat”

Alice Krige and Charles Dance are among the screen veterans joining Beckinsale for this “old special ops team reconnects to rescue one member’s daughter” thriller. James Nunn of the “One Shot” thrillers directs them and Lewis Tan and a big … Continue reading

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BOX OFFICE: “Regretting You” edges “Black Phone 2” in battles for scrap, “Bugonia” underwhelms, The Boss goes Bust

Halloween, The World Series, no kiddie film with any traction, no fresh horror that gets attention, no thrillers or comic book releases and “Wicked” is waiting until Thanksgiving. That makes for a very empty cineplex on the first weekend of … Continue reading

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