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Monthly Archives: December 2025
Netflixable? Danish Dame goes “Mango” for a Man in Málaga
“Mango” is a tepid Hispano-Danish romance set in and in the hills above the resort city of Málaga on Spain’s celebrated Costa del Sol. Rigidly formulaic and strictly low-heat as far as romances go, I’m guessing you can guess every turn … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Don Johnson REALLY wants what’s in storage “Unit 234”
It’s got a “name” or used to be “name” cast, a compact setting, a twisty plot and the director of “Sweet Home Alabama” behind the camera. “Unit 234” has the makings of a gritty B-movie that makes the most of … Continue reading
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Tagged don-johnson, isabelle-fuhrman, jack-huston, jacksonville-florida, Reviews, thriller
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Documentary Review: An Environmental/Farm Economy Parable from Macedonia — “The Tale of Silyan”
An ancient parable is remembered and acted-out in modern day Macedonia in “The Tale of Silyan,” the latest documentary from the director of the Oscar-nominated “Honeyland.” Writer-director Tamara Kotesvka documents the collapse of her country’s small farm economy and sees … Continue reading
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Tagged european-storks-documentary, history, honeyland, macedonia, movie-review, movies, oscars
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Movie Review: What Makes “Marty Supreme?”
New York filmmaker Josh Safdie has his fans, and I’ve been one of them at times. At other times? Not so much. He does underbelly-of-the-city stories well. “Good Time” was something of a reinvention of the possibilities of Robert Pattinson. … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Song Sung Blue” Weepin’ in My Popcorn
Sing-along songs are musical comfort food, and any songsmith, singer or singer-songwriter can count him or herself lucky if they stumble into one in the course of a career. Musical biographies are the cinema’s equivalent of such comfort food, and … Continue reading
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Tagged craig-brewer, hugh-jackman, kate-hudson, movies, music
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Movie Review: Black and Rudd & Co. Learn You Can’t Go “Anaconda” Again
Three movie stars who have been funny in their pre-dad-bod past and Thandiwe Newton — who’s rarely been called to land laughs — shipped off to Australia to make an action comedy about a supersized snake in the Amazon, a … Continue reading
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STILL not “a Christmas Movie”
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Classic Film Review: Carol Reed’s Mining Country Melodrama — “The Stars Look Down” (1940)
A young man’s future is derailed by a callous chancer and a faithless woman and a disaster he foretold and might have prevented is sure to doom many in his small Northumberland mining town in “The Stars Look Down,” the … Continue reading
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Yeah, Merry Friggin’ Christmas…
Love to get out and see “Song Sung Blue,” “The Secret Agent” and maybe “Marty Supreme.” Events mahy conspire to delay this binge, but you’ve gotta have goals.
Netflixable? A Cop and his Shrink learn there’s “A Time for Bravery”
A distraught, unstable, rules-breaking “maverick” cop is assigned a new partner to keep his demons at bay? ” I feel like I’m in ‘Lethal Weapon,’” the new partner cracks. “I know, right?” As action comedies go, the Mexican riff on … Continue reading
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