Daily Archives: January 5, 2026

Movie Review: Warmongers in 1920s Japan face the wrath of “Revolver Lily”

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A dynamic and charismatic action heroine gets lost in “Revolver Lily,” a ponderous and repetitive period piece about a lady assassin indirectly trying to head off WWII by protecting a kid who has documents incriminating the Japanese Army in an … Continue reading →

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Classic Film Review: Is “Run Lola Run” (1998) still a breathless sprint?

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It’s hard to recreate the cold slap and jolt of adrenalin the German thriller “Run Lola Run” delivered when it sprinted into theaters back in 1998. Primal right down to its blunt-instrument title — “Lola Rennt” in German — the … Continue reading →

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