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Monthly Archives: May 2026
Series Review: Nic Cage’s a Private Eye Ensnared in “Spider-Noir”
Nicolas Cage dons the hat, mask, leather and goggles and plunges straight into the Spider-Verse in “Spider-Noir,” the latest Marvel spin-off to earn a series treatment. An appearance previewed way back in the animated “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” predicated on … Continue reading
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Tagged jack-huston, li-jun-li, marvel, movies, nic-cage, spider-noir, tv
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Classic Film Review: The Tragedy of Thatcherism as it Happened — “Looks and Smiles” (1981)
Finding love and then discovering there’s nowhere for it to go thanks to a contracting economy and government hellbent on “breaking” the working class is what Ken Loach’s very fine “Looks and Smiles,” a 1981 classic that offered the first … Continue reading
Movie Review: Even the most Righteous Revenge has a Cost — “Is God Is”
Writer-director Alaesha Harris makes a furious feature film debut with “Is God Is,” an ugly, unblinking slice of African American Gothic horror as relevant as a headline and as timeless as a parable. It’s about two fire-scarred sisters “always on … Continue reading
Documentary Review: Celebrating the NBA Player, Coach and GM — “Jerry West: The Logo”
“Jerry West: The Logo” is a glossy updating of the timeworn NFL Films era formula of documentaries celebrating athletes. It’s officially sanctioned, touching on only the uncomfortable corners that its subject — NBA legend Jerry West — approved of. West … Continue reading
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Tagged basketball, jerrt-west-documentary, jordan, kareem, nba, pat-riley, sports, writing
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Movie Review: The Revolution will be Shoplifted– “I Love Boosters”
Capitalism’s end game is taunted and satirized in “I Love Boosters,” a loopy, anarchic comedy about shoplifting, fashion, media mass indoctrination and This Cultural Moment. The latest from the rapper and songwriter turned filmmaker Boots Riley (“Sorry to Bother You”) … Continue reading
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Tagged boots-riley, demi-moore, film, film-reviews, keke-palmer
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Netflixable? Sally Field and an Octopus each Ponder “Remarkably Bright Creatures” peering through the Glass
“Remarkably Bright Creatures” is a sweet, sentimental and gratingly-cloying tale of a grieving widow who forms a relationship with the ageing Giant Pacific Octopus at the small town aquarium where she’s the cleaning lady. It introduces but never really addresses … Continue reading
Movie Review: Faith & Family meet in a Vegas Brew Pub — “God & Beer”
A dash of Irish twinkle provided by Jared Dalley isn’t enough to recommend “God & Beer,” a drab little faith-based dramedy set in a Las Vegas brew pub, of all places. Flatly-acted, with indifferent direction, amateurish writing, staging , makeup … Continue reading
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