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Monthly Archives: September 2026
Documentary Review: Mr. Navel Gazing “How To” Kvetches through “The History of Concrete”
“The History of Concrete” is an amusing amble through that construction material’s lineage, especially as it pertains to New York. And New Yorkers. It’s by doc filmmaker/essayist John Wilson, which should tell you its light tone and short-attention-span aimlessness, if … Continue reading
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Tagged documentary, film, horror, john-wilson, movies, Reviews
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Movie Review: “Practical Magic 2” Stops the Clock
No major motion picture as mediocre as “Practical Magic 2” deserves the emotional response this film sometimes generates. It’s released 28 years after the original film, with its two stars — Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman –– having collected Academy … Continue reading
Movie Review: Djimon’s the Shuttle Bus Driver, Kodi’s “The Passenger” with a Bomb
“The Passenger” is a classic “two-hander,” a thriller that parks two characters center stage and piles on suspense in a battle of wits, agendas and brawn over the course of a long shuttle bus ride. It stars Djimon Hounsou as … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: Cleaning up the Ocean, One Butt at a Time — “The Cigarette Surfboard”
“The Cigarette Surfboard” is an upbeat travelogue documentary and surf picture about surfers turning into activists for cleaner oceans, and the power of ADHD creatives. Surfer and industrial designer Taylor Lane is the subject of the film, a Santa Cruz … Continue reading
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Tagged british-sewage-reform, british-surfing, fiction, fiji, irish-surfing, ocean-litter, surfing, travel, writing
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Movie Review: Medieval Resistance that may have Inspired Robin Hood — “The Uprising”
I can’t say that one of my favorite filmmakers, Paul Greengrass, made the wisest decision in trying to make a famous “Off with their heads!” peasants’ rebellion the basis for the legend of Robin Hood. The legend seems to date … Continue reading
Movie Review: Just Close the Curtains on this “Knightfall”
“Knightfall,” the latest title of a thriller that had other working titles, is a B, C or D movie starring the dye-job-fools-no-one son of the funniest James Bond and a little known actress who looks as if she was cast … Continue reading
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Tagged crime-drama, d-movie, film, james-bond, movies, news, roger-moore
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Movie Review: A Legend of the Steppes Gives the Mongols What For — “Rise of the Conqueror”
A Danish American bit-player rolls the dice as star and co-writer of a big-screen Medieval combat period piece in “Rise of the Conqueror,” a good looking but strained bit of mid-Mongol Empire history shot where all of this really happened … Continue reading
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Tagged central-asia, hiking, mongols, movie-review, samarkand, silk-road, steppes, the-chosen, timur
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Movie Review: A Buddy Comedy (?) with Organ Donation and a Big Body Count — “Runner”
The distributing studios may sweat over the fact that MGM’s “Runner” showed up on streaming just as Angel Studios’ “The Runner” was trotting into theaters. One stars Gal Gadot as a lawyer/mother sprinting across London to murder a prosecution witness … Continue reading
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Tagged action, alan-ritchson, brisbane, film, navy-seal, owen-wilson, Reviews
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Classic Film Review: The Sweetest Stoner Comedy of them all — “Saving Grace” (2000)
A lot of stars slipped into allignment to get the twee British pot comedy “Saving Grace” into theaters. It featured Brenda Blethyn in the title role, fresh off two recent Oscar nominations. The film co-starred and was scripted by Craig … Continue reading
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Netflixable? “Husbands in Action” serve up Korean Goofballs in a Kidnapping Caper
If you watch one screwball Korean action comedy this year… Damn. I just can’t pull the trigger on that sort of endorsement for “Husbands in Action,” a dopier-than-dopey kidnapping caper that “TV-MA” rating or not, seems aimed at kids. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged asian-cinema, imdb-problems, korean-comedy, movies, Reviews
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