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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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BOX OFFICE: “Mandalorian and Grogu” sell tickets and toys, “Obsession” builds, “I Love Boosters” underwhelms
From 1977 to 2026, “Star Wars” movie have been money in the May box office bank. So mediocre reviews aside, comparisons to “Solo” and other lesser “Long time ago in a galaxy far away” tales be damned, here’s the big … Continue reading
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Tagged box-office, film, horror, keke-palmer, mandalorian, movie, movies, obsession, Reviews, star-wars
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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
Series Review: “How to Get to Heaven from Belfast” takes Derry “Girls” to Dublin and Donegal along the Way
Here’s a delighftul weekend’s binge, a daft and darkly comic trip to the Emerald Isle that’s a lot cheaper than flying, with a lot more laughs than you’ll get from wrangling with DHS. “How to Get to Heaven from Belfast” … Continue reading
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Tagged derry-girls, ireland, lisa-mcgee, netflix-series
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Movie Review: A Fantasia on European History “The Year Before the War”
Young Hitler inveighs to any who will listen the evils of meat and the virtues of vegetarianism. The already-famous Freud answers every question with a question with all answers leading to “sex.” Lenin and Trotsky snigger and giggle at the … Continue reading
Movie Review: This Romantic Corner of Tuscany is “No Place to be Single”
“No Place to be Single” is a scenic but featherweight Italian romance set in the most popular region of Italy for film romances — Tuscany. Based on a novel by the prolific Italian romance novelist Felicia Kingsley, it’s got sex … Continue reading
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