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Movie Review: “The Million Dollar Bet” is doomed to Never Pay Off
Here’s your one sentence pitch for “The Million Dollar Bet.” A doesn’t-sweat-anything gambler talks “friends” into betting him that he can’t run 70 miles in 24 hours — in Vegas — with a sandstorm bearing down on Sin City. You’ve … Continue reading
Movie Review: This “Tuner” has an Ear for Safecracking
It’s built around a methodical, arcane and dying artistic profession set in a digitized, short-attention span world. There’s a love story whose backdrop is the classical music where virtuosos practice their art, and piano tuners practice theirs. And a heist … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: It’s “Disclosure Day” weekend, but “Obsession” and “Backroom” are Still Making Bank
Steven Spielberg’s third shot at “The aliens have made contact” is overperforming the low expectations that Universal had put out — $35 million, they said. For a Spielberg movie. With aliens. And Emily “A Quiet Place” Blunt. Not a world … Continue reading
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Movie Review: The Earth Stands Still for “Disclosure Day”
A vast conspiracy battles militant truth tellers to keep The Biggest Secret of All as the world hurtles towards World War III in Steven Spielberg’s third crack at a “Close Encounters” story, “Disclosure Day.” It’s predicated on the belief that … Continue reading
Netflixable? A World Cup that Almost Wasn’t — “Mexico ’86”
What might have been a comical lark about a “villain” who was actually a “hero” in shepherding the World Cup to Mexico becomes a stumbling, ungainly grind in “Mexico ’86,” a Netflix soccer film about the dirty dealing it takes … Continue reading
Documentary Review: Regenerative Farming Catches a Wave — “Groundswell”
“Groundswell” is another upbeat sermon on the ecological, personal, cultural and global benefits of turning the world back towards “regenerative agriculture,” the idea that “the old ways” were better. Because farming on a smaller scale, with a mix of pastures, … Continue reading
Classic Film Review: Life Lived on the Margins on an Island off Ireland — “Man of Aran” (1934)
Hard lives the way they used to be lived are the subject of documentarian Robert Flaherty’s classic “Man of Aran,” a fictional film capturing the traditions of the past on Ireland’s Aran Islands in the 1930s. A black and white … Continue reading
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Series Review: Snails, AgBots and Rich Farmer Guy Problems — “Clarkson’s Farm 5”
The novelty’s mostly worn off but some of the charm remains on “Clarkson’s Farm” as the British TV series about a rich and famous novice farmer’s misadventures in Oxfordshire returns for its fifth season. Veteran TV presenter and “Top Gear” … Continue reading
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