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Netflixable? “Jingle Bell Heist,” a Caper Comedy Crying Out for Cute
“Jingle Bell Heist” is an over-plotted, under-charmed rom-com about robbing from the thieving, unaccountable rich and giving to the under-insured. In soft drink terms, it’s a Diet Coke that’s gone flat — familiar, not particularly surprising or the least bit … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: McDowell, Warner and Steenburgen Travel with H.G. Wells — “Time After Time” (1979)
The acid test for any beloved film from the past is “How does it hold up?” In the case of the sentimental crowd-pleasing “Time After Time” from 1979, the answer is “pretty well.” I remember being almost giddy leaving the … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s-sci-fi, classic-film-review, corey-feldman, film, malcolm-mcdowell, mary-steenburgen, movies, Reviews
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Documentary Review: Trapped in Gaza with Sport as a Possible Escape — “Yalla Parkour”
Everyday life in Gaza, pre-invasion, is vividly rememembered in “Yalla Parkour,” a documentary largely compiled from the climbing, backflipping and tumbling stunts of the Gaza Parkour Team, who captured their exploits on camera. We see young Palestinian Arabs finding joy … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Skarsgard, Pacino and Colman Domingo in Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man’s Wire”
A “Dog Day Afternoon” true story/period piece about a hostage situation with political and predatory lending overtones. With that cast, I don’t see how this Jan. 9 release can go wrong.
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Movie Preview: A24 Gets in the Glen Powell Business — “How to Make a Killing”
This February release looks more dark than comic, which its “Kind Hearts and Coronets” set up might have promised. Guys want to inherit a fortune but he has relatives to kill off to get it. Bill Camp, Margaret Qualley, Topher … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: One of Udo Kier’s final roles — “My Neighbor Adolf” — hits cinemas in January
The great German character actor Udo Kier died last weekend in Palm Springs, where many of the movie famous (Liberace to John Schlesinger to Janet Gaynor to Alan Ladd to Howard Hawks to Darryl F. Zanuck) end their days. He … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Pierce, Helena and Gabriel ensure a Young Irish Couple Receives “Four Letters of Love”
Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne appear on screen together for the first time in “Four Letters of Love,” a lovely, sentimental and ever-so-Irish romance about fate, faith and the power of words to woo, especially when folded … Continue reading
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Tagged ann-skelly, books, gabriel-byrne, helena-bomham-carter, ireland, irish-cinema, movies, niall-williams, pierce-brosnan, poetry, writing
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Documentary Review: A Horror Icon revisits His Many Touchstones — “Sangre del Toro”
Guillermo del Toro is not just the fanboy’s fanboy, a comic book collector (“Horror comics, mostly.”) turned Oscar winning horror director. He rivals his idol David Cronenberg as the reigning intellectual of his genre, a thoughtful, philosophical Mexican who knows … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: “When We Went MAD'” for a Humor Magazine
It was more obvious 40 years ago, but we in America live in a MAD culture, a land of mockery, parody and running gags aimed at the institutions, pop trends, entertainment and “Americana” that we once thought of as “sacred … Continue reading
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Tagged bryan-cranston, comic-books, comics, comics-history, howard-stern, mad-magazine, seinfeld, tarantino, weird-al, writing
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