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Movie Preview: Liz Hurley’s a Mum who might have to pay the Pied “Piper”
Candyman movies, Slenderman thrillers, “It!” again and again. Why not a modern day horrific Pied Piper? Stop giggling. Why not, indeed? Puts Elizabeth Hurley on the scary screen roughly at the same as her ex, Hugh Grant, starring as The … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Great Grandpa Stallone still taking on action, this time in “Armor”
A Heist picture co-starring Jason Patric and a lot of lesser knowns, this one hits theaters and streaming Nov. 22. “Tulsa” kind of hints at it, but this trailer alone reminds us that “Rocky” came out almost 50 years ago. … Continue reading
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Series Preview: HBO interviews, recreates and reenacts and verifies a stereotype — “It’s Florida, Man”
Yes, you can find versions of “Florida Man” is every state, especially in your more anti-social rural and MAGA precincts. Sure, most are white. But not all. This series, premiering Oct. 18, is part doc, part “Drunk History” as we … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Cryptic horror heist with thieves sure “Things Will Be Different”
For “Things Will Be Different,” his debut feature, writer-director (and editor) Michael Felker tries and tries to find ways to strip predictability out of his supernatural thriller. But when you’re working in a genre with fixed expectations, that often means … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: An animated biography of a great French filmmaker — “The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol”
The French animator Sylvain Chomet of “The Triplets of Belleville” brings this influential French playwright and filmmaker’s upbringing and career to the screen in colorful, sentimental strokes. Let’s keep an eye out for this Song Classics release.
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Movie Review: Kinnaman’s a cop who goes Deaf and Faces his most Perilous Case — “The Silent Hour”
I swear, there must be an “example” screenplay in every film school’s Screenwriting 201 textbook, one with “dirty cops” who must be overcome, outsmarted and above all else SUSPECTED in a thriller that hopes to deliver a second or third … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Jeremy Piven and Robert Carlyle star in Arthur Miller’s “The Performance”
This film, directed by Piven’s sister — their parents are acting/comedy/improv royalty in Chicagoland — is making the festival rounds now, with a planned release in January. A pre-WWII story about a struggling Jewish tap dancer whose troupe gets a … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Gable, Gardner and Grace switch partners on Safari — “Mogambo” (1953)
Every classic film fan has her or his go-to stars, just as film fans did back when the movies were young, or stepping into middle age. I’ll watch most anything with Bogart and/or Bacall, William Powell, Gary Cooper, Joel McRea, … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Michael Cera, a Spielberg and a Scorsese celebrate “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point”
Elsie Fisher and Gregg Turkington also star in this offbeat romp. A multi generational Italian family holiday gathering in the ancestral home turns testy? Go figure. Throw in a couple of Hollywood “nepo babies” and you get financing. This hits theaters … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Dylan for the Holidays, a new trailer for “A Complete Unknown”
Any dude with the barest hint of a singing voice and a lot of adenoids can manage a Bob Dylan impression with just a little practice. The bigger test in this Dec. 25 release will be if Monica Barbero can … Continue reading
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