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Documentary Review: An Environmental/Farm Economy Parable from Macedonia — “The Tale of Silyan”
An ancient parable is remembered and acted-out in modern day Macedonia in “The Tale of Silyan,” the latest documentary from the director of the Oscar-nominated “Honeyland.” Writer-director Tamara Kotesvka documents the collapse of her country’s small farm economy and sees … Continue reading
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Movie Review: What Makes “Marty Supreme?”
New York filmmaker Josh Safdie has his fans, and I’ve been one of them at times. At other times? Not so much. He does underbelly-of-the-city stories well. “Good Time” was something of a reinvention of the possibilities of Robert Pattinson. … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: It’s still “Avatar’s” world, “Marty” makes Bank, “Anaconda” strikes and “Song Sung Blue” struggles
A $64 million post-Christmas, final-weekend of the year take certifies James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” as the final blockbuster of 2025, as it hurtles past the $200 million mark — $214 million taken in by midnight Sunday, reports TheNumbers.com. … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Song Sung Blue” Weepin’ in My Popcorn
Sing-along songs are musical comfort food, and any songsmith, singer or singer-songwriter can count him or herself lucky if they stumble into one in the course of a career. Musical biographies are the cinema’s equivalent of such comfort food, and … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Charlize is the prey and Taron Egerton the “Apex” predator hunting her
So this April we can stream a new version of one of the hoariest plots in all of cinema, this one starring big names. It’s “The Most Dangerous Game” time again. Yay.
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Movie Review: Black and Rudd & Co. Learn You Can’t Go “Anaconda” Again
Three movie stars who have been funny in their pre-dad-bod past and Thandiwe Newton — who’s rarely been called to land laughs — shipped off to Australia to make an action comedy about a supersized snake in the Amazon, a … Continue reading
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STILL not “a Christmas Movie”
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Movie Preview: Before the Video Game, there was the Coach and Color Commentator — Nic Cage is “Madden”
David O. Russell got Christian Bale to Al Davis, the gonzo shark in shades owner of the Oakland Raiders, and Nicolas Freakin’ Cage to take the title role in this Thanksgiving 2026 — mid-football season — release. Throw in Sienna … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Carol Reed’s Mining Country Melodrama — “The Stars Look Down” (1940)
A young man’s future is derailed by a callous chancer and a faithless woman and a disaster he foretold and might have prevented is sure to doom many in his small Northumberland mining town in “The Stars Look Down,” the … Continue reading
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Yeah, Merry Friggin’ Christmas…
Love to get out and see “Song Sung Blue,” “The Secret Agent” and maybe “Marty Supreme.” Events mahy conspire to delay this binge, but you’ve gotta have goals.
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