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Movie Preview: Olivia Colman is a filmmaker who tells the Real Story of Life with(out) Father (John Lithgow) — “Jimpa”
Colman plays an Aussie filmmaker in Sophie Hyde’s (“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”) drama, drawn from Hyde’s own life. It’s about reconnecting with an estranged parent living his best (gay) life in Amsterdam, and how that may impact her … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Affleck, Damon, Dirty Florida Drug Cops stealing “The Rip”
My kinda Florida cop tale — drug money is too tempting for fellows who always have to ask themselves, “Are we the good guys?” True story. Jan. 16.
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Movie Review — “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale”
Lady Mary makes one more most-unladylike sexual mistake, “Mum-MAH” dishes up one more serving of proto-feminist American common sense and one last “season” in London town is experienced for “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” of the highbrow British/PBS soap opera … Continue reading
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Mockumentary Review — “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues”
“Getting the band back together” nostalgia is fine. Realizing that they can still play well into their ’70s is something of a “good for them” triumph. And maybe coming to the conclusion that for a parody of a bombastic, pretentious … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “A Long Walk” on the Road to Nowhere
It doesn’t do “The Long Walk” any favors slapping the previews to the remake of “The Running Man” on before the opening credits. “Walk” is “Running” without the running or the amped-up game show “entertainment” elements. The title and the … Continue reading
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It’s “Downton” goes Downtown Time!
Where my cummerbund cosplayers at? One last happy ending? Because inherited wealth never ends and National Trust estates never turn to rubble in the Land of the Posh. I do love being the youngest patron in the multiplex.
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“Most Obnoxious Moviegoers?” Here’s the Latest Poll
Moviegoing as an experience has had its rough periods of adjustment over the decades. Audiences returning to the cinema in the ’70s and ’80s thanks to the Blockbuster era had to learn they weren’t in their den, where chattering about … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A Pixie talks to Pumpkins and makes one “Grow”
Gather round, ladies and gents, “boys and gourds,” for a Scots-flavored tale of a little girl who communes with plants. “Grow” is a cute-aiming-for-cutesie comedy about Halloween, a pumpkin growing contest and learning to “go organic” because that’s what the … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A Mixed Martial Artist with an “Affinity” for Fighting, but not Screenwriting
Marko Zaror makes a statement on his martial arts skills — as a fighter and fight director — in “Affinity,” a B-picture that drifts into C-movie territory every time the fighting stops. A towering brawler who figured prominently in the … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Come to Mallorca, “Fall for Me”
“Fall for Me” is a sexy German thriller flavored with mystery and intrigue and set on the Spanish vacation island of Mallorca. Director Sherry Hormann (“A Regular Woman,” “Desert Flower”) and screenwriter Stephanie Sycholt (“Themba”) get the sex and the … Continue reading
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