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Movie Preview: Jessica Chastain’s met the Dancer of her “Dreams”
An erotic thriller about a child of privilege, the rich director of the family foundation, becoming besotted with a charity case — an immigrant dancer from Mexico. Oscar winner Chastain consistently makes some of the most interesting choices of any … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and Dazzling Tedium
James Cameron was very much running out of interesting things to say and show in his “Avatar” franchise with the second movie, “Avatar: The Way of Water.” The third film, “Avatar: Fire and Ash” confirms that fear and adds on … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Seyfried’s the House Mistress, Sydney Sweeney’s “The Housemaid”
Sydney Sweeney’s fans will come to the “The Housemaid” for the nudity and the explicit sex. Or so the cleavage-crammed advertising for this thriller would suggest the studio believes. But they’ll stay for the violence, the twists, the climax and … Continue reading
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It’s an “Avatar” afternoon
Let’s see if there’s anything to see or make a fuss about. Interesting way for James Cameron to spend his filmmaking capital and his last years as a major director, in any event. As the pre show ads are playing … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Remembering “Jimmy” Stewart’s Combat Service in WWII
KJ Apa does a pretty fair imitation of Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart, who took a break from the movies to pilot a bomber in the fight against Nazis in WWII. The recognizable supporting players — Jason Alexander, Rob Riggle, Max … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Crikey, Hugh Jackman’s been murdered — “The Sheep Detectives” are On the Case!
Emma Thompson and Patrick Stewart co-star in this Big Time “Babe” vibes murder mystery comedy. Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Regina Hall, Bryan Cranston and Chris O’Dowd provides voices for the sheep. May 8.
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Classic Film Review: Lost in the Lush Longueurs of “Paris, Texas”(1984)
One has learned to temper one’s expectations when settling in to watch any Palme d’Or winner from the Cannes Film Festival over the years. One has. A “best picture” honor selected by an ever-changing jury of filmmaking peers from all … Continue reading
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Movie Review: You Can’t Go Home Again, “Blue Eyed Girl”
Realistic mid-life concerns and life reassessments earn a drab and generally colorless going over in “Blue Eyed Girl,” a dramedy with little real drama and even less comedy. Actress Marissa Coughlan, taking that “Write something for you to star in” … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Mexico’s Oscar hope — “We Shall Not be Moved (No nos moverán)”
Dostoyevsky’s obsession with the unpunished murderers walking among us weighs heavily on the politics of the present. Criminals whose crimes against people, nations and the rule of law are committed in plain sight or proven in court roam free. People … Continue reading
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So “Northern Exposure” (1990-95) stole from “Local Hero” (1983)?
I’ve never made a secret of my ongoing affection for Bill Forsyth’s classic fish-out-of-water comedy “Local Hero,” the sort of pixiedusted picture that conjured an adoration for small town Scotland even in people who’d yet to venture there when it … Continue reading
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