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Movie Preview: Channing Tatum is on the lam in plain sight in Charlotte — “Roofman”
A crook who hides out at Toys R Us? Gotta be in Charlotte. Kirsten Dunst, Lakeith Stanfeld and Peter Dinklage are in this true story caper farce from the director of “The Place Beyond the Pines.” Oct. 10
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Netflixable? Baby Ballerina is Slow to Figure Out who the “Bad Influence” in her Life Is
Here’s a sordid little teen-in-trouble tease from Spain that promises threats, sex and violence presented in the most melodramatic situations possible in assorted posh settings decorated by overdressed members of the upper class and underclass. “Bad Influence” is about a … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: A bullfighter’s life in the Ring, “Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de soledad)”
Any intimate, detailed documentary about what goes on during a bullfight is going to chase away probably two thirds of the populace in this day and age. Those who avoid it have a point. “Afternoons of Solitude,” which follows pouty … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Sex and Violence, Sex and Violence, Sex and Violence” at a rented mansion at “Bone Lake”
The horror hardcores are all in on this fan fest darling, a “double booked” mansion getaway that turns carnal, unfaithful and bloody. Oct. 24. Mark your calendar.
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Movie Review: “If I Could Ride Again” barely Mounts Up
If only anyone could actually, you know, RIDE in “If Only I Could Ride Again,” maybe this limp noodle of a New England horse country melodrama might have some credibility. There’s scene after scene after scene of young women in … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A Swiss Mom Takes Lovers to Fool Her son about his father — “Let Me Go”
“Let Me Go” is an intimate, brittle and somewhat chilly Swiss romance about a 40something single mom who stumbles into her feelings, despite a lifetime of avoiding that trap. Jeanne Balibar stars as a small town seamstress who takes regular … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Dick Powell knows when Time’s Up as “Johnny O’Clock”(1947)
There’s aren’t a lot of stars from Golden Age Hollywood that I regard as “can’t miss.” It’s basically a list that starts and ends with Dick Powell. Even Bogart had a misfire or two. John Wayne was a lumbering lump … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: ScarJo goes British? “Sister” to Sienna Miller, lover to Freida Pinto, Daughter to Kristin Scott Thomas in “My Mother’s Wedding”
I had not posted, to my knowledge, a single trailer from the latest “Jurassic” installment. I can’t sit in a theater watching Scarlett Johansson try to make it real, make it interesting, make it anything other than the empty-headed crap … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Mom’s lost it, Dad’s “rescued” her and Kids Give Chase — “A Kind of Madness”
It must be the lucid moments that hurt the most, the ones that can remind those with dementia or the other madnesses of old age of just what they’ve lost and what a fog they’re trapped in the rest of … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Tony Hale’s Kid can “Sketch” a magical world to life with just a pen
This August 6 looks sweet and Angel Studios wholesome.
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