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Movie Preview: Jodie Foster’s An American Therapist in France — “A Private Life”
When our French-speaking American shrink “loses” a patient, she takes it seriously. She starts her own investigation into what she’s sure is a murder. The great French actors Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Amalric and Aurore Clément are in the supporting cast, … Continue reading
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Next screening? Euro-Horror in the Buñuel Mimics Lynch on his Way to Argento Vein — “Reflection in a Dead Diamond”
A genre mashup that played a lot of festivals and comes to Shudder Friday, this one promises to be challenging for the plot-and-performance obsessed, aka “Moi.” Looks nuts.
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Classic Film Review: A Holiday Favorite finds Renewed Relevance — “Trading Places”(1983)
The “greed is good” ’80s and the vast wealth gap of today created by the “trickle down economics” of the Reagan administration was just kicking in when“Trading Places,” an anarchic comedy about the greedy getting their just deserts, hit theaters. … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, dan-aykroyd, denholm-elliott, eddie-murphy, film, film-nudity, jamie-lee-curtis, ralph-bellamy, reaganomics, trading-places
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Movie Preview: “Spider-Man: A Brand New Day”
So does Marvel have a big screen pulse? Even the hits (“Fantastic Four”) seem to be labored these days. And there have been so many lost “Avengers” let downs. Spider-Man has been the one franchise that doesn’t seem to have … Continue reading
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Movie Review: The Newly-Homeless Experience Life with “No Address”
“No Address” is a sentimental, well-intentioned melodrama about homelessness in America that doesn’t quite deliver on its “There but for the grace of one or two missed paychecks go I” premise. It’s not exactly a “faith-based” drama, though visits a … Continue reading
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Tagged ashanti, beverly-dangelo, homelessness-in-california, movie-review, sacramento, william-baldwin, writing
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BOX OFFICE: “Zootopia 2” Zooms Past “Wicked 2”
A blockbusting $39.5 million Wednesday, a $19.7 million Thanksgiving Day and a $38-39 million Black Friday bounce put Disney’s “Zootopia 2” in almost the same spot “Moana 2” was in last Thanksgiving — in the box office catbird seat. Deadline.com … Continue reading
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Netflixable? “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
Ordinarily when I review a film in theaters, I label that as “movie review.” Even when that film is heading to Netflix after a short theatrical run, Search Engine Optimization demands that you call it such. But for most Netflix … Continue reading
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Tagged brolin, daniel-craig, film, glenn-close, knives-out, movies, netflix, netflixable, rian-johnson
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Movie Review: “Mad Max” Wars Over Water in the West — “The Protector”
It’s not quite worth waiting for the appearance of the late great Native American acting icon Graham Greene in “The Protector,” one of the last films he finished before dying last September. As the reservation leader Brand, Greene is world … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Kate Mara goes “Fatal Attraction” — “The Dutchman”
Predatory? Sure. Nuts? Maybe. Supernaturally witchy? Could be. This Jan. 2 release stars André Holland (“”42,” “Moonlight,” “Selma”) as the husband seduced into revenge sex on his cheating wife (Zazie Beetz) by temptress Kate. The formidable Stephen McKinley Henderson is … Continue reading
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Netflixable? “Jingle Bell Heist,” a Caper Comedy Crying Out for Cute
“Jingle Bell Heist” is an over-plotted, under-charmed rom-com about robbing from the thieving, unaccountable rich and giving to the under-insured. In soft drink terms, it’s a Diet Coke that’s gone flat — familiar, not particularly surprising or the least bit … Continue reading
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