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Movie Review: Eternal love, Faithless love, memories of Dead Love — “Double Exposure”
Let’s summarize the plot to the meandering mess that is the fantasy thriller “Double Exposure.” There’s this struggling photographer, married and still obsessed with his long lost “first love.” She was a model/influencer so it’s no wonder his wife isn’t … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Cassel, Pearce and Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds”
April 18. A lot of punch for a mere “teaser.*
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Movie Review: Coming-of-Age Asian American — “Didi”
“Didi” is a gentle but sharp-edged tale of a California teen coming to terms with who he is, a movie that invites grimaces of recognition even as it advertises its “different culture” status. Writer-director Sean Wang’s debut feature fits neatly … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Paul Rudd unleashes his inner creep — “Friendship”
First, he’s your pal, welcoming you into his circle, his “hang.” And then he’s not. We knew Paul Rudd couldn’t be that nice. And ageless. “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Tim Robinson stars as a man comically, cruelly upended by his … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Strip off those shirts for “The Demoness”
Kazakh filmmaker Serik Beyeu, an editor turned director, demonstrates one clear talent in his latest film. He’s very good at persuading actresses and extras to take their shirts off. “Succubus,” a supernatural thriller re-titled “The Demoness” for video distribution, is … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Jeremy Irons leads a Polish Home Renovation in 1980s London — “Moonlighting” (1982)
A cut-rate Polish work crew slips into wintry 1981 London to do an off-the-books home renovation in “Moonlighting,” Jerzy Skolimowski’s droll and intimate comment on capitalism, the collapse of communism and the horrors of cut-rate home repair. It’s one of … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Boy Band Pretty or “Faceless (Shoutai)” he’s too cute to be a mass murderer!
“Faceless” is “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” or just “The Fugitive” for Japan’s current “Seijin no Hi” generation. The conceit is so clever that the clock is probably already ticking on a Hollywood version of this. A … Continue reading
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Movie Review: The terror and heartbreak of life under a dictatorship — the Oscar-contending “I’m Still Here”
A mother and father contemplate sending their oldest daughter to London to study. It’s 1970 and the family lives in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has been under a military dictatorship for years. the daughter is college age, rebellious, and the … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Thirty scintillating seconds of Pitt, Bardem and Condon — “F1”
June 25.
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