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Netflixable? The “Son-in-Law” — His Corrupt Rise and Fall
Movies like “Son-in-Law” force the viewer to ponder the difference between “confused” and “confusing” narratives. Critics use “confusing” when we’re willing to give the filmmakers the benefit of the doubt about tangled and unconventional plotting. “Confused” puts the blame squarely … Continue reading
Movie Review: A Period Piece as Dated as its Period — “The Choral”
The writing and directing duo who brought “The Madness of King George (The Madness of George III),” “The History Boys” and “The Lady in the Van” first to the London stage, and then to the screen skip the whole West … Continue reading
Movie Review: A Stand-up Comic’s last “line” of defense — “Is This Thing On?”
The trailers to “Is This Thing On?” had me hyped to catch it during its awards season run. Will Arnett, one of the funniest actors to hold a SAG card, playing a midlife crisis character who copes by trying his … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Devil Wears Prada 2” opens huge, “Michael” Sticks Around, “Super Mario” and “Hail Mary” still Drawing
I was overseas this past week, and I couldn’t help but notice that on every flight, the personal entertainment screens were filled with passengers watching “The Devil Wears Prada.” Twenty years, an Anne Hathaway Oscar and a Stanley Tucci cancer … Continue reading
Movie Review: A Romantic Melodrama in a Minor Key — “Two Pianos”
The great ones make it look effortless, with their mere presence in a role affirming the story’s unimpeachable reality. Charlotte Rampling started her career in the ’60s, came into her own in the ’70s (“Farewell, My Lovely”) and by the … Continue reading
Movie Review: Make “Animal Farm” Great Again?
George Orwell’s parable of totalitarianism earns a Trump era updating in a new animated “Animal Farm,” this one backed by Angel Studios and not the CIA. Actor turned “Venom” sequel director and the one-and-only “Gollum” in J.R.R. Tolkienland Andy Serkis … Continue reading
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Netflixable? June Squibb is “Eleanor the Great”
Timing, especially in comedy, is everything. But Sony Pictures Classics had no way of knowing that its Oscar-campaigned Jewish Holocaust dramedy “Eleanor the Great” would come out in the middle of worldwide outrage at an ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. … Continue reading
Movie Review: “Deported” should have been Stopped at the Border
There’s something almost criminal about Amazon acquiring the 2020 immigration “comedy” “Deported,” and passing it off as a “new” “2026” release on their streaming service. There hasn’t been a good time to unleash a raunchy, tone deaf and whitewashed farce … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Tipsy Italians talk a lad into “The Last One for the Road”
“The Last One for the Road” is a seemingly aimless drunken drive through northern Italy, a picaresque misadventure in a minor key about a Neopolitan kid, fresh out of college, being taught “the meaning of life.” Francesco Sossai’s curious gambole … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, alcoholism, europe, italian-cinema, marginal-utility, travel
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Netflixable? Coogan and Bird Charm their Way through a Class on Fascism — “The Penguin Lessons”
No English speaking actor in film is better at making caddish and insufferably self-absorbed charming than Steve Coogan. That proves to be a saving grace of “The Penguin Lessons,” a sweet saunter through a true story of a rescued bird … Continue reading
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