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Movie Review: Beckinsale’s a CIA agent blackmailed into killing her way to “Canary Black”
The main draw of a genre film is the promise of cinematic comfort food. A faintly Byzantine plot, some solid action beats delivered by genre veterans in front of and behind the camera and a few pithy turns of phrase … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Cruise, “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning”
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Movie Review: Swedes endure the “Stockholm Bloodbath,” and a dark comedy about it
It’s revealing that “Stockholm Bloodbath,” the latest film retelling of a grim moment in history that led to Sweden’s independence, premiered in Denmark. The film’s about Swedish suffering, persistence and pluck, and the Danes are the ones who perpetrated the … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Kinski and Herzog make each other film immortals — “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” (1972)
A legend from history was speculated upon and two legends were made when Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski shot their breakout film, “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” in the jungles of South America with a stolen camera. This low-budget 90-minute … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Argentine half-siblings are “(Un) Lucky Sisters”
They blow the “meet cute” in the Argentine action comedy “(Un) Lucky Sisters,” and its pretty much all downhill from there in this short but not remotely brisk tale of two disconnected half-sisters who stumble into their late father’s secret … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Ukraine’s long-shot hope for an Oscar — “La Palisiada”
Obscure to the point of exasperation, “comic” in ways only its director truly “gets,” “La Palisiada” is one of the more unapproachable films of recent memory. Even accepting that the challenge of making a period piece movie in the middle … Continue reading
Movie Preview: Gere and Uma Thurman star on Paul Schrader’s timely “Oh, Canada!”
An old man remembers fleeing to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War draft in this Dec. 6 release from the director of “First Reformed,” “Affliction” and “American Gigolo.” A film of protest and American mythology directed by the author of … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Commando Eva Green, queen of the “Dirty Angels”
Veteran director Martin Campbell knows how to shoot and cut action, so perhaps this Jan. 3 release will grab a bit of attention. Green, Maria Bakalova and Ruby Rose headline, with Jojo T. Gibbs, Rona-Lee Shimon and Laëtitia Eïdo also … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Heretic,” or “Hugh Grant’s Theology Lesson”
“Heretic” is a simple but smart thriller about faith, a horror movie of ideas that is as sinister as it is cerebral. The writers of “A Quiet Place” and writer-directors of “65” keep our focus on two young women, Mormon … Continue reading
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