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Netflixable? British doctors invent IVF, facing protests and attacks as they do — “Joy: The Birth of IVF”
Well-cast, well-acted, sentimental and plucky, “Joy: The Birth of IVF” is an encouragingly upbeat account of the labors, trials and attacks endured by the intrepid British team that set out to find “a cure for childlessness.” It’s a story of … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Pixar’s “Elio” just wants “to be abducted by aliens”
Hard to get much of a take on what this outer space kids’ adventure will offer. Looks cute. The name choice seems odd, “Elon” odd. But who knows where writer and co-director Adrian Molina’s head was when he was scripting … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Hitchcock’s first take on the dainty and deadly “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1934)
The earliest signs that the filmmaker would one day to be branded as “The Master of Suspense” in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent classic “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog.” But it took the advent of sound, and several … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Denzel’s sons open up August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson”
Denzel Washington furthers his efforts to keep his promise to “do right by” the late, playwright August Wilson by producing another film of one of Wilson’s plays, this one he assigned to his sons, actor John David Washington to star … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Ving Rhames is the trainer who can teach aspiring boxer Luiii the “Uppercut”
Jordan E. Cooper and Joanna Cassidy are also in the cast of this “Girlfight/Million Dollar Baby” drama. But who exactly is this Luiii? The first person I can find on the interwebs with that one word name is a singer … Continue reading
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Netflixable? French Biker (OK, Scooter) Gang Goes for the Gold…and diamonds — “GTMax”
“GTMax” is a French thriller about armed robberies pulled off with the aid of souped-up scooters. No, not Vespas. But modified small-wheel street commuters turned into “battle tanks.” So the promise of the premise is the sight of superscooters and … Continue reading
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“Carmina Burana” as a Ballet, because critics can’t live on Cinema Alone
Just caught an extraordinary performance of the epic Carl Orff cantata, music often repurposed in film scores, danced by the Carolina Ballet with grand accompaniment by the huge North Carolina Master Chorale, an eight piece ensemble and a flawless tech … Continue reading
Movie Preview: “My Dead Friend Zoe” is among the vets in group therapy with Morgan Freeman
Natalie Morales has the title role, with Sonequa Martin-Green as the former comrade-in-arms who sees dead people. Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris bring the gravitas. A “cute” combat trauma tale? Feb 28, we find out if that works.
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Movie Review: Kirkland Fan and would-be filmmaker makes the trek to “Sallywood”
A film buff meets his Hollywood idol and wins his dream job working for her in “Sallywood,” a lighthearted indie lampoon of show business, showbiz “types” and the indignities of “I used to be famous.” Sally Kirkland got her start … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Wicked” opens wicked fierce, “Gladiator II” clears $55
I joked on social media that I was catching a Thursday preview of “Wicked” with a cinema full of “high school theater kids.” There were certainly a lot more of them — chatting, endorsing the Arianda Grande ole’ time — … Continue reading
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