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Movie Review: “Spartacus” III, “Gladiator II”
Epic-scale filmmaker Ridley Scott turns 87 on November 30. It’s safe to assume that, like Clint Eastwood, Scorsese, Almodovar or Bigelow, any film he makes could be his last. But Scott’s still carrying on as if he has no laurels … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Wicked” girlfriend, you’ve put on an awful lot of weight
“Wicked” moves from the Broadway stage to the cinema, an epic that transitions from “musical” to “intellectual property” in a bloated, lumbering, gear-grinding crash. Whatever Disney or most any other producing studio might have done to this beloved prequel to … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: To be Young and Distractingly hot on the Sunny Coast of Italy in the summer — “Partenope”
She is a siren, literal or figurative. And the men? They must swoon, because nature or the supernatural has ordained it so. Celeste Dalla Porta has the title role. Gary Oldman’s the geezer who has to pretend he’s not interested … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A Black Boy’s Odyssey through the London “Blitz”
A single photo in Britain’s Imperial War Museum — a mixed-race child snapped as he joined the sea of children being evacuated from a British city early in World War II — inspired the brilliant writer-director Steve McQueen’s “Blitz,” a … Continue reading
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Tagged apple-tv, blitz, film-review, movies, saoirse-ronan, steve-mcqueen, wwii
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Netflixable? A Transgender Telenovela with Tunes — “Emilia Pérez”
“Emilia Pérez” is bold and daring musical treatment of subjects most often covered in telenovelas — Mexican soap operas — and in crime series such as “Queen of the South.” It’s about a Mexican cartel boss who decides to change … Continue reading
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Tagged jacques-audiard, movies, musical, selena-gomez, zoe-saldana
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Movie Preview: Another live action remake nobody asked for…save for the accountants — “How to Train your Dragon”
And you thought “Red One” was ill advised.
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Movie Review: Britain’s “Best International Feature” Oscar hope is an Indian Police Procedural — “Santosh”
American TV has pretty much beaten to death the police procedural drama thanks to overexposure to the infallible, unimpeachable justice system fantasies of Dick Wolf, the self-righteous heroes of “Blue Bloods” and and the scientist sleuths of “C.S.I.” That’s why … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, film-review, india, indian-thriller, oscar-submission
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Movie Review: Oscar contender “Under the Volcano” lets Ukrainians vacation until Russia Invades
The Biden administration had been warning for months that Russia was preparing to invade Ukraine. But when it finally happened, Ukrainians, right up to the country’s president, were shocked. Even some of those accepting that it might happen carried on … Continue reading
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Tagged europe, invasion-of-ukraine, oscar-contender, polish-film, travel-tips, vacation
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Movie Preview: Seth Rogen runs “The Studio,” but Hollywood beats him down
Real Hollywood folk (Scorsese) mingle with Bryan Cranston, Rogen, Kathryn Hahn and Catherine O’Hara in this send up of the cinema as it exists today. March 26, Apple TV.
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Movie Review: Coming of Age, “What We Find on the Road”
“What We Find on the Road” is a dramatically dull indie roadtrip dramedy that reaches for “coming of age” and strains itself getting there. The film begins with mystery and promise, drifts into predictable and undramatic and doesn’t really rally … Continue reading
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Tagged cape-cod, dodge-polara, grand-canyon, katherine-laheen, movie-review, movies, travel
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