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It’s an “Avatar” afternoon
Let’s see if there’s anything to see or make a fuss about. Interesting way for James Cameron to spend his filmmaking capital and his last years as a major director, in any event. As the pre show ads are playing … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Remembering “Jimmy” Stewart’s Combat Service in WWII
KJ Apa does a pretty fair imitation of Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart, who took a break from the movies to pilot a bomber in the fight against Nazis in WWII. The recognizable supporting players — Jason Alexander, Rob Riggle, Max … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Crikey, Hugh Jackman’s been murdered — “The Sheep Detectives” are On the Case!
Emma Thompson and Patrick Stewart co-star in this Big Time “Babe” vibes murder mystery comedy. Julia Louis Dreyfuss, Regina Hall, Bryan Cranston and Chris O’Dowd provides voices for the sheep. May 8.
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Classic Film Review: Lost in the Lush Longueurs of “Paris, Texas”(1984)
One has learned to temper one’s expectations when settling in to watch any Palme d’Or winner from the Cannes Film Festival over the years. One has. A “best picture” honor selected by an ever-changing jury of filmmaking peers from all … Continue reading
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Movie Review: You Can’t Go Home Again, “Blue Eyed Girl”
Realistic mid-life concerns and life reassessments earn a drab and generally colorless going over in “Blue Eyed Girl,” a dramedy with little real drama and even less comedy. Actress Marissa Coughlan, taking that “Write something for you to star in” … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Mexico’s Oscar hope — “We Shall Not be Moved (No nos moverán)”
Dostoyevsky’s obsession with the unpunished murderers walking among us weighs heavily on the politics of the present. Criminals whose crimes against people, nations and the rule of law are committed in plain sight or proven in court roam free. People … Continue reading
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So “Northern Exposure” (1990-95) stole from “Local Hero” (1983)?
I’ve never made a secret of my ongoing affection for Bill Forsyth’s classic fish-out-of-water comedy “Local Hero,” the sort of pixiedusted picture that conjured an adoration for small town Scotland even in people who’d yet to venture there when it … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Saudi son thinks “The Fakenapping” is How to Get Money Out of his Rich Dad
Flashes of competence adorn the new Saudi action comedy, “The Fakenapping.” It’s not badly acted, and the few action beats make one wish director Amine Lakhnech had thrown in a few more car chases around scenic, modern after-dark Riyadh. The … Continue reading
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Rob Reiner: 1947-2025
Like most people I’d care to know, I was shocked and saddened to learn of the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michelle this past weekend in Los Angeles. It’s the sort of crime that makes one leap to … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Angel Studios takes a crack at “Animal Farm”
Those wags at Angel decided that the CIA backed 1950s “Animal Farm” wasn’t anti Soviet/collectivist enough. OK, actually, this doesn’t look and sound nearly as Orwellian. “Cautionary,” but with more of a “Zootopia/Chicken Run” animals resistance vibe? That’s what the … Continue reading
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