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Simu Liu is a heavy, with Sean William Scott and Machine Gun Kelly, now going by MgK (Whatever bottle blond Colson Baker) also star. August 15 this MGM release pops up on Amazon Prime Video

The collective star power and screen charisma of Nicole Kidman, Kathy Bates, Zac Efron and Joey King can’t pull the dull, unromantic and utterly predictible romanntic comedy “A Family Affair” out of the doldrums. Scripted and directed by the usually … Continue reading →

This looks funny, famous dude wakes up on an island to discover everybody’s gone save for a few survivors and assorted murderous threats. And realizes just how little he has to contribute to society in this “New World.” Donald Glover, … Continue reading →

This Sept. 13 MGM release has a laugh-out-loud funny trailer, a cute and sentimental premise and the wisdom of “old” Aubrey Plaza — “Be nicer to Mom,” “The only thing you can’t get back is time.” Plaza as a profane, … Continue reading →

This Alabama bio-drama is about gender discrimination in the workplace, and the harassment and cut-rate pay faced by Lilly Ledbetter at a Goodyear plant in the union-fearing American South. Clarkson, 64, is a few years older than Ledbetter was when … Continue reading →

In an earlier life, I used to produce and engineer (record and edit) radio programs at the University of North Dakota public radio stations. A great favorite was the weekly taping with historian and history teacher Robert Wilkins, host of … Continue reading →

The days when the Rising Sun of the Japanese economy could make the world listen whenever an economic sage from Tokyo spoke are long gone. Remember “Gung Ho” and “Rising Sun?” Those were the days before economic stagnation, population collapse … Continue reading →

Truth be told, most of us figured we didn’t need another “origin story” take on The Day the Aliens Who Hear Dropped In on “A Quiet Place.” John Krasinski & Co. covered that in a small town urban and suburban … Continue reading →

The stunning “Barbie” meets “Super Mario Bros” box office domination by “Inside Out 2” continues on this last weekend before July 4, as Pixar’s animated world-beater (Closing in on a $billion, maybe by July 6?) roared through Friday and looks … Continue reading →

The first Spanish film I remember seeing was “The Spirit of the Beehive” by Victor Erice. Catching that 1973 gem at a college film society was an eye opening experience, as it was a movie about a child transformed by … Continue reading →