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Movie Preview: Claire Foy mourns dad Brendan Gleeson via a Goshawk — “H is for Hawk”
Based on a memoir and thus a “true story,” this Jan. 23. release punches a lot of feel-good buttons, if the trailer’s any indication.
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Movie Review: Gang Life in LA never changes? “Die Like a Man”
Title to subject matter, casting to setting, “Die Like a Man” is a by-the-numbers LA-gangland tale that takes its best shot at leaving no “number” out. Latin teen who celebrates his 17th birthday by “becoming a man” with a gang … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Aspiring Singer-Songwriter meets Toxic Lover/Mentor, “Off the Record”
“Off the Record” is a drab little “cautionary tale” of the music business about how a whirlwind courtship could cost you your publishing rights. The low-stakes, with mostly forgettable tunes and a meandering narrative make it a film that doesn’t … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Why pull the trigger when “The Old Woman with the Knife” is available?
“The Old Woman with the Knife” is a Korean variation on the World of Assassins tale, where killing for hire is a business with professionals assigned out of offices and following “rules.” It’s another story of an aged killer competing … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Her Son’s Arrest reduces her to “The Woman in the Line” at his Argentine Prison
“Due process” has been much on the minds and even in the news in North America, as ordinary citizens grapple with the shock of a rights-trampling regime killing people in boats it can’t identify much less charge with a crime … Continue reading
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Netflixable? “Gunslingers” is a New Career Low for Everybody Involved
“Gunslingers” is an early 20th century Western set in Kentucky — nobody’s idea of the West — starring B-and-C movie icons Stephen Dorff, Heather Graham, Costas Mandylor and Nicolas Cage. And if that doesn’t lower your expectations for it, it … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: How We Got Here, “Palestine 36”
Palestine’s hopes for an Oscar — Best International Feature — ride on this historical drama starring Hiam Abbas and Jeremy Irons. Land buys/land grabs, displacement by mass immigration, statehood and the long march towards apartheid and then genocide of an … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Jesse Williams, Pierce Brosnan and Lily Rabe — “Curtain Call”
A grand dame of the stage faces the end, when she can’t remember her lines. Great cast, headed by a couple of Oscar winners. Alas, the title is invisible on IMdb (this is happening more often), so the Nov. 10 … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Johnny Depp directs Pacino — “Modi”
Italian star Riccardo Scardino has the title role, with Antonia Desplat and Stephen Graham joining Pacino in support. Andy Garcia directed and starred in a Modigliani movie over 20 years ago. Let’s see if this one pays off.
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Movie Preview: Kate Beckinsale, still a “Wildcat”
Alice Krige and Charles Dance are among the screen veterans joining Beckinsale for this “old special ops team reconnects to rescue one member’s daughter” thriller. James Nunn of the “One Shot” thrillers directs them and Lewis Tan and a big … Continue reading
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