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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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Tagged corruption, mexican-cinema, mexicos-dirty-war, movie-review, movies, oscar-contender
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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 Review: A Tasty Tangled Web — “Sew Torn”
I once covered the first day of the first class of a brand new film school. Directing students were learning how to rehearse a scene with actors, and one of them finished his turn running the set when he asked … Continue reading
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Tagged eve-connolly, indie-movie-review, john-lynch, movies, news, Reviews, sewing-gimmick, swiss-film-locations
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Movie Review: Spending “Eternity” with…Miles Teller?
It’s a cheap shot to label “Eternity” an “endless” romantic comedy that only seems to go on and on forever and ever. But a script with 60 minutes worth of cute/sweet ideas about marriage and the afterlife — none of … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Forgettable and Regretable –“Ella McCay”
“Ella McCay” is a blandly-titled collection of randomly-scripted expressions of feelings, political frustration, character failings and over-acted monologues interrupting insufferable and incessant voice-over narration. Its two tedious and under-edited hours play like an aimless attempt at a feel good streaming … Continue reading
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Series Preview: Bernthal & Tessa, Cop & Reporter, “His & Hers” takes on a Murder Mystery
A couple of my favorite actors paired up for a January thriller. As it’s a series you can bet they will tease and cliffhanger out a 95 minute idea into six episodes. Jan. 8.
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