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A cynical, snarky semi-musical about womanhood and marriage from the Latvian director of “Rocks in my Pockets. Oct. 6.

It begins all conjunto cute and jaunty and finishes with a banda band flourish. But it’s the dull, cluttered and formulaic middle acts that let down “The (Almost) Legends,” a tale of half-brothers and a Mexican band/Mexican road rally racing … Continue reading →

No “Minions,” but birds in flight. And a family having relationship and “vacation” issues. Looks good, vegetarian and “green.” Dec. 22.

Disney Springs AMC. Here we go. The only way to see this. My review is here.

The Japanese Boy Band brawlers “media franchise” “High & Low” may be the craziest thing you ever drop in on as you travel Around the World with Netflix. It is, in many ways, the classic Japanese “give the people (teen … Continue reading →

“This Happy Breed” is a middling if affectionate domestic melodrama that spun out of the creative fervor of playwright Noël Coward‘s most productive years, the 1920s and ’30s. It was Coward’s attempt at peeking in on the working class he … Continue reading →

An onscreen brawl takes over the movie just before the halfway point and lasts for almost an hour in “Walid,” a Malaysian thriller about child trafficking and the burly teacher who decides to beat his way through all manner of … Continue reading →

The third act, home to the show’s resolution and finale, saves “Theater Camp,” a show that’s lacked anything resembling a “show stopper” up to its last scenes. The script is cleverly conceived to conceal the plot’s “big original musical” from … Continue reading →

Sci-fi “pod” raised babies vs. “the old fashioned way.” Aug. 11, this satire shows us the future. Maybe.

“Mr. Car and the Knights Templar” is a Polish mash-up of “Indiana Jones,” “National Treasure” “DaVinci Code” and “The Goonies,” a treasure hunt mystery with clues and ancient artifacts with “the power to change the course of history.” It’s a … Continue reading →