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June Lockhart — 1925-2025, “Lassie’s” Mom, “Lost in Space”
I can’t for the life of me remember why some PR firm was trotting “Lassie,” “Lost in Space” and “Petticoat Junction” TV star June Lockhart around in the ’80s. But I was a kid working in public radio in Charlotte, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s-tv, christopher-guest, june-lockhart, lassie, lost-in-space, tv-stars
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Netflixable? The Consequences of Renewing the Nuclear Option — “A House of Dynamite”
You expect a movie about the renewed Cold War and its radioactive endgame to be dispiriting, just in that “Here we go again/Been there, barely survived that” sense. But the timing of Kathryn Bigelow’s grim, cautionary and “Don’t come here … Continue reading
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Tagged film, gabriel-basso, idris-elba, jared-harris, kathryn-bigelow, movies, rebecca-ferguson, trump-epstein-shutdown
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Movie Review: A “Boxcutter” Dreams of his Big Hip Hop Break…in Toronto
An aspiring rapper pins all his hopes on a make-or-break meeting with a famous producer at a “secret” party that everybody knows about in “Boxcutter,” an amiable street-life dramedy set on the not-so-mean streets of Toronto. It’s a tale with … Continue reading
Movie Preview: Helmsworth, Halle and Ruffalo, “Crime 101”
A Feb. thriller with at least one Scorsese touch. “Gimme Shelter” underscores this heist picture with Chris Hemsworth as a limo driver who knows muscle cars and famous McQueen crime pictures. Mark Ruffalo’s the cop chasing him. Barry Keoghan’s a … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Springsteen” makes “Nebraska” — “Deliver Me from Nowhere”
Self-revealing, self-examining, self-mythologizing, self-indulgent and self-destructive, those are all phrases that can apply to Bruce Springsteen’s seminal, uncompromising and defiantly anti-commercial album “Nebraska.” It can’t be called the LP that “made him.” But this critically-acclaimed smash from 1982 underscored the … Continue reading
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Tagged asbury-park, bruce-springsteen, film, jeremy-allen-white, landau, movies, music, news, scott-cooper
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It’s Bruce Springstone Movie time!
Springsteen? Never hear the name without thinking of this parody. Hope the movie’s epic.
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Classic Film Review: Steinbeck played by MGM Stars in Brownface — “Tortilla Flat”(1942)
The lightest of heart and most lightly regarded classic John Steinbeck adaptation, “Tortilla Flat” (1942) came by its “underrated comedy” reputation with the passing years. It’s an ethnic farce by a writer with an eye, ear and empathy for the … Continue reading
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Tagged food, hedy-lamarr, latin-representation-in-the-movies, monterey, movies, spencer-tracy, steinbeck
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Movie Review: Lost Jewelry triggers romance in “The Christmas Ring”
“The Christmas Ring” is a new romance novel adaptation starring “One Tree Hill” alumna Jana Kramer and Benjamin Hollingsworth of the aptly-titled Netflix series “Virgin River.” It’s a slow, bloodless romance built on “anticipation” because there’s no conflict, little drama … Continue reading
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Tagged art, books, christian-fiction, christianity
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Movie Preview: Fleeing a Dictatorship via aid from “The Secret Agent”
1977 Recife, Brazil. This awards contender (Best International Feature) opens Thanksgiving week in limited release.
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Documentary Preview: A Murphy Love-in? “Being Eddie”
The Oscar-winning editor (“The Social Network”) turned director Angus Wall is behind the camera for this new “Eddie…in his words” documentary. Lots of fellow comic fans appear to sing his praises and appreciate the shift he represented in films and … Continue reading
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