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“Most Obnoxious Moviegoers?” Here’s the Latest Poll
Moviegoing as an experience has had its rough periods of adjustment over the decades. Audiences returning to the cinema in the ’70s and ’80s thanks to the Blockbuster era had to learn they weren’t in their den, where chattering about … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A Pixie talks to Pumpkins and makes one “Grow”
Gather round, ladies and gents, “boys and gourds,” for a Scots-flavored tale of a little girl who communes with plants. “Grow” is a cute-aiming-for-cutesie comedy about Halloween, a pumpkin growing contest and learning to “go organic” because that’s what the … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A Mixed Martial Artist with an “Affinity” for Fighting, but not Screenwriting
Marko Zaror makes a statement on his martial arts skills — as a fighter and fight director — in “Affinity,” a B-picture that drifts into C-movie territory every time the fighting stops. A towering brawler who figured prominently in the … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Come to Mallorca, “Fall for Me”
“Fall for Me” is a sexy German thriller flavored with mystery and intrigue and set on the Spanish vacation island of Mallorca. Director Sherry Hormann (“A Regular Woman,” “Desert Flower”) and screenwriter Stephanie Sycholt (“Themba”) get the sex and the … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Remaking Hitchcock with “Coyotes” instead of “Birds?”
Yeah, that’s a reach. This nature-at-its-most-monstrous thriller is played for twisted laughs, with Justin Long and Kate Bosworth as a couple trying to survive a pack’s attack on their privileged lives. Brittany Allen and Norbert Leo Butz also star. October … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson make The Holidays One Big Sing-Along — “Song Sung Blue”
A Vietnam Vet Neil Diamond “interpreter” meets his muse, the daughter of a Hudson Brother. A “comeback” for Kate and for “Hustle & Flow” writer-director Craig Brewer? As your friendly neighborhood Scarecrow might put it. “JOY! RAPTURE! This opens Christmas … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: A Halloween Comedy about Pumpkin-cultivating in Limey Land — “Grow”
Kid friendly, with Nick Frost, Jane Horrocks and Tim McInnerny among the familiar faces in this Fathom Entertainment release set for Oct. 3. Looks very cute, and the director did “Anna and the Apocalypse.” Worth a go, no?
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Movie Preview: Count them. There Must be more than Seven — “Samurai Fury”
Epic much? Oct. 7.
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Movie Preview: Dafoe’s a Rich Tyrant who Celebrates “The Birthday Party”
There are no billionaires like Greek billionaires, right? Vic Carmen Sonne, Emma Suárez, Elsa Lekakou and Maria Pau Pigem are the women at this “Welcome to my island” oligarch’s “family” and powerful friends birthday party. Joe Cole plays “The Journalist,” … Continue reading
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