Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Movie Review: A Boy called “Wyrm” Copes with Loss and Virginity in an Alternate Reality

In a world where home computers co-exist with The Golden Age of Cassettes, where “hate mail” is still on the printed page and ’70s fashions, architecture and furniture are frozen in time, where kids’ sexual development is monitored by electronic … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? Sandler tries to up his game for “Hustle”

Adam Sandler never makes it look easy. He’s never mastered the art of “selling” his various screen characters’ emotions or verbal explosions as actual changes in mood. The inexpressive — now middle-aged — face never quite matches the bellowing he’s … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: Cate Blanchett is among the stars of this quirky take on memory and relearning what you’ve forgotten — “Apples”

Director Christos Nikou did “Dogtooth,” to that’s worth remembering when deciding whether or not to check out this late June release.

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Movie Preview: A car dealer falls in with Magic Ninja-Luchadores — “Green Ghost and the Masters of Stone”

Danny Trejo’s in this wackness on the half shell. Charlie Clark (Who?) plays a character named Charlie Clark. With veteran military movie set consultant Dale Dye, Sofia Pernas and Michelle Lee. June 24.

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Movie Preview: Disney Animation’s “Strange World”

A Thanksgiving theatrical release with a 1950s Sci Fi vibe. Jake Gyllenhaal and Alan Tudyck are the only credited voices in this on IMDb at the moment.

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Documentary Review: Ghost hunters of Mississippi visit “The House in Between”

Maybe it’s just me, but just once I’d like to see a “documentary” about aliens, mythic creatures, ghosts and the paranormal start from a position of “healthy skepticism.” Yes, this baseball rolled off a staircase, on camera and seemingly on … Continue reading →

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Netflixable? When terrorists hit Malaysia, it’s time to call “Paskal”

“Paskal” is a Malaysian Seal Team Six thriller, an action picture that rarely missteps when it’s all about the action, but that takes too many detours into dull, cliched melodrama to recommend. We see the county’s elite force, formed in … Continue reading →

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Movie Preview: “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe”

Straight to Paramount+ streaming, June 23. Maybe one half chuckle in this trailer. It’s a different world, you fart knockers.

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Movie Review: Extrapolating the perverse “Crimes of the Future”

For the past few weeks, I’ve been fuming at boutique distributor Neon, which was waffling on whether or not to preview screen “Crimes of the Future” in my market, or anywhere near me. Coupled with a general lack of advertising, … Continue reading →

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David Cronenberg can always count on the Canadian audience to show up

The line for the 1130am showing of “Crimes of the Future” starts here, in the parking lot of Raleigh, NC’s Cinemark Grande. Apparently.

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