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Mockumentary Review — “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues”
“Getting the band back together” nostalgia is fine. Realizing that they can still play well into their ’70s is something of a “good for them” triumph. And maybe coming to the conclusion that for a parody of a bombastic, pretentious … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “A Long Walk” on the Road to Nowhere
It doesn’t do “The Long Walk” any favors slapping the previews to the remake of “The Running Man” on before the opening credits. “Walk” is “Running” without the running or the amped-up game show “entertainment” elements. The title and the … Continue reading
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It’s “Downton” goes Downtown Time!
Where my cummerbund cosplayers at? One last happy ending? Because inherited wealth never ends and National Trust estates never turn to rubble in the Land of the Posh. I do love being the youngest patron in the multiplex.
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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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