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Classic Film Review: Hitchcock winds the “Ticking Clock” — “Sabotage”(1936)
Alfred Hitchcock polished his anecdote about how to become “The Master of Suspense” over the decades, refining his definition of “the ticking clock” thriller to the “bomb under the table” analogy he related for a TV interview very late in … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “The Last Ronin” wanders Futuristic Russia looking for Bullets
“The Last Ronin” is a derivative, dull and exeptionally slow martial arts variation of the Hero Wanders the Wasteland quest that we’ve seen in scores of martial arts sagas, Westerns and sci-fi over the centuries. A man of violence meets … Continue reading
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Tagged apocalyptic-cinema, movie-review, ninja, putins-wasteland, russian-film, samurai, sci-fi
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Netflixable? Turkish ex-con is an “Abandoned Man” until his Niece Comes Along
An embittered ex-convict finds new purpose in his life when he’s forced to care for his adoring and adorable pre-school niece in “Abandoned Man.” This Around the World with Netflix melodrama is an Istanbul tale that never quite rises to … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Saget’s Farewell, “Daniel’s Gotta Die”
Bob Saget’s last movie was mercifully slow making its way to its widest possible audience. The beloved “Full House” dad and adorably potty-mouthed stand-up comic died in 2022, in Orlando. As bad luck would further have it, his last movie … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: A new take on Ibsen’s “Hedda”
Tessa Thompson stars in a role that challenges and rewards like few others, the “heroine” of Norwegian Henrik Ibsen’s play, “Hedda Gabler,” one of the great “unhappily married women” in all of literature and theater. Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman and … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: Not just a band, but Prophets Warning of a Grim, Dumb American Future — “Devo”
Some kids dug the beat and found it “easy to dance to….” just so long as you knew The Robot. The cool kids loved the performance art kitsch of it all, groups of five dressing up in yellow ponchos or … Continue reading
Movie Preview: Daniel Day-Lewis returns! “Anemone”
Sure, he’d have you believe that he’s ended his “retirement” to do a movie for a lad director named Ronan Day-Lewis. But we’re not fooled. He jumped at the chance to play an old soldier haunted by his past with … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Post WWI Germans learn there’s no recreating “Eden”
The setting is forbidding, the political parable heavy-handed and human nature “inevitable” in “Eden,” Ron Howard’s dip into real history for a sociology lesson that can apply to today. It’s an all-star rendering of a true story of Germans who … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Corporate Villains Kept at Bay via “Relay”
Every thriller needs a good hook, and “Relay” has a doozy. How can you protect your anonymity and preserve your identity in the modern surveillance state, when data harvesting, phone bugging and tracing has moved from the state into the … Continue reading
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Tagged david-mackenzie, lily-james, relay, riz-ahmed, thriller
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Thursday Movie Matinees — “Relay” with Riz, or Opie Goes to “Eden”
The dog days of summer cinema occasionally produce a gem. “A Constant Gardener” was an Oscar winner that came out in late August, after all. Maybe it’s “A Little Prayer,” opening next weekend. Austin Butler has an action comedy next … Continue reading
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