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Documentary Review — “Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex”
Seems like we’ve just about had enough time to forget singer-songwriter-provocateur Marc Bolan and his band T. Rex, when along comes another reminder that “Oh yeah, he was a big deal.” All it takes is a Mitsubishi sports car commercial, … Continue reading
Movie Review: Gunn takes his shot at “Superman”
Not using a “real” dog as Krypto, the superdog, was as understandable as it was unfortunate. James Gunn’s take on “Superman” has a CGI version of a dog he’s owned as an antic, overeager but always-hits-his-mark digital sidekick. It’s got … Continue reading
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Documentary Preview: Remembering a “Twentieth Century Boy” and “Angel headed Hipster” Marc Bolan of T. Rex
Bang a gong, get it on, Groovers. August 8.
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Series Preview: Jason Momoa unites the Hawaiian Islands — “Chief of War”
Cliff Curtis and Temuera Morrison also headline eve of first contact with The West story of Hawaii’s various islands and tribes at war, with Momoa the baddest of the badasses ready to unite them. They need to unite, because the … Continue reading
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Series Preview: Eric Bana and Sam Neill are Park Rangers unraveling a mystery — “Untamed”
A missing person case in parkland that starts to look like murder, a lot of suspicions and superticions, characters, agendas and perils are faced by our intrepid crew (Lily Santiago is also in uniform). Rosemarie DeWitt, Josh Randall and Taylor … Continue reading
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Netflixable? A “Trainwreck” documentary remembers “The Real ‘Project X'”
It was just a movie, but those of us who saw it and brought an adult persective to reviewing “Project X” back in 2012 picked up on the ante it was upping. Decades of raucus youth party pictures, from “Animal … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Korean-American family finds “A Great Divide” in the corner of Wyoming They Move To
“A Great Divide” is a righteous, topical and long-winded culture clash drama about America at its most racist and least welcoming. Unlike the similarly themed “Minari,” it’s more directly about race and more overt in its messaging — downright heavy-handed … Continue reading
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Documentary Preview: “Kerouac’s Road — The Beat of a Nation”
Natalie Merchant, W. Kamau Bell, Josh Brolin, Jay McInerny, Matt Dillon and Kerouac’s pal, jazzman David Amran, are among those testifying to the genius of his masterpiece, “On the Road.” Slick, star-studded, some guy from Michelle Obama’s WH staff directed … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Muay Thai vs Zombies — “Ziam”
Nothing to see here, just another country and another culture coping with the Zombie Apocalypse. “Ziam” is basically a test for those of us committed to watching any thriller featuring Muay Thai martial artists facing and dispensing with hordes of … Continue reading
Classic Film Review: Race in the Deep South of Faulkner and Clarence Brown — “Intruder in the Dust” (1949)
The late novelist Harper Lee was press-shy almost her entire life, especially after “To Kill a Mockingbird” made her world famous. That was her way of avoiding answering one obvious question that weighs on the mind of cinephiles. “Did you … Continue reading
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