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Glen Keane, from Disney Animation’s Second Golden Age, directed, and Pearl Studios, aka “Oriental Dreamworks” (“Kung Fu Panda”) did this, which looks several cuts above the usual mixed bag of Netflix animated films. Coming shortly to Netflix, and to the … Continue reading →

A Cold War period piece starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Bill Camp. Looks delicious. Read my review of “The Queen’s Gambit” here.

He’s twice her height, but sure, this could work. Feb. 10, just in time for Valentine’s.

Fight me.

There’s a fast-food analogy for writer-director Andrew Cohn’s “The Last Shift” that’s too obvious to pass up. It’s gassy, not as nutritious as advertised, and in the end not at all filling. This is the debut fictional feature for the … Continue reading →

This fall release covers some of the same ground as “Monuments Men” and the documentary “The Rape of Europa.” Looks intriguing.

Writing for a newspaper in Disney Town, aka Orlando, the company’s long filmmaking history became one of my beats. If an animated classic was being re-released or offered up in a new medium (DVD, BluRay), I’d knock out a story … Continue reading →

In a half-dead mall, with a long-on-life-support Regal Cineplex let’s catch “Late Shift” in the town where star Richard Jenkins’ sister lives, scenic Oviedo, Florida. I’ve profiled RJ a few times, never fails to mention his sis, though her name … Continue reading →

There are fatal flaws with any movie about a journey of “self-discovery,” be it “Eat Pray Love” or “Razor’s Edge” or documentaries on “losing the ego” in a traveling spiritual quest (“The Last Shaman,” “The Look of Silence”). It’s the … Continue reading →

“Two Hundred Thousand Dirty” is one of those low-rent Tarantino knock-offs that we used to see in film festivals all over North America. A ready acknowledgement that the filmmaker’s seen “Reservoir Dogs,” an incompetent nod to “Pulp Fiction,” with maybe … Continue reading →