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Movie Preview: Keanu is Aziz Ansari’s “budget guardian angel” — “Guardian Angel”
Sandra Oh and Seth Rogan also star in this profane, in more ways than one, angel-poking comedy. October 17.
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Movie Preview: A Secret Mission sends Civil War commandos down “Resurrection Road”
A Civil War thriller on a budget? What not? This one drops June 6.
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Movie Review: “Worth the Wait?” Worth tracking down
What’s not to like about “Worth the Wait?” A series of interconnected love stories that fit together well enough, a blend of the romantic, the cute and the sad, there’s no heavy lifting in any of this. It’s never laugh-out-loud … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Family ties are celebrated and tested in “Autumn” in Portugal
This festival friendly debut feature by Antonio Sequeira earns a June 2 release.
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Movie Preview: Henry Golding revives his One Great Relationship via drugs — “Daniella Forever”
Beatrice Granno has the title role in this festival darling, a sci-fi romance scripted and directed by Spanish filmmaker Nacho Vigolando, who gave us “Timecrimes.” XYZ Films is unleashing “Daniela Forever” July 11.
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Movie Preview: Josh Duhamel’s gone “Off the Grid,” Kinnear and Stormare aren’t Having It
An engineer/physicist flees his old research job as it was weaponized, and now the guys in charge want him back. This action pic from the director of “Alone” opens June 27.
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Netflixable? A Return to “Fear Street” for a dull and forgettable “Prom Night”
Return we now to “Fear Street,” where R.L. Stine set up shop to appeal to older kid readers and which Netflix dove into for not one or two, but a three film series four years ago. The first three films … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “A Hard Place,” aka “The Evil Dead” by the Humorless and Uninspired
The biggest names in the indie horror flick “A Hard Place” are Bai Ling from “The Crow” and Glenn Plummer, who attained screen immortality with his turn in “Showgirls.” So it’s fitting that they get off easy. They’re the recognizable … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Aspirational Filipino couple become “Sosyal Climbers”
“Sosyal Climbers” is a cleverly plotted but cloying to the point of cutesie Filipino romantic comedy about a young couple that stumbles into a shortcut to their hearts’ desire — getting rich. It’s an Around the World with Netflix film … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: A Dark Comedy of Class, Gimmicks and Great Critical Repute — “Kind Hearts and Coronets”
It is remembered for the grand stunt of casting the great Alec Guinness as eight members of a largely imperious and callous noble family, and making each so distint as to erase the label “gimmick” from what became a quintessential … Continue reading
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