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Movie Review: “Fountain of Youth” ages Everybody Involved
It begins with some sparkling action — a motorbike/fisticuffs getaway in Bangkok — and lopes into a jaunty railroading escape in rural Thailand. There are self-aware jokes ridiculing the silliness of the very idea of a magical “fountain” that bestows … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: A Student Film Gets picked up for Wide Distribution — “Lands End”
A collaborative effort by UC Berkeley students resulted in this drama of three interconnected creative lives struggling to break through. Very polished looking, if a tad navel gazing in nature. Freestyle will serve this up June 13.
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Movie Preview: An Irish Romance decorated with Helena Bonham Carter, Gabriel Byrne and Pierce Brosnan — “Four Letters of Love”
Novelist Niall Williams adapted his novel for director Polly Steele (“Let Me Go”), a period piece built around a youthful love affair tested and assisted by faith, history, ghosts, etc. Ann Skelly and Finn O’Shea are the young lovers, with … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Dermot Mulroney’s a crooked senator who finds “Killing Mary Sue” a bit tricky
Sierra McCormick has the title role in this June 13 first-person-shooter action comedy. Note the “Fortnight” reference. Mulroney, French Stewart, Jake Busey, Jason Mewes, Sean Patrick Flanery, veteran heavy Martin Kove and I assume his son Jesse are also in … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: Darren Aronosky has Austin Butler and Zoe Kravitz “Caught Stealing”
Aged punks, Hassidic gangsters and a clever vanity plate tumble together in this who-stole-what-from-whom action comedy Aronofsky’s not exactly box office, nor are his stars. So that may explain the “dumping ground of August” release date (8-29). They cut a … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” or so we presume
It’s all just too much, really. The flashbacks within flashbacks, serving up 30 years of “Mission: Impossible’s” Great Hits, dead characters (and deceased actors) revisited, the dangling from this or that, or diving, or dying — the A-bombs, missles ready … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Homeless Man hears “The Golden Voice” on Rittenhouse Square
“The Golden Voice” is the most sentimental movie treatment of living on the streets since “The Pursuit of Happyness.” Cliched, cute and cloying, its very engaging cast is never able to overcome the weight of Hallmark Movie homelessness this script … Continue reading
Documentary Review: A Legend Gets his Due as “Swamp Dogg Gets his Pool Painted”
Documentary filmmakers are always looking for a subject that’s colorful and obscure enough to justify the years it sometimes takes to make a non-fiction film about it or them. The guys who made “Swamp Dogg Gets his Pool Painted” had … Continue reading
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Netflixable? “Jewel Thief — The Heist Begins” the moment you Start Streaming this Piffle
Slick, silly and production-designed to death, “Jewel Thief” is a Netflix franchise starter that’s cartoonish enough to be a non-starter. “The Heist Begins” is about an all-knowing, infallible thief (Saif Ali Khan) blackmailed into stealing a nine-year-old’s idea of what … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: An Animated Fantasy that takes a Little Boy “Into the Wonderwoods”
Animation director Vincent Parannaud did the adult and masterful “Persepolis,” one of the best animated films of the new millenium. Here, he’s aiming for a younger demo with a visually arresting tale of a child lost in enchanted woods, trying … Continue reading
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