Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

Werner Herzog to Receive Lifetime Honor From European Film Academy

He should be collecting these on a weekly basis. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/werner-herzog-receive-lifetime-honor-european-film-academy-1209983

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Preview: There’s no escaping “Clownado!”

Weirdest trailer I have posted this year, and may it remain the weirdest all the way through Dec. 31. C’mon. Who’s afraid of clowns?

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Documentary Review: More Moe Berg is served up in “The Spy Behind Home Plate”

Did you see the game but not great big screen biography, “The Catcher was a Spy,” starring Paul Rudd as the mysterious baseball player turned pre-CIA agent Moe Berg last year? Well, here’s another chance — one among MANY — … Continue reading →

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Bond 25 returns 007 to his birthplace, Jamaica

    This past couple of weeks’ press events and production stills of Daniel Craig getting back into the James Bond saddle for location shots have gotten me thinking about the long history of the franchise and why the 25th … Continue reading →

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Movie Theater Traumatizes Children by Accidentally Playing ‘La Llorona’ Instead of ‘Detective Pikachu’

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/05/movie-theater-plays-la-llorona-detective-pikachu-1202139835/amp/

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Preview: Sienna Miller is “American Woman,” even though she’s British

Roadside Attractions has this June 14 release, with Sienna Miller playing a mother of two struggling to carry on after one of her children goes missing. Aaron Paul and Christina Hendricks also star in “American Woman,” not to be confused … Continue reading →

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A movie that doesn’t exist –the 2018 remake of “The Man from Bitter Ridge”

A point I have made here from time to time, if your movie isn’t on IMDb or Rottentomatoes or Metacritic, it does not exist. Here is one with Ed Harris and Jason Isaac and Stephen Root and others, a remake … Continue reading →

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RIP Alvin Sargent — 2 time Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Who Also Penned Three ‘Spider-Man’ Films Was 92

Alvin Sargent wrote the most emotional, best-directed, best-acted “Spider-Man” movies — the three with Toby and Kirsten.   https://deadline.com/2019/05/alvin-sargent-dead-oscar-winner-ordinary-people-julia-1202612437/

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Preview: “Killers Anonymous” is how Gary Oldman spends his Oscar capital

Working in a thriller with Jessica Alba. Not exactly prestige picture material, but there you go. Not everybody gets an Oscar Bounce. Assassins have their own support group, and Suki Waterhouse, Tim McInerny, Oldman and Alba and Sadie Frost are … Continue reading →

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Preview: “Being Frank” is a summer teen comedy about finding out dad (Jim Gaffigan) is cheating?

The bigger question, “Wait, Film Arcade is still in business, “releasing” movies? “Being Frank” is about Dad’s “other” family, features Samantha Mathis and Logan Miller, and opens June 14.

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