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Neflixable? “Enola Homes 3” Beats a Dead Horse
The bare minimum you expect from a sleuthing action comedy of the “Anybody Named Holmes” variety is that it hold your interest. Netflix’s “Enola Holmes 3” falls short of even that low bar. It’s got a wedding and a few … Continue reading
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Tagged books, ebook, enola, fantasy, fiction, henry-cavill, millie-bobby-brown
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Movie Review: A Dying woman frets over past lives and the “Sarogeto” she hires to get through this one
“Sarogeto” is a cryptic, morose and meandering wander around grief, death and dying and “past lives” that’s only as mysterious as its title. Once you know what “Sarogeto” means in Japanese, it’s easier to understand that “icky” was probably not … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, grief, indie-film-review, japanese-drama, poetry
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Movie Review: Once more to Middle Earth, before “The Lord of the Rings,” “The War of the Rohirrim”
“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” is a dull placeholder pic rolled out by Warner Animation to keep the company’s intellectual property rights to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth current in the public’s mind. Streaming series aside, … Continue reading
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Netflixable? A French “Jumanji” with time-travel and werewolves — “Family Pack”
“Family Pack” is a slick, silly, hot-mess of a fantasy comedy, a French “Jumanji” based on a French board game. A French family — including aged, forgetful Grandpa (the great Jean Reno) — tempts fate by playing an old, carved … Continue reading
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Tagged books, fantasy, horror, romance, werewolves
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Movie Review: Plus-size teen designer finds her tribe and her mission, bringing back the “Empire Waist”
“Empire Waist” is a laugh-out-loud teen comedy about a girl’s emotionally fraught journey from making herself “invisible” to accepting who she is and embracing attention from her peers. Claire Ayoub’s debut feature is witty but utterly predictable, uplifting in all … Continue reading
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