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Movie Review: Korean Canadians, Kimchi and OkCupid — “The Mother and the Bear”
“The Mother and the Bear” may be the cutest thing branded “Korean” since BTS, or even the Kia Soul. Sure, it’s a Canadian indie dramedy by a Chinese-Canadian filmmaker. But writer-director Johnny Ma brings an outsider’s view and respect for … Continue reading
Classic Film Review: Steinbeck played by MGM Stars in Brownface — “Tortilla Flat”(1942)
The lightest of heart and most lightly regarded classic John Steinbeck adaptation, “Tortilla Flat” (1942) came by its “underrated comedy” reputation with the passing years. It’s an ethnic farce by a writer with an eye, ear and empathy for the … Continue reading
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Movie Review: New York “Neighbors” and Theatre “Types” collide in “The French Italian”
“The French Italian” is a dizzy comedy that loses its fizz when it wears out the possibilties of its original premise, but gets some of it back by finding a few other screwy directions to take us. Writer-director Rachel Wolther’s … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Phylicia, Seraya and Tyler riff on The Book of Ruth — “Ruth & Boaz”
The Biblical “Book of Ruth” was the inspiration for “Ruth & Boaz,” a modern, semi-faith-based romantic melodrama from the fantasy factory that is Tyler Perry Studios. Ruth isn’t a widow who bonds with her widowed mother in law, meeting the … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Mom’s lost it, Dad’s “rescued” her and Kids Give Chase — “A Kind of Madness”
It must be the lucid moments that hurt the most, the ones that can remind those with dementia or the other madnesses of old age of just what they’ve lost and what a fog they’re trapped in the rest of … Continue reading
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Series Review: Is this any way to run “The Studio?”
If you’re a movie buff, of COURSE you’re loading up that trial subscription to Apple TV+ to catch “The Studio,” a cinema-loving and best-joke-on-set-wins silly spin on the messy way movies are made and the sniveling, lying cowards who make … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Italian losers trap a winner via “The Love Scam”
“The Love Scam (Mica è colpa mia)” is a genial Italian caper comedy that barely manages “genial” and never really capers. There’s a lack of ambition, an Italian shrug of indifference, that slacks through every element — script, direction and … Continue reading
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Tagged california, food, italian, news, politics
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Netflixable? Documentary captures “Martha” Stewart in her Multitudes
At her zenith, Martha Stewart could come off as insufferable, an icy perfectionist who’d never let a hair seem out of place or a place setting pass that didn’t have hand-made touches. But even her haters had a hunch she … Continue reading
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