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Classic Film Review: A Reporter digs into government scandals real and staged — “Defence of the Realm” (1985)
It’s odd to think of the ’80s as a movie decade in which we can bandy the phrase “They don’t make’em like that any more” about. Hollywood’s blockbuster obsession almost wholly took over, and the roman numeralization of cinema “franchises” … Continue reading
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Tagged 80s-films, british-film, classic-cinema, david-puttnam, film, gabriel-byrne, greta-scaachi, movie, movies
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“Most Obnoxious Moviegoers?” Here’s the Latest Poll
Moviegoing as an experience has had its rough periods of adjustment over the decades. Audiences returning to the cinema in the ’70s and ’80s thanks to the Blockbuster era had to learn they weren’t in their den, where chattering about … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Bad Guys” and “Naked Gun” cops can’t catch “Fantastic Four”
A hyped-to-death comedy reboot, a smart horror picture and an animated sequel were no match for Mighty Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” snore, as that comic book reboot managed another $40 million on its second weekend at the box … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Dragon” Flies High, “Materialists” cash in, “Stitch” clears the $800 million mark
Kids’ entertainment has been king of the box office this summer, as animated franchises turned into CGI assisted “live action” remakes have become the latest “sure thing” in that corner of the marketplace. First it was cell-animated fare of the … Continue reading
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Tagged box-office, disney, film, how-to-train-your-dragon, materialists, minecraft, movie, movies, Reviews
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Netflixable? Hell hath no Fury like a Mother “Uninvited” to the Home of Her Daughter’s Killers
“Uninvited” is a Filipino revenge thriller, a slow but solid B-picture slicked up to pass for an A-feature. Vilma Santos stars as a grieving mother who sets out to avenge a student-daughter “defiled” and murdered by a mob boss, a … Continue reading
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Tagged aga-muhlach, movie, nadine-lustre, vilma-santos
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Movie Review: Modern “Warfare,” up close and impersonal
The big selling point of “Warfare” is its recreation of the “reality” of combat in the Middle East by a former Navy SEAL who was there. But there have been scores of documentaries made by embedded filmmakers who detailed the … Continue reading
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Tagged alex-garland, film, movie, ray-mendoza, warfare, will-poulter
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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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Tagged film, food, jews-in-hollywood, krumholtz, movie, seth-rogen, the-studio
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Classic Film Review: George C. Scott is the “Transporter” in a much older BMW for “The Last Run” (1971)
“The Last Run” is a tidy if not exactly tight template for generations of “driver” movies to come. Here is George C. Scott as the original “Transporter,” taking out and thrashing a collectible BMW from Portugal to the Pyrnees all … Continue reading
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Movie Review: More Teased than Terrified by What’s Behind that “Cellar Door”
“Cellar Door” is an attempt at the thriller-as-parable, a suspenseful story about a troubled couple tested by temptation and the ugly “answers” they might find by peeking behind that which they’ve been warned to never open, the cellar door of … Continue reading
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