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Classic Film Review: “El Cid” (1961 — Still a Stiff?
Yup. That’s the answer to the rhetorical question posed by that bad-pun headline. Honestly, I’ve never understood any of the adoring or merely “tolerant” reviews of “El Cid,” a corpse of a corpse-on-horseback “history.” Charlton Heston, at his Big Man … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Shailene’s on the hunt for the “Unabomber”
The difference between “a true story” and “inspired by a true story/true events” is laid bare in “Unabomber,” an account of the tail end of the hunt for mad mail bomber Ted Kaczynski. The heroine, played by Shailene Woodley, is … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: Cinema as Seen from the Projection Booth — “Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey”
You probably missed this sprawling, feel-good-about-cinema’s-future Australian documentary “Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey” when it made the rounds of film festivals and earned a limited release a couple of years back. Celluloid purists certainly wouldn’t have. Australian projectionist turned doc-maker … Continue reading
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Movie Review: A Haunted Japanese Inn’s Worth Visiting, just “Never After Dark”
It’s rare that even a casual horror fan doesn’t greet a new Japanese ghost story with the words, “I LIKE IT already!” Even if the film is made by Tuscon-born one-time Mormon missionary (how he got into Asian culture and … Continue reading
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Movie Review: In Muldoon’s Curtain Call he’s an Ex-Boxer with “Dirty Hands”
Patrick Muldoon was a “Starship Troopers” alumnus who never quite got over the B-movie hump as an actor. He passed away last April at 57. “Dirty Hands” was his final film, a representative work for an actor who made a … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Hawke & Co. carry “The Weight” of Life, Loss, and Gold for Russell Crowe
The hero is a widowed veteran, father of a tiny girl who is taken away from him when he is unjustly imprisoned. The warden of the camp where he’s jailed seems like a reasonable sort. He recognizes a man who … Continue reading
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Tagged ethan-hawke, movies, padraic-mckinley, russell-crowe, the-weight
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Movie Review: “Shaun the Sheep — The Beast of Mossy Bottom”
Much of the charm and delight missing from children’s animated films this year makes a belated arrival in “Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.” Yes, it’s an aimated franchise and yes, there’s even been a VERY long-running TV … Continue reading
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Netflixable? French actors, directors and Venus the Wild Boar yell “Call My Agent! The Movie”
A movie spun-off of a TV series is inevitably going to be more rewarding to fans of that series who know all the back stories of the characters and get the jokes that come from being that character, or breaking … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: Mr. Navel Gazing “How To” Kvetches through “The History of Concrete”
“The History of Concrete” is an amusing amble through that construction material’s lineage, especially as it pertains to New York. And New Yorkers. It’s by doc filmmaker/essayist John Wilson, which should tell you its light tone and short-attention-span aimlessness, if … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Practical Magic 2” Stops the Clock
No major motion picture as mediocre as “Practical Magic 2” deserves the emotional response this film sometimes generates. It’s released 28 years after the original film, with its two stars — Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman –– having collected Academy … Continue reading
