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Movie Review: Statham at Sea means “Mutiny”
When Jason Statham growls, “Trust me, I’m coming back for everybody,” what self-respecting hostage wouldn’t consider themselves as good as rescued? J.Sta’s latest, “Mutiny,” is a “Die Hard” at sea that, thank to “Mesrine” director Jean-François Richet, uses that laybrinthine … Continue reading
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Tagged adrian-lester, annabelle-wallis, jason-statham, movies, mutiny
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Documentary Review: A Filmmaker Father Reckons with the Loss of his Son — “Remake”
The grim finality of loss hangs over legendary filmmaker Ross McElwee’s “Remake.” A meditation on grief, guilt and an obsession to honestly and frankly document one’s life and share it with the world, it may not be the last film … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema, drug-abuse, film, mcelwee, movies, Reviews
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Classic Film Review: The First Person Diary Doc is born on “Sherman’s March” (1986)
It’s hard to remember how “out there” Ross McElwee’s landmark “personal journey” documentary “Sherman’s March” was in 1986. A confessional, cutesie, creepy and revealing snapshot of the South and one privileged movie maker’s revisiting of his romantic past and revelation … Continue reading
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Tagged civil-war, film, first-person-documentary, history, horror, maga, michael-moore, michael-moore, movies, Reviews, unreconstructed-south
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Movie Review: “The End of Oak Street,” End of Summer Dregs
Say what you want about the Spielberg-lite creature feature “The End of Oak Street,” but Oscar winner Anne Hathaway makes us believe that she believes it’s “The End.” A seriously silly movie that misses more laughs than it reaches for, … Continue reading
Movie Review: You Can’t Spell Heartache without “H is for Hawk”
Almost all of us missed “H is for Hawk” when it was shown in “select cinemas” last winter. And we’re all the poorer for it. This sublime, understated film — based on a memoir by Helen MacDonald — is another … Continue reading
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Tagged brendan-gleeson, claire-foy, falconry, goshawk, movie-review, movies, Reviews
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Movie Review: Gen Z confronts “I Want Your Sex” Reality — with Trepidation
Some of us saw this coming way back when “Tron” was rebooted as “Tron: Legacy” The chilly, chiseled perfection that was Olivia Wilde just screamed “dominatrix,” and maybe a future in Cruella de Vil/Nora Desmond roles. Wilde, dolled up in … Continue reading
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Tagged cooper-hoffman, film, gregg-araki, movies, olivia-wilde
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Movie Review: Same ol’ “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” or Not
The theory that any movie is improved by the presence of Jon Bernthal gets a stern test in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” As grumpy, crusty, gun-crazy Frank Castle, aka “The Punisher,” reluctant sidekick to Spider-Man, Bernthal curses, sticks his nose … Continue reading
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Tagged marvel, mcu, movies, spider-man, tom-holland
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Movie Review: Jake J. and Steenburgen master Pickleball – “The Dink”
“The Dink” is Jake Johnson’s tamest comedy since “Let’s Be Cops.” And even though he’s done the network sitcom thing (“The New Girl”), I’ve got to say it doesn’t really suit him. “Dink” is a not-quite-rom-com about finally giving up … Continue reading
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Tagged ed-harris, jake-johnson, mary-steenburgen, movie-review, movies
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Classic Film Review: A Brit DJ with a Dead Brother hears the Birth of New Wave — Turn Your “Radio On”
“Radio On” is an archetypal ’60s “art film” mystery drama released on the cusp of the New Wave ’80s. The tone is downbeat, the story and performances are minimalist and the narrative is literally driven by a 1960 Rover 80 … Continue reading
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Tagged art-cinema, british-film, film, movies, new-wave, radio-djs, sting, thatcher-britain, writing
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Movie Review: “The Odyssey” by Nolan
Sail we must, on Homer’s “wine dark sea” from Ithaca to Asia Minor and many points in between for the greatest story of them all, the tale of “a face, a fleet…of a war with Troy, of a man and … Continue reading
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