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Netflixable? Britain’s Best Join or are Pursued by “The Thursday Murder’s Club”
It’s not the silliest idea ever, taking “The Only Murders in the Building” and making the building Downton Abbey. “The Thursday Murders Club” is a lighthearted bit of senior sleuthing that takes a prime cut of Britain’s best and most … Continue reading
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Series Review: “Titans: The Rise of Hollywood,” a History of Hollywood on a “Drunk History” Budget
Louis B. Mayer, the Hollywood mogul who co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film studio still around today as Amazon’s MGM, was born Lazar Meir in Dymer, Ukraine, before emigrating to Canada and then the United States. William Fox, whose name remains emblazened … Continue reading
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Tagged cinema, curiosity-stream, film, film-history, jews-in-hollywood, netflix
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Netflixable? Tyler Perry’s Back in Drag for “Madea’s Destination Wedding”
You just know that what few conditions Netflix probably had in the big fat contract it gave the prolific Tyler Perry, one of them was “Give us a Madea movie every now and then.” Because even if his hilariously outspoken … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Dutch Duo are on the case as “Almost Cops”
The Dutch word for “buddy picture” is “vriendenfilm.” They take their shot at the genre with a cop/buddy action comedy, “Almost Cops,” whose title in Dutch is “Bad Boas,” a cute pun. That’s funnier than anything in this stunningly unsurprising … Continue reading
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Tagged action, buddy-picture, cop-comedy, dutch-action-comedy, movie-reviews, movies, netflix, Reviews
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Netflixable? A “Trainwreck” documentary remembers “The Real ‘Project X'”
It was just a movie, but those of us who saw it and brought an adult persective to reviewing “Project X” back in 2012 picked up on the ante it was upping. Decades of raucus youth party pictures, from “Animal … Continue reading
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Netflixable? Theron returns to “The Old Guard 2” — and shouldn’t have
The responsibilities of a movie star, to her career, her “brand,” her projects and how they get made stand front and center in “The Old Guard 2.” Oscar winning star Charlize Theron carries a heavy weight on this one. A … Continue reading
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Tagged charlize-theron, cinema, film, movies, netflix
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Netflixable? Taraji and Tyler Perry Grab that “Straw” that Breaks a Single Mom’s Back
Tyler Perry built his reputation as a champion of Black womanhood. He’s told mostly women’s stories, showcased actresses both famous and obscure and spared no makeup or hairstyling expense for his shiny soap operas and low comedies with a message. … Continue reading
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Netflixable? A Return to “Fear Street” for a dull and forgettable “Prom Night”
Return we now to “Fear Street,” where R.L. Stine set up shop to appeal to older kid readers and which Netflix dove into for not one or two, but a three film series four years ago. The first three films … Continue reading
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Tagged arianna-greenblatt, fear-street, film, horror, movie-review, movies, netflix
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Netflixable? Aspirational Filipino couple become “Sosyal Climbers”
“Sosyal Climbers” is a cleverly plotted but cloying to the point of cutesie Filipino romantic comedy about a young couple that stumbles into a shortcut to their hearts’ desire — getting rich. It’s an Around the World with Netflix film … Continue reading
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Tagged filipino, maris-racal, movies, netflix, phillipines-cinema
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Netflixable? “Meet the Khumalos”
If you’re looking for a South African comedy, in English with sprinklings of Zulu, about feuding neighbors whose hostilities escalate when their children fall in love you could do worse that “Meet the Khumalos.” It’s so generic and derivative of … Continue reading
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