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Movie Review: Lost in Dementia and Memory Care, seeking that “Familiar Touch”
“Familiar Touch” is a simple, documdrama-real film of frank honesty and sensitivity about dementia and adjusting to life in Memory Care. If you’re fortunate enough to not know that label, describing the wing or floor of any nursing home or … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: “Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan” and how a TV host Changed America
He wasn’t a natural “performer.” Ed Sullivan had a face made for radio and voice best appreciated in print, where he’d gained fame as a Broadway columnist and sportswriter. Stiff, later somewhat stooped, with odd vocal cadences and a fear … Continue reading
Classic Film Review: Burt, Booty, Brigands and Brigantines — “The Crimson Pirate” (1952)
“The Crimson Pirate?” Yarrrrr, there’s a pirate picture with teeth! Gore Verbinski borrowed from a parade of pirate movies when he concocted Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” franhcise, none more than this jaunty romp from 1952. Warner Bros. gave star … Continue reading
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Tagged burt-lancaster, movies, nick-cravat, pirate-movies, Reviews, writing
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Netflixable? Sandler’s back in the Sandtrap — “Happy Gilmore 2”
Any hopes that Adam Sandler would use his Netflix contract to remake himself in movies like “Hustle” or “The Meyerowitz Stories”were dashed a couple of “Murder Mysteries” ago. But he’s still doing numbers for the streamer, as his audience aged … Continue reading
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Documentary Review: “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley”
Filmed appreciations of potentially great artists who “die young and leave a beautiful corpse” are many. If these post mortems have a common thread, it’s the difficulty in separating the myth from the musician, painter, actor or writer. And the … Continue reading
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Classic Film Review: Weir, Ford and McGillis make The Greatest Romantic Thriller of the ’80s — “Witness” (1985)
The barn-raising scene in Peter Weir’s masterpiece, “Witness,” is one of the most perfect pieces of pure cinema the movies have ever produced. Beautifully conceived, shot (by future Oscar winner John Seale), edited (by Oscar winner Thom Noble) and scored … Continue reading
Movie Review: As “Indie” as they come — “AJ Goes to the Dog Park”
“AJ Goes to the Dog Park” is a cheerfully cheesy semi-surreal indie film about what one dopey chihuahua owner will go through to get his dog park back. It’s twee in the extreme, with the occasional sophisticated effect — “No … Continue reading
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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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