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Movie Review: Karen Gillan’s a lost soul ready to join the “Late Bloomers”
“Jumanji” and Marvel veteran Karen Gillan finally finds a star vehicle in sync with her brittle, awkwardly funny persona with “Late Bloomers,” a sentimental comedy about an aimless, guilt-stricken young woman who finally grows up when she takes on the … Continue reading
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Tagged book-review, books, Reviews, thriller, travel
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Netflixable? Troubled Swedish Family has to “Let Go” to break-up
Swedish actress, screenwriter and director Josephine Bornebusch conjures up a downbeat star vehicle for herself with “Let Go,” about a dysfunctional family’s trip to support their sixteen year-old in a pole-dancing competition. Sweden, right? There’s a catatonic grandfather to visit, … Continue reading
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Tagged books, family, fiction, marriage-counseiling, sweden, travel
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Classic Film Review: “The Killing Fields” (1984) at 40, Adventure, Heart and Horror in a High-Minded Epic
Some classic films can overwhelm you with the memories of when you saw them, of the era that created them and of the stars who gained their immortality in filming them. “The Killing Fields” came out fresh enough on the … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, cambodia, history, phnom-penh, travel
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Movie Review: South Africans bungle their overreaction to “The Shakedown”
“The Shakedown” is an intermittently amusing dark comedy about blackmail and the “accidents” that happen when inexperienced folks overreact to it. An over-achieving “wellness and medical” insurance broker irks his dopey mistress and she threatens to expose him, wrecking his … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, kruger-national-park, safari, south-africa, travel
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