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‘Wolfs’ Movie Review

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“Wolfs” is a new action comedy from Jon Watts, the director of one of the highest-grossing movies of all-time, “Spider-Man: No Way Home”. And even with all that box office and instant iconic Marvel movie success, Sony decided (at the last-minute) that “Wolfs” shouldn’t go to theaters (beyond a 50-ish cinema, one-week, limited release) and […]
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‘The Critic’ Movie Review

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“The Critic” is a classic case of a fantastic performance and lead character in a movie that doesn’t rise to the same level of impact. This is an enjoyable dramatic thriller, and I don’t completely hate the directions it goes in. But when director Anand Tucker and writer Patrick Marber’s adaptation of Anthony Quinn’s 2015 […]
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‘His Three Daughters’ Movie Review

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“His Three Daughters” stars Carrie Coon as Katie, Elizabeth Olsen as Christina and Natasha Lyonne as Rachel. They are three sisters who have their father in hospice care in a New York City apartment. He’s dying, and they’re there for the end. They’re told by the hospice care workers (who are named Angel and Mirabella, […]
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‘Skincare’ Movie Review

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“Skincare” is set in Los Angeles in 2013 and stars Elizabeth Banks as longtime esthetician Hope Goldman — a very interesting character. One of my favorite aspects of the film is the introduction of how we get to know Hope. She’s a dynamic, multi-layered woman who’s about to finally launch her own skincare line. One […]
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‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Movie Review

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Cue the music! It’s awesome that some classic tunes and a wild chase sequence kick-off “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” — Eddie Murphy’s highly successful return to one of the roles that made him an ’80s superstar. It’s been 40 years since the original installment (which I recently watched for the first time and really […]
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‘The Exorcism’ Movie Review

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“The Exorcism” stars Russell Crowe. Last year he was “The Pope’s Exorcist”, but this is completely different. It’s not your typical horror movie. This is mostly about the making of a horror movie. Crowe plays an actor named Anthony, who is trying to make a comeback with a role as a priest in a film […]
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‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Movie Review

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“Bad Boys: Ride or Die” arrives about four and a half years after the third installment, “Bad Boys For Life”, which came out in January 2020. It was the biggest movie of that year because of the COVID pandemic. And it’s also been a little over two years since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on […]
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‘Poolman’ Movie Review

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“Poolman” is unfortunately not nearly as good as “Birdman”, but there are some influences of that Oscar-winning Best Picture in actor Chris Pine’s directorial debut. Pine, best known for the modern “Star Trek” trilogy, “Wonder Woman” and “Hell or High Water”, also serves as co-writer and star. He plays Darren, a pool cleaner in a […]
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‘Challengers’ Movie Review

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“Challengers” is directed by Luca Guadagnino (of “Call Me By Your Name”, “Bones and All” and the recent Salvatore Ferragamo documentary). It was originally supposed to open last September. Then Amazon-MGM pushed it to the end of April. At the time I thought it was because of one of two things: the strikes going on […]
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ Movie Review

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David Dastmalchian provides a refreshing, avant garde take on the late night talk show host role as Jack Delroy, the host of the popular (but not quite as much as “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson”) program “Night Owls”. It’s Halloween night 1977, and this episode of “Night Owls” changes television forever. That’s what we’re […]
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