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‘Hard Truths’ Movie Review

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In writer and director Mike Leigh’s new film “Hard Truths”, Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives an outstanding performance as Pansy, a woman who seems pretty unhappy. She thrives on complaining and confrontation — often with total strangers in stores, parking lots and offices. Her husband and young adult son have put up with this for such a […]
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‘Nosferatu’ Movie Review

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“Nosferatu” is the latest from director Robert Eggers of “The Witch”, “The Lighthouse”, and “The Northman”. “The Lighthouse” is a crazy, wild, fun movie, and “The Northman” is pretty sophisticated, so my expectations going into this re-imagining… this revision of “Nosferatu” were kinda high. I am so, so disappointed. The plot, you may know it […]
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‘Kraven the Hunter’ Movie Review

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I feel like I’m a broken record because so many of these movies this year, about 35-40 minutes in, I go, “This is a terrible film, I’m giving it a D.” And here’s another case of that. “Kraven the Hunter” should really be called “Kraven the Clunker”. The lengthy backstory (involving how Sergei eventually becomes […]
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‘September 5’ Movie Review

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“September 5” is one of the absolute best movies of 2024. This is based on the true story of ABC Sports’ groundbreaking live coverage of Palestinian terrorists holding Israeli athletes and coaches hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich. In the control room, broadcasting to the world, are Roone Alredge (played by Peter […]
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‘The Order’ Movie Review

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Jude Law stars in dramatic crime thriller “The Order” as FBI agent Terry. It’s the 1980s, and Terry moves to the Pacific Northwest, hoping for a little more of a laid-back life, even though he’s still on the job. Well that’s not going to happen because a bunch of robberies are taking place. The criminals: […]
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‘Gladiator II’ Movie Review

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I watched the original, Best Picture Oscar-winning “Gladiator” for the first time a few months ago to get ready for director Ridley Scott’s sequel, and I’m so glad I did. Even though it takes place 16 years later, “Gladiator II” is a pretty direct follow-up. The parallels to the first film and the story beats, […]
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‘The Gutter’ Movie Review

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“The Gutter” is the kind of comedy you’d probably find on Cable TV at 1am. It has that spirit. You flip through the channels and go, “What is this goofy, absurd sports comedy?” It’s wild, outrageous, random and ridiculous… but I stuck with it, and it’s far from the worst movie experience of 2024. There […]
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‘Absolution’ Movie Review

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“Absolution” is the latest Liam Neeson action drama, though there actually really isn’t a lot of action in this one. He plays a guy called Thug — an aging gangster and former boxer. His boss for the past 30 years is played by Ron Perlman in a meaningless role. Thug begins to forget his name, […]
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‘Lee’ Movie Review

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Academy Award winner Kate Winslet stars in “Lee” as photojournalist Lee Miller, who covered WWII, primarily for Vogue. There’s some occasional humanity to Winslet’s performance. Andy Samberg, in a rare dramatic role, is very good as fellow photojournalist David Scherman. I could see Samberg (best known for “Saturday Night Live”, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and a bunch […]
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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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