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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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‘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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