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From “Cruella” to “Dalmatians,” is this Prequel Worth it?
Disney’s “Cruella,” which stars Emma Stone as the titular villain who eventually torments many a dog in the Disney classic, “101 Dalmatians,” is not available for purchase digitally. I, for one, am always a little skeptical of such origin stories… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The Boss Baby: Family Business”
A character in the new “Boss Baby” movie, “The Boss Baby: Family Business,” has a hankering for sweets. He sits there and eats ice cream and soda and lollipops and, yes, even handfuls of sugar itself. Of course he does… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “First Date” (2021)
Way back in 1988, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince made sure that all teens knew the importance of not cruising around the neighborhood in a car that they shouldn’t be driving. Assuredly, this was not the first example… Read More ›
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Final Thoughts Before Leaving the World of “Biomutant”
A few weeks ago we delivered to you the first of two promised episodes on the open-world RPG “Biomutant.” It wasn’t a teaser as much as it was a review in progress. Well, this week, we’re finishing our discussion of… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Werewolves Within”
The question is perhaps not “do werewolves exist,” but rather “does it matter if werewolves exist when human beings, with all their horrific faults, are trapped together and believe that werewolves might exist?” Such is one of the conundrums put… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “F9: The Fast Saga”
The “Fast & Furious” movies long ago transitioned from being a series about relatively criminals with a penchant for cars running into trouble with police. They have, through the years, gotten bigger and dumber. The key thing though is that… Read More ›
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Indiana Jones Whips his way to 4K
We love the Indiana Jones movies. Well, we love three of them and tolerate a fourth and hope that the fifth allows our hero to ride off into the sunset in perfect fashion. Timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The Birthday Cake”
There is without a doubt something to be said for getting an audience up close and personal with a movie’s protagonist, for having the camera regularly scan the individual’s face, displaying their expressions, and getting us to try to read… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Stalker” (2021)
There can be no surprise with the movie “Stalker” that the tale is going to feature one individual stalking another. Can you possibly imagine the disappointment if there wasn’t? Why would you call it “Stalker,” what sense would it make?… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard”
To some extent, although perhaps not a very large one, “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” was grounded in reality. In my review of it, I noted that there was a moral question to the film that was intriguing – is it better… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Censor” (2021)
Taking viewers down the rabbit hole and convincing them that up is down, left is right, and back is front is not easy. Keeping folks guessing while still playing fair is no simple task. There is something to be said… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “In the Heights”
One of the awful trends we’re getting these days in the media are the lazy “most ‘x’ since the pandemic” or “we finally have a reason to return to ‘y’ after the pandemic” articles. You’ve likely heard a lot of… Read More ›
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Getting to Know “Biomutant”
Up today on the podcast we have the first of two planned installments on the video game, “Biomutant.” A post-apocalyptic role-playing game, “Biomutant” allows you to wander about a destroyed version of our world as a… well, a kind of… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Super Frenchie”
What do you do with a movie whose outward appearance seems at odds with everything else it’s saying? You can admire its beauty or the characters it offers. You can be intrigued about any number of aspects, but you always… Read More ›
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“Super 8” and Super J.J.
One of the arguments you may have heard against hte work of J.J. Abrams is that he’s always borrowing from something else, he’s always taking something that’s already been done, rejiggering it slightly, tossing in lens flare, and sending it… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Blue Miracle”
It would be easy, albeit cynical, to write a negative review of “Blue Miracle.” A family film, the movie is out on Netflix today and features Jimmy Gonzales as the operator of an orphanage for boys in Mexico as well… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “A Quiet Place Part II”
In the first “A Quiet Place,” our intrepid protagonist family, the Abbotts, trod on paths of sand that had been carefully laid out on top of roads and other trails. The sand was there to muffle the sound of their… Read More ›
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“My Fair Lady” and the Last Minute Change
There is no doubt that “My Fair Lady” is a classic. It is a great movie. There is also no doubt that the ending… well, the ending may be its downfall. Henry Higgins is a bad person throughout the film… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “Dream Horse”
Dream-horse-00197.tif From the very moment it starts, there can be no doubt how “Dream Horse” is going to end. I don’t mean the story itself—although that, too, is in no doubt—I mean the movie itself. It is an absolute certainty… Read More ›
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“Spiral,” “Army of the Dead,” and Movie Webs
Although I regularly think of moviegoing as a near religious experience, another thought came into my mind recently — what if we looked at movies as akin to a spider’s web? Surely you’ve had this happen to you before. You… Read More ›
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“Star Trek” and the Quest to be Better
September 14, 2021
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“Nashville” and “A Place in the Sun” and America
September 7, 2021
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“Luca,” “Profile,” and Being Happy in your own Skin
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One from the Shelf: “The Shining”
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One from the Shelf: “Scooby-Doo”
April 26, 2018
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One from the Shelf: “Doctor Strange”
January 18, 2018
Random Thoughts ›
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The one with Ross’s Sandwich… Recipe
May 21, 2020
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Parsing a new World with “Stela”
March 19, 2020
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A Quick bit of Embarrassment: “Come to Daddy”
February 5, 2020
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Movie Review: “Best Sellers”
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Movie Review: “Nightbooks”
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Movie Review: “Yakuza Princess”
September 2, 2021
