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 “OFFICIAL COMPETITION” LAUGHS AT THE EGOS INVOLVED IN FILMMAKING

“OFFICIAL COMPETITION” LAUGHS AT THE EGOS INVOLVED IN FILMMAKING

Many movies have savaged filmmaking from Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BLVD to Robert Altman’s THE PLAYER to Quentin Tarantino’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD. The new Spanish Argentine feature OFFICIAL [...]

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 “THE BLACK PHONE” MAKES MORE OF ITS HORROR WITH AN AIR OF MYSTERY

“THE BLACK PHONE” MAKES MORE OF ITS HORROR WITH AN AIR OF MYSTERY

The short story by Joe Hill, upon which the new horror movie THE BLACK PHONE is based, tells a simple, deft, and harrowing story of child abduction in a mere 7,250 words. Writer/director Scott [...]

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 BAZ LUHRMANN GOES ALL OUT TO TELL HIS “ELVIS” BIO

BAZ LUHRMANN GOES ALL OUT TO TELL HIS “ELVIS” BIO

There’s a lot of excess in ELVIS, director Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic about Elvis Presley. Gleaming cinematography that practically glows in the dark, simple exposition scenes cut like they’re [...]

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 TRIPLE-THREAT COOPER RAIFF’S “CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH” IS AN ODD CHARMER

TRIPLE-THREAT COOPER RAIFF’S “CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH” IS AN ODD CHARMER

The title CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH is an odd one, a riff on the 2000 dance track by DJ Casper, that equals the offbeat tone coursing thru filmmaker Cooper Raiff’s sophomore feature. It’s a [...]

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 MICHAEL GLOVER SMITH’S “RELATIVE” IS IMBUED WITH RECOGNIZABLE FAMILY DYNAMICS

MICHAEL GLOVER SMITH’S “RELATIVE” IS IMBUED WITH RECOGNIZABLE FAMILY DYNAMICS

In filmmaker Michael Glover Smith’s new family dramedy RELATIVE, everything is indeed relative. A college student’s casual indifference to his own graduation party, a Type A daughter’s concern [...]

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 “WATCHER” IS A SLY, TIMELY THRILLER ABOUT HOW MEN SUBJUGATE WOMEN

“WATCHER” IS A SLY, TIMELY THRILLER ABOUT HOW MEN SUBJUGATE WOMEN

The new thriller WATCHER is ostensibly about voyeurism, stalking, and paranoia as a young woman in Budapest suspects that a neighbor across from her apartment window is watching her. However, [...]

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 ROSE BYRNE REIGNS AS AN ANTIHERO IN THE 2ND SEASON OF “PHYSICAL”

ROSE BYRNE REIGNS AS AN ANTIHERO IN THE 2ND SEASON OF “PHYSICAL”

Tony Soprano. Walter White. Don Draper. Dexter Morgan. Sheila Rubin? Indeed, it may be time to list Sheila, the lead character from Apple TV+’s dramedy PHYSICAL as one of television’s great [...]

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 SPECTACULAR AERIALS RESCUE “TOP GUN: MAVERICK” FROM ITS SCHMALTZ

SPECTACULAR AERIALS RESCUE “TOP GUN: MAVERICK” FROM ITS SCHMALTZ

TOP GUN: MAVERICK is a film that wants to have its cake and eat it too. The sequel, hitting theaters 36 years after its jingoistic predecessor, would like to say serious things about agism, [...]

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 GEORGE CARLIN DOC TELLS A SURPRISINGLY TOUCHING TALE OF THE UPSTART COMIC

GEORGE CARLIN DOC TELLS A SURPRISINGLY TOUCHING TALE OF THE UPSTART COMIC

Stephen Colbert suggests in the new HBO documentary GEORGE CARLIN’S AMERICAN DREAM that the legendary comedian was like the Beatles to his generation of comics. Colbert is right as not only was [...]

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 A WIDOW FEARS THE TERROR OF “MEN” IN ALEX GARLAND’S NEW THRILLER

A WIDOW FEARS THE TERROR OF “MEN” IN ALEX GARLAND’S NEW THRILLER

A beleaguered mind can drive any soul to the brink, especially one plagued by a distressing cocktail of anguish, guilt, and depression. In the case of young wife Harper (Jessie Buckley), [...]

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