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COVID-19 Streaming List

March 12, 2020 0 Comments

Just in case you're caught at home wondering what you can do to pass the time, here's a list of films that, if you haven't seen, you should, and if…

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Review: EMMA.

February 25, 2020 0 Comments

I generally don’t go out of my way to see a period drama (especially one with a period in the title), and I never got around to reading much Jane…

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Review: Downhill

February 12, 2020 0 Comments

If you head into Downhill expecting a raucous, LOL comedy filled with humorous gaffes and charming banter between Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell, you’re in for an uphill climb. Downhill…

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Review: The Gentlemen

January 23, 2020 0 Comments

The Gentlemen is a stylish crime caper with writer/director Guy Ritchie’s fingerprints all over it. It's very much a "Guy" movie - and a "guy movie", with a splash of…

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Review: Bad Boys For Life

January 15, 2020 0 Comments

“Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do...?” Gonna make a movie and a sequel or two. It all began in 1995, with Bad Boys, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence…

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Review: Jumanji: The Next Level

December 11, 2019 0 Comments

This one’s easy. If you saw and liked the 2017 film, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (which I rented this week as a primer), then it’s totally worth taking a…

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Review: Knives Out

November 26, 2019 0 Comments

I caught this one at Middleburg, and sadly it was my biggest disappointment of the festival. As whodunits go, the jig is up pretty early on. But it has so…

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Based on the real-life experiences of writer-director Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher), Synonyms is the strange story of a young Israeli man named Yoav (Tom Mercier) who comes to Paris to escape…

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Review: Charlie’s Angels

November 14, 2019 0 Comments

The new Charlie’s Angels movie is not quite a reboot. Or a sequel. Or even a reimagining of the classic franchise. It’s more of a continuation, expansion and rebranding of…

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Review: Last Christmas

November 7, 2019 0 Comments

Romantic comedies and dramas are few and far between these days, so when a decent one does come along, it’s generally worth celebrating, even if it's just so-so. Such is…

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Review: Jojo Rabbit

October 23, 2019 0 Comments

Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be a new way to tell a World War II / Nazi story on film, along comes Jojo Rabbit, to serve as both…

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Review: Britt-Marie Was Here

October 3, 2019 0 Comments

We've seen this one before. An older woman finds out her husband has been having an affair and leaves him. First she struggles with it and then she finds herself.…

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Brittany Runs a Marathon

August 28, 2019 0 Comments

Brittany Runs a Marathon starts off strong and finishes with a flourish of feels. But the “inspirational comedy” – inspired by true events - veers off course a few times…

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Review: Ready or Not

August 22, 2019 0 Comments

I wasn’t exactly ready for Ready or Not. Horror movies are not my thing. But with IT Chapter Two waiting in the wings, I thought it best to ease into…

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Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon

August 20, 2019 0 Comments

Most movies with Down syndrome characters treat them with kid gloves, painting them as lovable but limited people. But in The Peanut Butter Falcon Zak (Zack Gottsagen) is anything but…