I haven’t basked in the lore of a working megaplex since early March — six months ago. A 7 pm Tenet show begins in six minutes…no, five. A beautiful Harkins plex on Marketplace Drive in Flagstaff. I love the tens of millions of pine trees here, and the nearby foothills and country clubs and whatnot. A nice, polite vibe here. 1/3 liberal, 1/3 MAGA, 1/3 independent. Tolerable traffic, not overbuilt, fresh air, hills. The population of Flagstaff is only 75,000.
Roughly two months ago a very early draft of Eric Roth‘s screenplay for Killers of the Flower Moon (dated 2.20.17,...
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Frances McDormand‘s Fern was strong but mule-stubborn and at the end of the day self-destructive, and this stunted psychology led...
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Can’t decide which performance is better, although I’ve always leaned toward Tina Vitale, her cynical New Jersey moll behind the...
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Two days ago (1.19) a Facebook tribute congratulated Tippi Hedren for having reached her 94th year (blow out the candles!)...
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A friend suggested a list of the Ten Best American Crime Flicks of the ‘70s. By which he meant films...
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I’ve never been able to give myself over to Sam Peckinpah’s Major Dundee, a 1965 Civil War–era western, and I’ve...
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