Mission: Impossible III is not a snoozer. It may not be an ideal repeat-viewing thing (I probably shouldn’t have seen it twice in one day), but it’s faster-paced and easier to follow than the DePalma opener and more engrossing than the Woo.
Thumbs Down on “Pearl”Some are under an impression that Ti West‘s Pearl (A24, currently playing), the X prequel, is some kind of unusual,...
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Emily’s JourneyIt only took me five weeks to finally watch John Patton Ford‘s Emily The Criminal, which is pretty close to...
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Once More With “Empire”Yesterday I tried to elaborate upon my positive Telluride reaction to Sam Mendes‘ Empire of Light (Searchlight, 12.9). Toward the...
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RT Cooking “Woman King” Scores?At what point can The Woman King, which cost $50M to produce and another significant chunk of change to sell,...
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Don McLean’s “The Day The Academy Died”An article by a veteran Academy member has appeared on The Ankler, and it says something that The Ankler‘s Richard...
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Nightmare at Village MarketLast night I ran into an old friend who’s no longer a friend because he’s more or less turned into...
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