Peter Rainer, an extremely perceptive and respected film critic, has written an L.A. Times love sonnet to Eddie Murphy. Why would anyone on Rainer’s level do this? What kind of editors would want such a piece at this stage of the game?
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Really Nice RideTo my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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Live-Blogging “Bad Boys: Ride or Die”7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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One of the Better Apes Franchise FlicksIt took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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- The Pull of Exceptional History
The Kamala surge is, I believe, mainly about two things — (a) people feeling lit up or joyful about being...
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If I Was Costner, I’d Probably Throw In The TowelUnless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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Delicious, Demonic Otto GrossFor me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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