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Latest Reviews
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What might happen if a Ku Klux Klansman and a Mexican field laborer shared the same jail cell? Probably nothing like the hilarity depicted in Cellmates, starring Tom Sizemore and Hector Jimenez. But never mind about that. This off-beat comedy, directed and co-written by Jesse Baget,...
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In 411 bc, Aristophanes sought to humor fellow Athenians out of their endless, eventually disastrous Peloponnesian War with neighbor Sparta. Twenty-four centuries plus one year later, director-cowriter-actress Nadine Labaki does the same with her Lebanese countrymen even if “the...
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Forgive me again, dear reader, but my inner poet insisted on ranting about A Little Bit of Heaven, a sentimental overdose co-starring Kate Hudson and Gael Garcia Bernal.
Does she have cancer?
Indeed it is so.
But her doctor knows
the...
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Of recent non-fictions and fantasies on classical ballet and modern dance -- by Marina Kudláček, Ruedi Gerber, Bob Hercules, Wiseman, Wenders, and Aronofsky -- First Position is the most accessible and engaging to a general public. Bess Kargman “got lucky” seeking a topic,...
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Latest Features
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Movie Addict HQ pays tribute to Alfred Hitchcock, the iconic Master of Suspense, during a rerun episode scheduled for May 15. This popular show features film historian James Colt Harrison, entertainment journalist Diana Saenger, and the Movie Addict HQ gang in a spirited discussion...
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Movie Addict HQ welcomes noted film critic Marilyn Ferdinand, who kicks off the 2012 Film Preservation Blogathon during this special May 8th episode. Marilyn operates Ferdy on Films, which was named a Best World Cinema Blog of 2011. The upcoming Blogathon, scheduled May 13 through...
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Grab-Bag Review
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First, the good news. The pre-release blitz screening I attended was at a marvelous retro pleasure-palace real movie house, seven-hundred twenty people off the cold streets, predominantly nervous teens munching popcorn. Now the...
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