#’I Care A Lot’ review: Rosamund Pike bilks grannies

#’I Care A Lot’ review: Rosamund Pike bilks grannies

“#’I Care A Lot’ review: Rosamund Pike bilks grannies” “I Care a Lot” takes the anti-capitalist screed genre to a new extreme: ruthlessly robbing grannies. Rosamund Pike plays Marla, a woman who works as a court-appointed guardian to elderly people who either have no family, or whose relatives are not fit to take care of…

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#Unfunny movie destroys a brilliant play

#Unfunny movie destroys a brilliant play

“#Unfunny movie destroys a brilliant play” Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG-13 (suggestive references and some drug material). In select theaters and on demand. Fifteen minutes into the awful new movie “Blithe Spirit,” something changes: The actors finally start speaking a few lines that were actually written by Noël Coward. Unfortunately, not many more arrive after…

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#A Young Girl Befriends a CG Squirrel – /Film

#A Young Girl Befriends a CG Squirrel – /Film

“#A Young Girl Befriends a CG Squirrel – /Film” Over the last 16 months, Disney+ has unleashed a slew of original films and TV shows, but few have felt like throwbacks to the days when Walt Disney Pictures released one low-budget, low-stakes comedy into theaters after another, in the hopes of translating into moderate box-office…

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#Sia’s first film is unwatchable and offensive

#Sia’s first film is unwatchable and offensive

“#Sia’s first film is unwatchable and offensive” (Zero stars.) Running time: 107 minutes. Rated PG-13 (thematic content, drug material, brief violence and strong language.) In select theaters and on VOD. Was Sia wearing a two-toned wig in front of her face while she directed “Music”?  That’s the only explanation I can muster for this wreck….

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#A soulful, but simple, take on nature and trauma

#A soulful, but simple, take on nature and trauma

“#A soulful, but simple, take on nature and trauma” Running time: 89 minutes. Rated PG-13 (thematic content, brief strong language, and partial nudity.) In select theaters. One thought is hard to shake during “roughin’ it” films: Could this Hollywood star really learn how to shoot a deer, skin it and have a delicious venison stew…

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#Hulu’s Series is Back – /Film

#Hulu’s Series is Back – /Film

“#Hulu’s Series is Back – /Film” (Blumhouse Television and Hulu have partnered for a monthly horror anthology series titled Into The Dark, set to release a full holiday-themed feature every month. Horror anthology expert Matt Donato will be tackling the series one-by-one, stacking up the entries as they become streamable.) After a pandemic-forced hiatus, Blumhouse…

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#A Sweet But Slight Comedy – /Film

#A Sweet But Slight Comedy – /Film

“#A Sweet But Slight Comedy – /Film” 13 is a hard age. No longer a child, not yet an adult, and nowhere to channel that teen angst, which is even rawer for angry delinquent Sammy Ko (Miya Cech), who is struggling to overcome the grief over losing her mother. So Sammy breaks things at her…

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#A Gentle Meditation on Life – /Film

#A Gentle Meditation on Life – /Film

“#A Gentle Meditation on Life – /Film” “Dying isn’t simple is it?” Masao (Steve Iwamoto) is on his death bed, unwilling — or unable — to reckon with his debilitating sickness, even as his estranged children and grandchildren flit around and away from his bedside. The only presence that has stuck by his side the…

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