#The Dream of the ’90s is Alive – /Film

#The Dream of the ’90s is Alive – /Film

“#The Dream of the ’90s is Alive – /Film” The dream of the ’90s is alive in The Little Things, a new serial killer thriller that’s actually anything but new. Writer-director John Lee Hancock penned the script back in 1993, and the finished film arrives here in 2021 with its ’90s aesthetic intact. The cars are boxy,…

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#A comedy about Indian castes

#A comedy about Indian castes

“#A comedy about Indian castes” Running time: 125 minutes. Rated R (language, violence and sexual material). On Netflix. Many memorable movies have been made about the struggles of India’s poorest citizens. Oscar winner “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Lion,” both starring Dev Patel, chronicled boys’ climbs from small ignored villages to greener pastures.  Using different styles and…

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#Regina King’s directing debut electrifies

#Regina King’s directing debut electrifies

“#Regina King’s directing debut electrifies” In 1964, black icons Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown gathered in a Florida motel room one evening. This real historical anecdote inspired a 2013 play by Kemp Powers, “One Night in Miami,” and now actor Regina King makes her directorial debut with an assured, electrifying film…

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#Liam Neeson Aims for the Heart – /Film

#Liam Neeson Aims for the Heart – /Film

“#Liam Neeson Aims for the Heart – /Film” It’s not a good time for much, but weirdly enough, it is a very good time to be a Liam Neeson fan. While DC-heads just had to watch its latest offering on their televisions and Marvel-stans don’t really know when they’re likely to see Black Widow, Liam…

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#’Wonder Woman 1984′ review: ’80s flair was needed

#’Wonder Woman 1984′ review: ’80s flair was needed

“#’Wonder Woman 1984′ review: ’80s flair was needed” Like so many movies and TV shows before it, “Wonder Woman” has discovered the secret recipe for fun: Just set it in the ’80s. Running time: 151 minutes. Rated PG-13 (sequences of action and violence). On HBO Max Dec. 25. The clothes! The hair! The personalities! Wham!…

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#George Clooney’s sci-fi flick bungles ending

#George Clooney’s sci-fi flick bungles ending

“#George Clooney’s sci-fi flick bungles ending” “It’s the journey, not the destination” is a popular lie that’s printed on inspirational posters in guidance counselors’ offices all across America. The reassuring phrase is particularly egregious, however, when applied to movies, in which a bad ending can make the preceding two hours feel like a humongous waste…

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#Tom Hanks wins the West

#Tom Hanks wins the West

“#Tom Hanks wins the West” Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd has a helluva gig. He schleps around the US reading newspapers aloud to backwoods townsfolk during the 1870s. While that task may seem simple enough next to other 19th-century jobs such as laying railroad track or cattle-wrangling, the work is treacherous. Report the news in the…

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#Old-Hollywood throwback with a twist

#Old-Hollywood throwback with a twist

“#Old-Hollywood throwback with a twist” Running time: 114 min. Rated PG-13 (smoking, sexual content). Tessa Thompson radiates retro glamour in “Sylvie’s Love,” an old-Hollywood throwback with a modern twist: its predominantly black cast. Writer/director Eugene Ashe (“Homecoming”) sets this romance in the New York of the 1950s and ’60s, with a Technicolor sheen to match…

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#A howl of rage at sexual predators

#A howl of rage at sexual predators

“#A howl of rage at sexual predators” Running time: 114 min. Rated R (violence, language, drug use). If ever there was a movie worth venturing back to the theater for, it’s this blistering horror-comedy. By turns acidly funny and genuinely upsetting, “Promising Young Woman” stars Carey Mulligan as an avenging heroine for our time, and…

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#Comet hits Earth in bleak disaster movie

#Comet hits Earth in bleak disaster movie

“#Comet hits Earth in bleak disaster movie” Did Gerard Butler take acting lessons from the MGM Lion? He growls and snarls just like Leo in his latest role, as an engineer trying to save his wife and young son from an apocalyptic comet’s impact in “Greenland.” Running time: 119 minutes. Rated PG-13 (intense sequences of…

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