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Midsommar
Horror stays dark despite the light of "Midsommar" in a new film featuring colorful flowers, flowing white costumes and lots of bright...
Robin Holabird
Dec 7, 20192 min read
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Yesterday
Featuring music from a hugely successful rock band, an Oscar winner's direction and a screenplay by a certified hitmaker, the movie...
Robin Holabird
Dec 5, 20192 min read
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All is True
Like Shakespeare in Love, the new movie "All is True" imagines a life for the bard. More of a "Shakespeare in Grief," the story starts...
Robin Holabird
Dec 3, 20192 min read
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Anna
Director Luc Besson could get really mad at how the new movie Anna rips off so many elements from his film Nikita — except he's the...
Robin Holabird
Dec 1, 20192 min read
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Souvenir
In her movie "The Souvenir," writer director Joanna Hogg explores a toxic and slowly debilitating love affair like one she experienced...
Robin Holabird
Nov 29, 20192 min read
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Rocketman
Though dealing with familiar issues, "Rocketman" takes off with more intense energy than most movies about popular music stars. Addiction...
Robin Holabird
Nov 29, 20192 min read
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Tales of the City
Netflix just advanced "Tales of the City," a limited series with appeal for today's binge-viewers plus longtime PBS fans who may remember...
Robin Holabird
Nov 29, 20192 min read
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Book Smart
Book Smart shows film smarts with clever scripting and energetic visuals that take it to brassier realms than high school/coming-of-age...
Robin Holabird
Nov 27, 20192 min read
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Wine Country
Despite its funny stars and vineyard setting, the new Netflix film "Wine Country" focuses more on fears induced by middle age than on...
Robin Holabird
Nov 21, 20192 min read
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Road Trip
For film critics, going on vacation often represents no movie watching as we escape our regular activities, which works out perfectly...
Robin Holabird
Nov 19, 20192 min read
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Avengers: Endgame
Describing the massive destruction he causes for the Avengers series, bad guy Thanos proclaims: "I am inevitable." And given the...
Robin Holabird
Nov 17, 20192 min read
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Penguins
A box office hit and Oscar winner, the documentary "March of the Penguins" from 2005 should have ended any need for further arctic bird...
Robin Holabird
Nov 15, 20192 min read
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John Wick 3
Optimists looking for the good side of everything can find educational value in the hyper violent and hugely paranoiac third John Wick...
Robin Holabird
Nov 11, 20192 min read
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Little
"Little:" the movie I wanted to like in a big way. And, for lots of reasons. Reason one: it features Regina Hall. From such television...
Robin Holabird
Nov 11, 20192 min read
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The Mustang
Northern Nevada plays a big role in "The Mustang" featuring the state prison's wild horse training program. The program joins two similar...
Robin Holabird
Nov 9, 20192 min read
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Us
Since my job used to involve bringing projects to film in Nevada's impressive array of locations, I view almost all movies with an eye to...
Robin Holabird
Nov 7, 20192 min read
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Sideways and Oscar Wine Pairings
With its look at a weekend tasting adventure, the movie "Sideways" turned wine into part of my annual Oscar celebrations. I pair wines...
Robin Holabird
Nov 7, 20191 min read
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Oscar Night
Millions discover the year's best picture by watching the Oscar awards show, but just like presidential races, politics and structure...
Robin Holabird
Nov 5, 20191 min read
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Five Feet Apart
Among the world's great mysteries comes the chronic popularity of a movie genre dubbed "sick flicks." Sick, as in bedridden with illness,...
Robin Holabird
Nov 5, 20192 min read
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Gloria Bell
By playing the peppy pop tune "Gloria" for its previews in 2013, the movie with that title misled me. I watched it expecting something...
Robin Holabird
Nov 5, 20192 min read
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