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Cast gives Club its Miracle
Director Thaddeus O’Sullivan finds no need to work miracles when he combines three top notch actresses with world class scenery. Maggie...
Robin Holabird
Jul 16, 20231 min read


Scenic Scandinavia on screen
https://youtu.be/9XihRkYYTSk Scenic Scandinavia Cruise stops Crossing the waters of a Viking Cruises trip called Scenic Scandinavia bore...
Robin Holabird
Jul 12, 202332 min read


Brian Cox finds Prisoner's redemption
Fathers make life difficult for Kate Beckinsale as The Prisoner’s Daughter. Her own dad Max, played by Brian Cox, spent little time at...
Robin Holabird
Jul 9, 20231 min read


Traveling with Liv Ullmann
The release schedule for a new documentary series about Liv Ullmann worked great as I prepared for an upcoming trip to Scandinavia. My...
Robin Holabird
Jul 9, 20231 min read


Ed Asner helps Tiger roar
Some creative touches and a fine, final performance from Ed Asner help The Tiger Within take a bite out of teenage angst. Asner...
Robin Holabird
Jul 9, 20231 min read


What's love got to do with rom-coms?
When a rom-com calls itself What’s Love Got to Do With It? you know the answer: everything. The rom-com genre sets forth rules and...
Robin Holabird
Jun 15, 20232 min read


It Aint Over too soon
Baseball legend Yogi Berra never made one of his “isms” about having a chip on your shoulder—he seemed too nice for that. But his family...
Robin Holabird
Jun 10, 20232 min read
Around downtown Reno in many movies
Movie Footsteps in Reno HISTORIC RENO PRESERVATION SOCIETY 1. NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM & OLD RENO ARCH Cars owned by mary...
Robin Holabird
Jun 10, 20232 min read


Carmen dances to new tunes
The opera Carmen gets a quote “reimagining” in a new film with that title, jettisoning the classic stage numbers but maintaining tenuous...
Robin Holabird
May 26, 20231 min read


Breathing Air into sports genre
Sports stories come with different approaches in current and upcoming projects about superstars like Yogi Berra, LeBron James, and...
Robin Holabird
May 26, 20231 min read


Wild Life helps the world
We can all dream big, but few can transform those visions into reality as the subjects of the documentary Wild Life manage. The Free Solo...
Robin Holabird
May 26, 20231 min read


Horses run free in Wild Beauty
Ashley Avis joins a controversy linked to Nevada in her new film Wild Beauty with the subtitle Mustang: Spirit of the West. Learning...
Robin Holabird
May 7, 20231 min read


Jackie Chan Rides On
Agile, swift, strong, and graceful--these words describe Jackie Chan and the co-star who wants to upstage him in Ride On! Make that...
Robin Holabird
Apr 21, 20231 min read


Rennervations finds possible missions
Marvel’s Hawkeye, actor Jeremy Renner, starts his new reality show by proclaiming his love for large vehicles, an ironic twist that...
Robin Holabird
Apr 14, 20231 min read


Pink Ladies join the word Grease
Once again, “Grease is the word”—or one of them—with a 10 part-series covering the Rise of the Pink Ladies, those jacketed rebel girls...
Robin Holabird
Mar 31, 20232 min read


Soul searching in Seoul
With insightful understanding, the movie Return to Seoul explores the lingering impacts of abandonment. Using an intriguing plot...
Robin Holabird
Mar 24, 20231 min read


Boston strangles truth?
Since millions know the Boston Strangler really existed, my movie bull antenna start quivering when the new release by that name opens...
Robin Holabird
Mar 17, 20231 min read


Everything wins everything
(Note: My travel schedule during initial release of this film made me neglect to post the review I aired when the movie first opened. I loved it but never expected a 7-Oscar, above-the-line sweep). ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’: Robin’s movie review Outrageous, confusing or confounding, Everything Everywhere All At Once stands out as one of the most original movies to come along in years. Its modernistic use of alternative universes ultimately leads to old fashioned w
Robin Holabird
Mar 13, 20232 min read


Turn Every Page taps literary connections
Anyone who cares about history, power struggles, great writing, deep insights, and qualities others might deem “BORING!” can only find...
Robin Holabird
Mar 11, 20232 min read


One Fine Morning shines light on tough times
The recent celebration of life I organized for my father makes me either the perfect or worst audience for One Fine Morning. Like the...
Robin Holabird
Mar 11, 20231 min read
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