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Weaver Builds Good House
Playing with words and mood, The Good House manages a surprising balancing act between lightweight tone and serious subject. The movie...
Robin Holabird
Oct 3, 20221 min read
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Buried unearths tragic history
Regional history plays a part in the new documentary Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche. Directors Jared Drake and Steven Siig...
Robin Holabird
Sep 26, 20221 min read
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See How They...runs with whodunnit basics
Though Oscar winners highlight its cast, See how they Run actress Saoirse Ronan runs away with the show. Playing an over-enthusiastic cop...
Robin Holabird
Sep 19, 20221 min read
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3000 Years longs for more passion
I may not spend a full three thousand years at it, and my longing for films by George Miller qualifies more as anticipation than...
Robin Holabird
Sep 12, 20222 min read
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Gigi and Nate looks at monkey business
The new movie Gigi and Nate shows that one way to shock the monkey comes with work as service animals. Yes, the title monkey Gigi gets a...
Robin Holabird
Sep 2, 20221 min read
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Beast nips chomp romp genre
In Beast, a lion joins the summer’s jaws and claws crowd with a roar that’s worse than its bite. The chomp romp works both sides of the...
Robin Holabird
Aug 31, 20222 min read
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Mack and Rita mistake age and wisdom
The movie Mack and Rita lets Diane Keaton continue the march for former ingenues to maintain a chick-flick presence, a good idea that...
Robin Holabird
Aug 22, 20222 min read
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Paradise Highway leads to trouble
Though not a fun road to drive on, Paradise Highway leads to a different and revealing side of the trucking world. Different because a...
Robin Holabird
Aug 12, 20222 min read
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Hallelujah for music documentaries
Two significantly different songs inspire separate documentaries this summer, proving that just a few minutes of performance can lead to...
Robin Holabird
Aug 12, 20222 min read
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Nope visits Twilight Zone
After a so-so visit to the Twilight Zone on television, Jordan Peele finds a better home for the mindset with his new movie Nope. Set in...
Robin Holabird
Aug 5, 20222 min read
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Crawdads sing off key
Author Delia Owens came up with a great sounding phrase for her book turned movie: Where the Crawdads Sing. I immediately imagined a...
Robin Holabird
Jul 25, 20222 min read
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Asking Agatha creates another fun mystery
Streaming service or movie theater? This weekend I got lazy and tried a test run of Britbox, a natural for any public broadcast fan since...
Robin Holabird
Jul 18, 20222 min read
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Finding the core of Wendover filming
Following my book title and going Around the World in 80 Movies includes a journey to the center of the earth and exploration of Wendover...
Robin Holabird
Jul 11, 20221 min read
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2022 lets Nevada boasts blockbuster links
Jet pilots, dinosaurs and the king of rock and roll share more than giant box office revenues this summer—they all boast Nevada ties. Top...
Robin Holabird
Jul 8, 20221 min read
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Elvis soars bigger than life
Less of a biopic than glittery Gatsby style party, the new movie Elvis explodes with energy and excitement. Director Baz Luhrmann already...
Robin Holabird
Jul 8, 20221 min read
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Phantom crashes golf games
With a message resembling a sports ad--just do it--The Phantom of the Open plays on the warm platitude of watching a little guy succeed....
Robin Holabird
Jul 2, 20221 min read
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Film Footsteps landed in Reno
(Following Film Footsteps walking tour for the Historic Reno Preservation Society, several stayed on to look at movie related cars at the...
Robin Holabird
Jul 2, 20221 min read
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Good luck finds sex saint Leo Grande
The awkward title Good Luck to you, Leo Grande provides no clue to the movie’s subject, a tricky concept many never want to face. That...
Robin Holabird
Jun 25, 20222 min read
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Of Moose and Men in Rocky Mountain National Park
Moose, men, and women cross paths in some parts of the world as various screen stories relate. In Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National...
Robin Holabird
Jun 25, 20228 min read
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Fire Island gains Pride from Jane Austen
To play off Jane Austen’s famous opening line for Pride and Prejudice, it is a truth universally acknowledged…that a good story can bear...
Robin Holabird
Jun 11, 20221 min read
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