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Sisi's screen magic continues

A European legend gets a twist in the movie Sisi & I, moving into sensibilities more suited to 2024 than the real woman’s own days in the la

MaXXXine splatters across screen

Even those who never heard of its two prequels should get a hint about MaXXXine, spelled with an all caps triple X in the middle and...

Foodie fun blends with Dali delights

Foodie fun surrounds Spain’s Waiting for Dalí, a movie that brings back memories of Stanley Tucci’s Big Night while putting its own spin...

Costner explores horizons

Returning to the big screen’s Old West with Horizons: An American Saga, filmmaker Kevin Costner travels familiar territory following...

Finhead bait found Under Paris

Every summer arrives with promise of yet another shark movie—a weakness of mine—so imagine my excitement at seeing a poster featuring one...

Furiosa revs up without Mad Max

The movie Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga revs up the series’ high-octane power while switching gears with actors and timelines.  Deciding to...

Guy Friends mines rom-com traditions

Since New York City and rom-coms go together so well—think Harry meeting Sally or some of Woody Allen’s views—writer director Jonathan...

Compelling thoughts populate Civil War

Some can take Civil War as a specific warning or prediction of upcoming events in a divided U.S. society, but I lean more to that idea of...

Dry 2 features Force of Nature

Successful enough to rank as one of Australia’s biggest ever box office hits, The Dry from 2020 continues with its sequel Force of...

Outside Circle gives inside view

The West’s cinematic allure gets a current twist with a documentary called The Outside Circle. Subtitled A Movie of the Modern West, the...

We Grown sprouts hope

Though no one expects a love letter to one of the nation’s worst examples of public housing, the movie We Grown Now finds good in the...

Sasquatch antics crawl slowly

Like millions of kids, the brothers David Zellner and Nathan Zellner grew up fascinated by legends of Bigfoot, immortalized with a minute...

Octopus Secret: too smart to eat

Transparency: I have enjoyed eating octopus, especially fresh ones in Greece and during my walk along northern Spain's Camino de...

More than One Love for Marley music

The title Bob Marley: One Love comes with a couple of ironic points. For instance, the famous One Love song plays over end credits rather...

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