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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...
Robin Holabird
May 31, 20242 min read


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...
Robin Holabird
May 28, 20241 min read


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...
Robin Holabird
May 20, 20241 min read


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...
Robin Holabird
May 19, 20241 min read


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...
Robin Holabird
May 9, 20241 min read


Contrary Condor cinema
Condors prove elusive in wild and film
Robin Holabird
May 6, 20241 min read


Contrary Condor in Arizona
Despite their size, California condors do not make it easy to find them.
Robin Holabird
May 6, 20244 min read


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...
Robin Holabird
Apr 23, 20242 min read


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...
Robin Holabird
Apr 22, 20242 min read


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...
Robin Holabird
Apr 22, 20242 min read


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...
Robin Holabird
Apr 13, 20242 min read


Cinema Caravaggio Continues in Ripley
Ripley, 2024, with Andrew Scott getting the Caravaggio vibe in Italy. Ripley author Patricia Highsmith and Caravaggio earned their...
Robin Holabird
Apr 12, 20243 min read


LaRoy Texas no place for old men
Setting out to break expectations, the dark comedy called LaRoy, Texas twists and turns in landscapes both bright and bleak. As writer...
Robin Holabird
Apr 12, 20241 min read


Peasants paints a harsh but lovely world
A century-old Nobel Prize winning novel from Poland gets a visual twist with The Peasants as filmmakers spice up a story in a painterly...
Robin Holabird
Apr 4, 20241 min read


Wicked Little Letters makes the F-word fun
In The Lost Daughter Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley both earned Oscar nominations playing the same character at different ages....
Robin Holabird
Mar 30, 20242 min read


God & Country preaches to choir
A documentary with an agenda, God & Country covers the genesis and growth of Christian Nationalism in the United States. Using Katherine...
Robin Holabird
Mar 25, 20241 min read


Pathological seeks truth in Holloway case
Finding a fresh spin on a heavily saturated event proves a challenge even in light of recent shifts with the case of Natalee Holloway,...
Robin Holabird
Mar 25, 20242 min read


No fast food in Taste of Things
Review 2024 Taste of Things While foodies may fall for France’s entry into Oscar’s international film pool, hot dog fans might scratch...
Robin Holabird
Mar 25, 20241 min read


MacLaine wakes American Dreamer Dinklage
NPR listeners of the “This American Life” program find something extra to appreciate in a movie whose boast as quote “based on a true...
Robin Holabird
Mar 17, 20241 min read


Dune 2 sweeps on
Back in 2021 I left a theater and wrote, “If you walk into the movie Dune cold, you may find yourself lost in a hot desert,” a line that...
Robin Holabird
Mar 17, 20242 min read
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