Tuesday, July 1, 2025

'Rebirth' follows the Jurassic formula

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   Dinosaurs may be extinct, but Jurassic Park movies endure. I haven't seen every one of the six Jurassic movies that preceded this s...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

An Iranian woman's many battles

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  We're either in the best or the worst moment for an Israeli/Iranian film collaboration. You decide. In any case, Tatami -- a work fro...

System overload crashes 'M3GAN 2.0'

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  M3GAN became a surprise diversion in 2023. Director Gerard Johnstone made the most out of a snarky AI-driven doll that became a life-size...
Monday, June 23, 2025

'F1' races into summer's sweepstakes

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    Formula One racing -- and just about every other sport -- offers abundant opportunities for brand promotion. Brand names adorn cars, d...
Thursday, June 19, 2025

A strange, haunting '28 Years Later'

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    Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland return to a series they began in 2002 when they surprised audiences with 28 Days Lat...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Pixar's 'Elio:' Creative enough to fly

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   Eleven-year-old Elio is the recently orphaned main character of the movie that bears his name.  Elio's age suggests where to find the...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Lives swept away by major changes

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         Although I didn't grasp every detail in director Jia Zhang-ke 's Caught by the Tides (more familiarity with China's em...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Love vs. money in a modern romance

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     Director Celine Song ’s Past Lives  (2023) was a small wonder,  a movie about fated love untracked by time and circumstance. In Materi...

Can a wayward daughter be saved?

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           In Echo Valley , Julianne Moore plays a mother whose life is crowded with stress. She's grieving the recent death of her par...