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Days of Thunder (1990)
D ays of Thunder has the engine of an old B-movie and the chassis of an expensive summer blockbuster.  The result is a strange hybrid--a cacophonous soap opera on wheels.  Thunder is a beautiful disaster, in which stilted dialogue and melodramatic story beats swirl by in a visual poem of twisted, smoking wreckage.  After thirty years,…
May 31, 20230Comments
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Air (2023)
T he world didn't need a bantamweight drama about the creation of a shoe, but here we are anyway.  Of course, the Air Jordan isn't just a shoe.  It's the shoe.  And Air wisely uses that iconic sneaker to leap into a larger and more ambitious story, on how Jordan and a few corporate warriors at Nike leveraged his…
May 26, 20230Comments
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Despite its blockbuster pedigree, releasing Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was an unsung act of bravery.  It was grittier and grimier than Robin Hood movie ever made.  Previous adaptations made being the lovable rogue look like fun.  Costner's take is angrier, edgier, and fueled by revenge.  Hell, the whole production is one boob or F-bomb away from an…
May 24, 20230Comments
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
I t's shocking that Super Mario Bros. arrived nearly forty years ago, and we're just now getting a respectable film adaptation.  After all, Mario is the most iconic video game figure in history, and the most recognizable cartoon character this side of Mickey and Bugs.  Sure, Hollywood attempted a live-action take back in the 90s, but…
May 21, 20230Comments
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Knock at the Cabin (2023)
M ost of M. Night Shyamalan's output since Unbreakable has amounted to the cinematic equivalent of a wet willie.  The bad thing is most of these movies have actually been about three-fourths good:  Shyamalan will often dupe us with a fascinating-if-flawed premise, charged with the alternating current of moving character beats and genuinely chilling atmospherics.  Then,…
May 16, 20230Comments
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Renfield (2023)
R enfield is a lean, dumb sitcom of a movie, built on an irresistible idea:  Take Bram Stoker's titular character, Count Dracula's fanatical bug-munching toady, and rework him for modern times.  Put simply, this Renfield is a long-suffering sycophant, shackled to a toxic relationship with his narcissistic, gaslighting boss. The filmmakers riff on that premise…
May 12, 20230Comments
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
L awrence of Arabia made me love movies.  When I was a boy, the scene where Peter O'Toole's Lawrence first ventures into the desert was a transformative experience.  David Lean's majestic direction, combined with Maurice Jarre's lush, romantic score and Freddie Young's jaw-dropping 70mm cinematography, formed a moment of magnificent magic.  For the first time,…
May 3, 20230Comments
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Scream VI (2023)
F ull disclosure:  I left the Scream franchise for dead about three sequels ago.  After all, a bunch of bratty know-it-alls riffing on stale horror tropes is cute for one movie, but it starts gettin' old real quick.  By the third installment, these flicks started losing a lot of blood, and seemed destined for a…
April 27, 20230Comments
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Casablanca (1942)
T ake a poll of the most iconic movie scenes in history, and a lot of the same answers will pop up:  Dorothy Gale singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" would make the list.  So would Don Vito Corleone, stroking a stray cat and making offers nobody could refuse.  And then there's Casablanca.  Even people who've…
April 26, 20230Comments

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