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Saving Christmas (2014)::rating::0
"Y ou can't understand someone until you've seen the world through their eyes," Kirk Cameron tells us during Saving Christmas's mawkish opening narration.  If nothing else, this film offers a fascinating glimpse into the intractable, sanctimonious way Cameron must view everything and everyone around him.  His omnipresent voiceover brims with the serene, cheerful lunacy of…
October 15, 20180Comments
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First Man (2018)::rating::3.5
"Y our daddy’s going to the moon.”  Janet Armstrong tells her son, in a voice shaking with pride and panic.  “Okay.”  The boy shrugs.  “Can I go play now?”  This exchange highlights the premise of First Man:  Neil Armstrong, and the other astronauts who furthered the American ideal by reaching further and climbing higher…
October 13, 20182Comments
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A Star is Born (2018)::rating::4
T he premise of A Star is Born dates all the way back to the first decade of talking pictures.  Its remaking has been a generational affair, with Judy Garland and James Mason, and then Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson taking respective swings. Bradley Cooper’s version doesn’t so much retrace the same well-worn path as use it…
October 6, 20181Comment
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Venom (2018)::rating::1.5
V enom somehow manages to be frenetic and lifeless at the same time, like a corpse with current running through it.  It writhes and twitches protractedly before turning into a smoldering, sparking heap.  I would never be naïve enough to expect anything called Venom to be a Dean Martin Roast, but this is a joyless, dour two…
October 5, 20180Comments

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