Month: October 2024
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The Estate review: old-school style comedy
The Estate made me laugh. It’s broad comedy about hair-brained schemes, old-fashioned in its style. The story is about a group of cousins competing for the estate of their rich aunt and stars some great actors who deliver the comedy with enthusiasm.
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Only Murders in the Building: what I loved about season 4
Only Murders in the Building, season 4, has some wonderful moments. This clever series is consistently good. It’s time to mention some of the best things in season 4.
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In Her Place review: the truth and the fiction both feel real
In Her Place (El lugar de la otra) is a drama from Chile. Set in 1955, it’s a fictionalized version of something that really happened. It’s Chile’s Best International Feature Film of 2025 Oscar submission.
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Lee review: Kate Winslet as photographer Lee Miller
Lee conveys a powerful visual message about Nazis and a courageous photographer named Lee Miller who was determined to photograph what she was seeing in the midst of World War II.
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Territory review: modern day Western from Australia
Territory is a sprawling modern day Western soap opera of an adventure set in far northern Australia on the Marianne Station, “the largest cattle station in the world.” The cowboys in this remote dryland are as likely to ride a four wheeler or a helicopter as a horse.
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Tuesday review: an allegorical relationship with death
Tuesday stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lola Petticrew as mother and daughter in a fantasy story about grief and dying. The film takes a unique approach to this type of story. Tuesday is from writer and director Daina Oniunas-Pusic.
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The Lincoln Lawyer, season 3 review
The Lincoln Lawyer, season 3, brings a new case to Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) and his group of associates. As usual, in this series based on mystery novels by Michael Connelly, things get very complicated and dangerous before it’s all over, but Mickey usually manages to win his case as a defense attorney in the…
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Woman of the Hour review: Anna Kendrick is off to a powerful start as a director
Woman of the Hour tells a story about a real serial killer, but uses some fictional characters to carry the emotional impact – which is huge – to modern audiences. Anna Kendrick stars in and directs the film.
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Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara – when fandom gets toxic
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara tells a horrible and unresolved story about 15 years of catfishing carried out by a fan or fans of Tegan and Sara. It is fandom gone toxic and hurt many people, including Tegan who was the main target.
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They Shot the Piano Player review, an animated documentary
They Shot the Piano Player tells the story of what happened to musician Tenório Jr. It’s an animated documentary featuring the voice of Jeff Goldblum as writer Jeff Harris. Harris wrote about music, in particular how the Bossa Nova sound that came out of Brazil in the 1960s and 70s changed music.