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Category Archives: Movie Reviews
Away From Her
I felt like a movie Thursday evening. I started out with Hairspray but it didn’t turn my crank. I’m not into movies starring fat chicks. I don’t care about fat people. They can put them in health camps as far … Continue reading
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A Light For Greytowers
Does anyone know anything about this new movie? It’s not on IMDB and there’s little information about it on the net. The director is a regular at Chabad shuls in Pico-Robertson. A Light for Greytowers: the Movie Is Premiering at … Continue reading
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The Movie I Most Want To See – Charlie Wilson’s War
From today’s New York Times: IT sounds like a surefire hit for the Christmas movie season: bosomy showgirls snorting cocaine in a Las Vegas hot tub. A rowdy, Scotch-guzzling hedonist splashing in there with them. Oh, he’s also a congressman. … Continue reading
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Celebrity Journalism as Contact Sport
Manohla Dargis writes this movie review in The New York Times: You don’t need to buy Ms. Malcolm’s take on the reporter-subject relationship (“Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going … Continue reading
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Sam the Man is a Terrific Film
Sam the Man is a Terrific Film It’s about a blocked novelist who struggles with infidelity. Sam the Man is the first time I’ve disagreed with the rankings on imdb.com, which I’ve usually found to be the best gauge of … Continue reading
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