I often opine about modern action movies which (I feel) often exploit their characters in favor of bone breaking fight choreography and unrealistic violence.  Well, here is one with solid reasoning for its action, which is presented in realistic fashion. […]

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Satirical murder mysteries are tough to make, tough to sell and, in this case, tough to enjoy, even when the foundational source material is rich (as it is here).  Aficionados of Agatha Christie may find more merit than I did, […]

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A few months ago the first Star Trek movie was given theatrical showing and I saw it and subsequently reviewed it as a Recent Release.  Now I am doing the same for its sequel, enjoying its 40th anniversary at theaters this […]

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Few things are more deflating to a moviegoer like myself than a movie which proves that newer movies like this one are not being made for me.  This stylized, ultra-violent, ironical comedy is clearly made for people who love Quentin Tarantino’s […]

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Yes, I’ve already seen Top Gun: Maverick — on July 7 — and gave it an excellent three-and-a-half star review.  Well I’ve just seen it again, and it’s even better.  More thrilling, with deeper characterizations and meaning than I was giving […]

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Back in the theater again, and this time on IMAX screens, Jaws was, is, and remains one of the great movies in the history of cinema.  It’s the film that put Steven Spielberg on the Hollywood map, changed summertime movie exhibition […]

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