Category: Movies
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Yesterday morning in a nearly empty theater, I saw Materialists, starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal, and written and directed by Celine Song. This is Song’s second feature, after the Academy Award nominated Past Lives. I enjoyed this film quite a bit and I laughed a lot (which can be quite awkward when…
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I’ve seen “The Life of Chuck” twice in the first week of release. It is a beautifully thought provoking movie, the kind that might’ve been a strong Best Picture contender years ago – but times have apparently changed. It’s not doing very well at the box office, and from a local perspective, it’ll be reduced…
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I’ve never seen Steely Dan in concert. I’ve been casually aware of their music for a long time, having heard a few of their hits on classic rock radio for most of my life, but I really didn’t start taking a deep dive into their catalog until the last year or so. Tribute acts are…
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COOL AS ICERated PG / 90 Minutes / Dir: David KelloggAvailable on DVD from Universal as part of their MOD “Vault Series”.Also available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber. Author’s note: The following review is a revised version, previously posted in 2016 on my former blog, “The Sconnie Cinephile.” Cool As Ice is one of my…
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As a supplement to my inaugural feature story, I hope you enjoy seeing these retro commercials for Star Wars media and tie-in items from the 1990s.
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I was born in 1977, the year the original Star Wars came out. I have vivid memories of seeing The Empire Strikes Back when it returned to theaters at age 5 in late 1982, when I was in kindergarten. Return Of The Jedi followed a few months later in the summer of 1983. My family…