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Chloe (R) Atom Egoyan’s remake of Anne Fontaine’s French film Nathalie … stars Julianne Moore as a woman who suspects her husband (Liam Neeson)...
Hunger Games: Snow Falling on Panem
In the novel The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen describes herself as being small-statured, olive-skinned, and dark-haired, so of course, when they made the movie...
The Best Supporting Performances of 2018
I thought I had something interesting to say for the introduction to this yearly feature of mine, but I don’t. These performances come from...
Jackie: Camelot’s End
As with any subject that has been plumbed endlessly by journalists and historians as well as artists, a movie about the Kennedys needs a...
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An Affair to Die For (NR) Jake Abel and Claire Forlani play adulterous spouses whose affair leads to violence. Also with Nathan Cooper, Melina...
Andor-ing
A meme derived from a 2009 political cartoon always comes to mind when I see a new Star Wars project. Farmer Mickey Mouse, with an...
Waffles + Mochi: Kids’ Menu
When I was little, I hated mushrooms and coconut. It was less about the taste than the texture for me. Now I’m OK with...
Frankenweenie: Ghost Dog
Expanded from the same 1984 short film that got Tim Burton fired as a Disney animator, Frankenweenie (which Burton has made under Disney’s auspices,...
Polite Society: Is This the Ria Life?
In 2021, I reviewed the TV comedy series We Are Lady Parts. That was the creation of Nida Manzoor, but since then, the show...
Card Counter: Poker Face
This weekend is the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, so it’s fitting that The Card Counter comes out as one of...
