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La Chimera
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“La Chimera” plays like a magical realism version of the classic one-last-heist movie.   The core of it ultimately may reveal itself to be somewhat familiar: Newly released from prison for his crimes, a thief returns home to pull off the big job that will finally make him and his friends rich. But through the dreamlike...
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In the Land of Saints and Sinners
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After the one-two gut punch of garbage filmmaking that was “Blacklight” and “Memory,” I had just about given up on Liam Neeson, an actor of undeniable quality who seemed to have stopped actually reading scripts all the way through before...
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Now Streaming: NO BLADE OF GRASS, Anarchy in the U.K.
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Cornel Wilde's post-apocalyptic vision of John Christopher's novel is heavy-handed, hyper-hysterical, and highly entertaining. Now streaming on Criterion Channel. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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New to Streaming: Stop Making Sense, The Taste of Things, The Settlers, Lousy Carter & More
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Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Drift (Anthony Chen) Singaporean director Anthony Chen’s English-language debut follows a West African refugee,...
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Francis Ford Coppola Finally Unveils Megalopolis and Begins Work on Next Film
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Don’t call it a premiere, but after decades in the making, Francis Ford Coppola finally unveiled his $120 million epic Megalopolis to a good portion of the Hollywood industry yesterday in Los Angeles in the hopes of securing a buyer....
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Home Entertainment Guide: March 2024
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10 NEW TO NETFLIX "The Accountant""Alone""The Autopsy of Jane Doe""Bodies Bodies Bodies""Four Daughters""Godzilla""Pineapple Express""Step Brothers""To Kill a Tiger""Wanderlust" 15 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD "The Abyss" James Cameron's 1989 blockbuster has been one of the hardest films to find on physical media...
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The Ebert Fellows Go to True/False
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Editor’s note: Earlier this month, the 2023-24 University of Illinois College of Media Roger Ebert Fellows attended the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, MO. It’s an ideal first festival for any moviegoer, its documentary focus allowing for a wide range...
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YANNICK Trailer: Quentin Dupieux’s Meta Comedy Takes Theatre Hostage
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We never seem to be running short these days of a Quentin Dupieux comedy. The director’s first of two new movies from last year, Yannick, will arrive stateside on MUBI April 5. The official trailer has just been released by...
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GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE Review: Big Dumb Monster Fun Is The Anti-GODZILLA MINUS ONE
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Picking up where its incredibly fun predecessor left off, Adam Wingard’s Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire finds the two former foes fighting together against a new foe in an existential battle for the earth and its most vulnerable inhabitants,...
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Keith Law Wants You to Watch Better Baseball Movies
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For some of us, Opening Day in Major League Baseball is a sacred thing—the unofficial start of spring, the launch of another season of the world’s greatest sport, that special time each year when we still believe that our crummy...
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