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“The Social Reckoning” has a feel of “taking on Big Social”, with a touch of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”. Jeremy Strong does a good job of playing a human who is a robot (or lizard alien) playing a human. Jeremy Allen White performs well. If you look at who wrote and directed this film,…
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“Forgotten Island” is an animated film which was very enjoyable. There is, apparently, a “sensory sensitivity” version playing in theaters, which is not the version I went to see today. Themes include making memories with friends, and friendships in general. I have doubts about having your kid pay attention to the themes of one of…
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“Digger” is a dark comedy that takes a left turn towards Schenectady, and then almost breaks the fourth wall in explaining itself to the audience. It’s worth watching the credits until the bullfrog starts. I’m pretty sure the choice of that overused song by The Ink Spots, you know the one , even though they…
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“Heart of the Beast” is an appropriate film. I know that’s a weird way of phrasing things, and that’s okay. There’s nothing complicated about this movie; a guy and his dog in the wilderness with some PTSD. Add in a heart attack, a bear, a pack of wolves, a fallen tree bridge across a white…
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“Resident Evil” (2026) is an enjoyable horror film, and addition to the franchise. You don’t need to know anything specific going into this film, and by now if you know the phrases “Raccoon City” & “Umbrella Corporation” you should know what you are getting into. Including the dog. There are elements of John Carpenter’s “The…
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The Uprising” is a historical film based in real life. I went in partially blind. We start off with greed, take a left turn into an English prequel to the Reign of Terror, albeit at several centuries early and shorter lasting, and we end up with betrayal. We then take another left turn and find…
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So this evening I had to drop a piece of official mail into a USPS blue box to ensure pickup. There is one of these boxes at my local Safeway complex a block away. My only obstacle on the way there was a plastic Sandwich board advertising free flu shots that jumped out at me…
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About 10 to 15 years ago I was using a particular app on my tablet to look up local movie times and locations. That app got bought up by Fandango. Bummer, but okay. So I switched over to Fandango. About 5 to 7 years ago I discovered that my local theater has their own special…
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“By Any Means” is the latest entry into civil rights historical films, set in 1960s Mississippi. The music was decently scored. The acting was decent enough, even from Mark Wahlberg. This is not “Mississippi Burning”, nor is it”A Time to Kill”.It felt a little bit like somebody took the TV show “In the Heat of…
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So I was listening to a story on YouTube, and the narrator talks about a corded phone ringing, and he picks up and there’s “no dial tone”. The sound effect for the ringing telephone was.. a dial tone. This made me realize that perhaps kids these days don’t experience dial tones. Little Jimmy isn’t going…
