Review
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WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS – Review
If all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, the old saying goes, and if...
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THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY – Review
Who’s ready for a bit, no lots, of culture? No, well let’s sweeten the deal. Yes, you’ll be in...
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SUMMERLAND – Review
SUMMERLAND is a sweet drama set in the English countryside during WWII, about a reclusive, curmudgeonly writer who has...
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REBUILDING PARADISE – Review
Looking back on the last few months, many (including yours truly, I’ll admit) have indulged in bouts of self-pity,...
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LIFE WITH MUSIC – Review
Okay cinema, you’ve been taunting us with films concerning things we can’t enjoy because of the pandemic (aside from...
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THE RENTAL (2020) – Review
It looks like whatever crystal ball (maybe more of a big fishbowl) Hollywood was consulting certainly proved it’s worth....
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EASY DOES IT (2019) – Review
Who’s up for a road trip? I’m guessing most folks are, after being cooped up for much of this...
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PIRANHAS – Review
This week’s new release (well, new to most of us, since it played several film festivals, including St. Louis,...
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FIRST COW – Review
Kelly Reichardt’s FIRST COW offers a tale of friendship and American dreams, set in a hardscrabble frontier outpost in...
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SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER – Review
Oh, the ups and downs of family life with its joyous highs and tragic lows can make a most...
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WAKE UP – The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase Review
The Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s...
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THE OUTPOST (2020) – Review
Last year in the times of opulent movie showcase palaces with big wide screens and thundering digital sound (yes,...
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FOUR KIDS AND IT (2020) – Review
With the home-schooling battles and triumphs (hopefully) several weeks in the past, perhaps it’s time that the “wee ones”...
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IRRESISTIBLE (2020) – Review
As the “year from Hell” AKA 2020 continues to drag on and on, we can all agree that the...
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MR JONES – Review
In the early ’30s, a young Welsh journalist named Jones uncovers a secret famine in Stalin’s Soviet Union, a...
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7500 – Review
7500 is the code that airlines use for a hijacking, and hijacking is the subject of Amazon’s drama/thriller 7500....
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BABYTEETH – Review
Okay, enough with the somber serious stuff, we’re finally getting into some real Summer cinema subject matter. No, it’s...
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MY DARLING VIVIAN – Review
Authors and (especially) documentary filmmakers have long been fascinated (much as the general public) with the romances of the...
