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Dec 6, 20214 min read

The line in 'King Richard' that made me crazy

I liked King Richard, which I saw over the weekend, but one line stuck with me like a thread of spinach I couldn't get out of my teeth....

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Nov 24, 20216 min read

'Let It Be' revisited: digging into the Beatles' rushed, troubled, non-breakup project

Here’s a key point often overlooked regarding Let It Be, the persistent problem child in the Beatles catalog: The album’s sessions began...

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Nov 17, 20211 min read

Cooper Hoffman, Philip Seymour's little kid no more

I was at a screening yesterday of Paul Thomas Anderson's new film, Licorice Pizza, and flashed back to the 2005 Toronto International...

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Nov 12, 20211 min read

Which are the fake Disney Plus projects?

It’s Disney Plus Day, everybody! How are you celebrating the second anniversary of this semi-successful platform? Disney Plus is marking...

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Oct 26, 20214 min read

Marlon Brando as the Sundance Kid and other casting near-misses

Movie casting remains a popular spectator sport, as evidenced by the reaction to Deadline's report yesterday that Brendan Fraser will...

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Oct 19, 20215 min read

'Love, Charlie' captures the compelling complexity of Chef Trotter

I’d never seen my head so big. That wasn’t my main takeaway from the Chicago International Film Festival world premiere of Rebecca...

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Oct 6, 20214 min read

Why most prequels don't work, including 'Many Saints of Newark'

Years ago I was in a novel-writing workshop in which the professor counseled us to follow our characters to their natural destinations...

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