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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....
Mark Caro
Dec 6, 20214 min read
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'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...
Mark Caro
Nov 24, 20216 min read
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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...
Mark Caro
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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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...
Mark Caro
Nov 12, 20211 min read
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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...
Mark Jacob
Oct 26, 20214 min read
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'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...
Mark Caro
Oct 19, 20215 min read
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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...
Mark Caro
Oct 6, 20214 min read
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