Mini Movie Reviews Archives
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Love and Hate in Black and White: MALCOLM & MARIE
The problem being, writer/director Sam Levinson over wrote the dialogue. So many times there would be great points made or arrows slung by either Malcolm (John David Washington) or Marie (Zendaya) and you'd just want them to land and end scene, but it never happened. Instead each time one or the other's soliloquy would go on too long and too much more would be said, which would muddy the brilliance and not give the viewer enough time to process...
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SXSW Online 2021 Coverage
SXSW 2021 (March 16-20) I've always wanted to go to Austin, Texas. for this famed music/movies/networking extravaganza of a Festival and hopefully one day I will get there; but it's so awesome to have a chance to cover it from Philly!
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LAST CALL (starring Jeremy Piven)
25 MINUTE DRIVE IS A WORLD AWAY co-written/directed by Paolo Pilladi & co-writer Greg Lingo, "Last Call" is a movie about Philly! Set not far from where David O. Russell (Bradley Cooper/Jennifer Lawrence) beloved Silver Linings Playbook was filmed in Upper Darby. It stars Jeremy Piven (Entourage) as Seamus "Mick" McDougal a kid from the neighborhood, whose mother was a saintly housewife; his father (Jack McGee) runs The Bucket, a favored watering hole; and his brother (Zach McGowan) is a good looking, good for nothin. He grew up with a group of guys (Jamie Kennedy, Jason James Richter, Garry Pastore and Peter Patrikios - Yay, Peter I kinda know him )...
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MINARI w/ Q&A
MOUNTAIN DEW, THE ELIXIR OF LIFE Soon-ja is not your typica,l docile, Korean senior citizen. She’s full of energy, cuss words, likes to joke around and play cards. You’d think the kids would love meeting a grandma such as this, but instead, Anne is politely weary, and David just out and out tells her she’s not what he wants “Real grandmothers bake cookies! Real grandmothers don’t swear!”
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COMING 2 AMERICA
I wondered how they were going to pull off the fact that Prince Akeem (Murphy) had a son he didn't know about when in Queens he only had eyes for his Queen Lisa McDowell (Shari Headley). Considering the explanation involves former SNL cast member, high octane Leslie Jones, I'd say the plot works.
