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25
Feb 2022
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House of Gucci (2021)

A fter 160 minutes of House of Gucci, I can confidently say I have no idea what the hell I just watched.  Is this a gloriously trashy piece of pop art--the…
10
Feb 2022
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CODA (2021)

T he title for CODA is a fascinating play on words:  In the context of this film, its most obvious use is an.acronym--Child of Deaf Adults.  But a coda is also…
05
Feb 2022
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Spencer (2021)

From the opening scene, Spencer announces itself as a sizzling slice of historical fiction.  Put another way, this is an imaginative portrait of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart), painted against the…
02
Feb 2022
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As Good as It Gets (1997)

A s Good as It Gets provokes a dilemma I've never encountered before:  On one hand, it blazes a trail through difficult issues, such as OCD and homophobia, places Hollywood had long…
20
Jan 2022
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Last Night in Soho (2021)

Y our tolerance for this wacky, atmospheric thriller will depend on your affinity for the freewheeling era known as Swinging London.  If the thought of a film built around the…
15
Jan 2022
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King Richard (2021)

Let me begin this review with a dose of unvarnished honesty:  I've never much liked tennis.  In my defense, I grew up in a small town where the three…
12
Jan 2022
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Belfast (2021)

As with Alfonso Cuarón's brilliant Roma, Belfast serves as a conduit for writer-director Kenneth Branagh to explore his own childhood.  Both films feature the fading, fragile innocence of youth, juxtaposed with…
07
Jan 2022
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Being the Ricardos (2021)

F ew TV stars, past or present, could breathe the same rarified air as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.  As a power couple, they dominated the Nielsen ratings throughout the…

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