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Come on in … the water’s fine

See Sip Savor / 0 Comment / September 20, 2019
Imagine a top 10 movie list including the likes of “Jaws,” “Spirited Away,” “Alien,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Carmen Jones” and “Edward Scissorhands.” That eclectic list dominates IMDb...

Chemistry between women makes ‘Hustlers’ a hit

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / September 19, 2019
This ain’t no “Magic Mike” cautionary tale about the woes of stripping. It’s hardly a ringing endorsement of drugging high-paying Wall Street tools either. Instead, “Hustlers” is a fascinating...

‘It: Chapter Two’ can’t match its predecessor

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / September 12, 2019
“It” is one of the best horror films of the 2010s with the box office dominance to back up its mass appeal: $700 million worldwide from a $35 million production budget. Normally, R-rated films...

‘Ready or Not’ smartly mixes horror and dark comedy

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / September 5, 2019
Horror remains the unsung hero of cinema, a covert golden goose dropping eggs all over the place. And it does so with the help of rather simple film titles: “The Cabin in the Woods,” “You’re...

The top 10 anticipated films debuting this fall

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / August 29, 2019
‘It: Chapter Two’ (Sept. 6) A relatively new auteur, director Andy Muschietti (“Mama”) brought the most terrifying iteration of Stephen King’s classic monster to life with the help of Bill...

‘Good Boys’ get into delightful, and sometimes funny shenanigans

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / August 22, 2019
The aptly-titled “Good Boys” chronicles the awkward transition from elementary to middle school, playing the whole experience for a number of effective laughs and occasionally heartfelt accents....

‘Luce’ takes on racism, takes down white privilege

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / August 8, 2019
Need a slow burn on screen to distract from the heat? “Luce” is a special thriller that thinks more than screams with the kind of payoff that, of course, originated on stage. This Sundance Grand...

‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ will enliven a film course more than a theater audience

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / August 1, 2019
Once Quentin Tarantino retires after directing his 10th feature (if he sticks to statements made to the press), he’ll be a riveting cinema appreciation professor, the kind HR reps lose sleep over. Each...

Beware gator home invasions in ‘Crawl’

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / July 25, 2019
When a hurricane rolls in, beware all the uprooted gators ready to make you a “Florida man” headline once the weather settles. In the long tradition of nature-vs.-human stories that ignore how animals...

Latest Spidey is ‘far from’ superhero fatigue

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / July 18, 2019
  Bemoan the rise of superhero media all you want, but it ain’t going anywhere. I feel your pain, I truly do. Whenever football, basketball or baseball season arrive, a pretentious part of me goes,...

‘Toy Story 4’ sends the gang off in style

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / July 11, 2019
In 1995, the “Toy Story” franchise began a trend in film: the computer-animated feature. And almost 25 years later, Pixar finally says goodbye to some of animation’s most charming characters...

A list of films for which Trump’s July 4 celebration prompts another look

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / July 5, 2019
The Fourth of July is normally a wondrous time to commune with friends and family, eat a hotdog and kick back for the night’s spectacle, always remembering a key moment in American history. Then...

Latest ‘Men in Black’ film may be derivative, but it’s not as unwatchable as critics claim

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / June 20, 2019
The alien hive prepares to attack Earth through a portal atop the Eiffel Tower. But the real threat to society is not a galactic ménage but a horde of hateful critics targeting a fun, albeit forgettable...

‘Dark Phoenix’ concludes ‘X-Men,’ so let’s rank ‘em

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / June 13, 2019
Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) rightly points out that the most powerful mutants on the team are women, and yet the team is still called the X-Men. That nod to woman power isn’t enough to excuse yet another...

Yes, no, maybe – what Netflix movies to watch

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / June 6, 2019
“Always Be My Maybe,” yes Alumni of ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat” know their way around that rom-com formula. The jokes don’t always land, but brisk pacing and clever sequences allow “Always...

‘John Wick’ still can’t be stopped, again

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / May 30, 2019
Like this franchise, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) doesn’t die. Frankly, the boogeyman of the assassin underground will outlive us all, especially since Reeves is an immortal being who ages not. Come the third...

‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’ breaks video game curse

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / May 23, 2019
Since video game movie adaptations first infected Hollywood in 1993 (good ol’ “Super Mario Bros.”), none have become a bonafide hit. No number of “Mortal Kombat,” “Street Fighter,” “Resident...

‘Tolkien’ makes the author’s bio mundane

Dining & Entertainment / Homepage Dining & Entertainment / 0 Comment / May 16, 2019
When the first “Star Wars” prequel and “The Matrix” premiered in 1999, each vied for the coveted role of a generation’s favorite franchise. “Star Wars” had it before, but was dead on arrival,...


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