Movies

This year’s ‘Tully’ isn’t the first great film to go by that name (Movie review)

The Diablo Cody/Jason Reitman “Tully” – now available for home viewing – eventually won me over by being a quality film, but I was initially

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10 sequels that are WAY better than the original

Do a Google search for “Sequels that are better than the original,” and you’ll be busy for an afternoon, at least until you get tired

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‘Like Father’ gets by on the charms of Kristen Bell, Kelsey Grammer (Movie review)

It’s easy to see why “Like Father” went straight to Netflix (the modern equivalent of straight-to-video) rather than getting a theatrical release, but fans of

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‘Demon House’ neither pure documentary, pure horror

“Demon House” – from Zak Bagans, host of TV’s “Ghost Adventures” — purports to chronicle a haunted house in Gary, Ind., but it ends up

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‘The Cold Bananas Show’ Episode 11: July 2018 Movies in Review (Video)

In the July 2018 Movies in Review episode, John and Michael review: “Ant-Man and the Wasp”“Eighth Grade” And Michael reviews: “Skyscraper”“Sorry to Bother You”“Mission: Impossible —

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‘The Cold Bananas Show’ Episode 10: August 2018 Movie Preview (Video)

In the August 2018 Movie Preview episode, Michael previews: ““The Spy Who Dumped Me”“Christopher Robin”“The Meg”“BlacKkKlansman”“The Happytime Murders” Click here for all episodes of “The Cold

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‘Tully’ an engrossing film about … sleep deprivation … I think (Movie review)

From “Juno” (2008) to “Young Adult” (2011) to this year’s “Tully,” writer Diablo Cody – with Jason Reitman directing – has put together a spiritual

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‘Eighth Grade’ goes inside the heart and mind of an outsider many of us can relate to (Movie review)

Ah, a tale of a kid who feels like an outsider. It’s not exactly untapped territory for a movie, yet comedian Bo Burnham, in his

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Pitch-black ‘Thoroughbreds’ a meditative portrait of empathy-challenged teenagers (Movie review)

People who lack emotions, ironically, can spur conflicted emotions in filmgoers. As Amanda (“Ready Player One’s” Olivia Cooke) says in “Thoroughbreds,” since she doesn’t feel

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‘Unfriended’ films put the ghost in the machine – sometimes literally (Movie reviews)

The first “Unfriended” (2015; see John’s review below) did a nifty job of tweaking the subgenre of found-footage horror, telling its story entirely through a

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