Movies

‘Nate and Hayes’ (1983) swashbuckles to South Pacific

“Nate and Hayes” (1983) was probably not a passion project for John Hughes – who co-writes the screenplay with David Odell (“Supergirl”), from a story

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‘Dominion’ (2005) a tame ‘Prequel to the Exorcist’

It’s an excellent month for an exorcism. From Oct. 21-31, I’m looking back at the five films of “The Exorcist” series as we celebrate Spooky

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Series goes to hell in ‘Crow: Wicked Prayer’ (2005)

I like the first three “Crows” probably more than I should based on their quality, but the fourth and last entry, “The Crow: Wicked Prayer” (2005)

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Merrin meets Pazuzu in ‘Exorcist: The Beginning’ (2004)

It’s an excellent month for an exorcism. From Oct. 21-31, I’m looking back at the five films of “The Exorcist” series as we celebrate Spooky

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Make this your Flick pick for ‘Election’ (1999) season

Writer-director Alexander Payne’s breakthrough film, “Election,” was somewhat buried among the glut of teen classics in 1999. That’s appropriate, because it’s more timeless and less

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Cohen still comedy king in ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’

Fourteen years after the original “Borat,” there’s still no one who does this brand of comedy as well as Sacha Baron Cohen and his team.

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Blatty’s ‘Exorcist III’ (1990) is meditative, moody

It’s an excellent month for an exorcism. From Oct. 21-31, I’m looking back at the five films of “The Exorcist” series as we celebrate Spooky

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Keaton’s ‘Mr. Mom’ (1983) is a soapy domestic sitcom

When Michael Keaton was cast as Batman later in the Eighties, it was a popular joke that they cast Mr. Mom as the Dark Knight.

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‘Screamers: The Hunting’ (2009) a redundant trek

With the sequel “Screamers: The Hunting” (2009), we get further away from the Philip K. Dick source material adapted into 1995’s “Screamers”: the 1953 short

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‘The Crow: Salvation’ (2000) serves up more Goth ennui

“The Crow: Salvation” (2000) is the third straight “Crow” film where I see objective filmmaking and storytelling problems, yet I still kind of like it.

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