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Jun 24, 2025

New films challenge hearts and rehash classics in theaters

This week theaters bring a wide variety of new releases for just about every discerning cinema goer to choose from. A new romantic drama, Materialists, focuses on a complicated love triangle between Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal. Then there’s another live-action remake of a beloved animated film—but...
Senior assassin wields steel in South Korean hit
May 20, 2025

Senior assassin wields steel in South Korean hit

The lead character in Min Kyu-dong’s gratuitously violent Pagwa (The Old Woman with the Knife) doesn’t operate the same way as most other action figures. First and foremost she’s female and, as advertised, she’s a genuine senior rather...
Nicolas Cage battles locals in 'The Surfer'
May 6, 2025

Nicolas Cage battles locals in ‘The Surfer’

Nicolas Cage’s character in The Surfer, known only as The Surfer, is visiting a scenic Western Australia spot called Luna Bay with his teenage son, The Kid (played by Finn Little). The Surfer’s mission is to scout...
Review of 'The Shrouds': Keep digging
Apr 25, 2025

Review of ‘The Shrouds’: Keep digging

Writer-director David Cronenberg, the veteran specialist in “body horror” tales, sicker-than-thou science fiction and disturbing investigations into the latest trends in psychological torment, has recently spent his cinematic capital on things like Crimes of the Future or...
'La cocina' depicts kitchen chaos
Apr 8, 2025

‘La cocina’ depicts kitchen chaos

The American dream dissolves into thin air during a rare moment of silence in Alonso Ruizpalacios’ operatic film, La cocina (The Kitchen). On a break from their gruelling jobs in a Times Square restaurant, a small group...
East Bay's ‘Freaky Tales’ to tell
Apr 1, 2025

East Bay’s ‘Freaky Tales’ to tell

“These are the tales, the freaky tales / These are the tales that I tell so well” — Lyrics from “Freaky Tales” by Too Short Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck take the title of their new film, which is...
Review of 'Locked' reveals writers' block
Mar 25, 2025

Review of ‘Locked’ reveals writers’ block

As Locked opens, Eddie (played by Bill Skarsgård) has already joined the tough-shit-out-of-luck club. He’s stone broke, his car is in the shop for major repairs that he has no money to pay for, and he’s being...
Spy games and brand names collide in 'Black Bag'
Mar 18, 2025

Spy games and brand names collide in ‘Black Bag’

Let’s talk about brands, branding and being branded. Brand-name shopping, too. It’s hard to think about Steven Soderbergh’s new drama Black Bag without exploring the implications, permutations and curlicues of that term.  Brand-name entertainment shoppers will ostensibly be...
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