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Brian De Palma’s ‘Femme Fatale’ Let It All Hang Out
Brian De Palma’s “Femme Fatale” begins with a close-up of Billy Wilder’s “Double Indemnity” (1944) being shown on TV, the…
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Yes, ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ Is Better than ‘Pretty in Pink’
Howard Deutch’s “Some Kind of Wonderful” begins with a young man from the wrong side of the tracks- in fact,…
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‘Desperate Hour’ Abandons Naomi Watts, Good Taste
Phillip Noyce’s “The Desperate Hour” begins with Naomi Watts’ Amy taking a morning jog after nudging her teen son awake…
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That ‘Grease 2’ Cult Following, [Sort of] Explained
It was sometime around the late 1990s when I learned Patricia Birch’s “Grease 2” (1982) has a cult following. In…
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How ‘The Temp’ (Barely) Survived Its Extreme Makeover
Tom Holland’s “The Temp” (1993) is a thriller that takes place within a cookie company called Mrs. Appleby’s, which is…
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‘End of Violence’ Offers Cautionary Tale That’s Still Relevant Today
Wim Wenders’ “The End of Violence” is so dreamlike and odd, it almost defies description. The film’s elliptical quality undoubtedly…
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Move Over, ‘Gigli’ … Here Comes ‘Marry Me’
In Kat Coiro’s “Marry Me,” Jennifer Lopez stars as Kat Valdez, a pop music superstar who is about to premiere…
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Unorthodox Casting Pays Off in ‘Cyrano’
Joe Wright’s “Cyrano” is a musical adaptation of “Cyrano De Bergerac,” instilling the filmmaker’s showy visuals with a theatrical approach,…
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‘Ghosts of Mississippi’ – The Last Time Director Rob Reiner Mattered
In 1996, when I was a college freshman, my campus was visited by Yolanda King, the daughter of Dr. Martin…
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‘Scream’ 2022: Let’s Do the Time Warp … Again
The new “Scream” has the same title as the original 1996 Wes Craven horror classic but is actually the fifth…
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