Movies
Today’s audiences don’t just watch movies at the local cineplex. They screen them on their laptops, tablets and smart phones as well. The genres may be different, but Hollywood in Toto looks at entertainment value first and foremost when helping you pick the best movie for your favorite media player.
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‘Fast X’ Brings Out Best, Very Worst in Aging Franchise
Hollywood writers are on strike, partly, over fears A.I. might replace them. Even an ’80s-era Commodore 64 could write dialogue…
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‘Carmen’ Squanders Explosive U.S.-Mexico Border Clash
“Carmen” takes its “ripped from the headlines” concept seriously. The story, loosely tied to Prosper Mérimée’s novella of the same…
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‘Still’ Offers Haunting Look at Fame, Parkinson’s Disease
The most revealing question asked in “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” temporarily stumps its star. Fox has been publicly…
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‘Jaws 3-D’ Is Even Worse Without that Third Dimension
Joe Alves’ “Jaws 3-D” arrived a year after the shockingly successful “Friday the 13th Part 3 in 3-D,” which led…
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ – A Noisy, Unnecessary Swan Song
When will Hollywood learn an old saw that grows more accurate with time. More is less. Or, in the case of “Guardians…
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‘Beau Is Afraid’ Is Big, Bloated and Brimming with Wonder
Ari Aster’s “Beau is Afraid” demonstrates for three hours that, while Joaquin Phoenix’s title character is extremely fearful (among many…
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Why ‘Hudson Hawk’ Is the Bruce Williest Bruce Willis Movie
How hated was “Hudson Hawk” when it was released in 1991 beyond its dismal box office and a library’s worth of…
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‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Knows What a Woman Is
Judy Blume bowed to the woke mob in under 24 hours recently, but she stood tall while bringing her best…
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‘City of Angels’ Showed a Side of Nicolas Cage We Rarely See
Brad Silberling’s “City of Angels” (1998) is the American remake of Wim Wenders’ “Wings of Desire” (1987) and that is…
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‘Black Demon’-izes Big Oil, Lacks Shark Terror
Every shark movie made since 1975 exists in the shadow of “Jaws.” No exceptions. It may explain the crush of…
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