Licorice Pizza, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, The Master, Inherent Vice), is set in 1973 in the San Fernando Valley.  When the film opens, we see a line of kids waiting to take their school picture.  Among them is 15 year-old Gary Valentine, a confiden

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Amazingly, Ridley Scott directed two films that were released in 2021: The Last Duel (which I think is a very strong film that was improperly ignored upon its release) and House of Gucci.  I missed House of Gucci in theaters when it was first released, so I’m thrilled to have c

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Belfast, written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, is set in the titular city during 1969.  Based on Mr. Branagh’s own childhood, the film focuses on the experience of a nine-year old boy during “the Troubles” (the violence in Ireland that lasted from the 1960’

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In the new animated DC universe movie, Catwoman: Hunted, Selina Kyle steals a priceless gem from the criminal organization called Leviathan.  As Leviathan tries to hunt Catwoman down to take revenge, Selina winds up teaming up with Batwoman, Julia Pennyworth, and King Faraday, who ar

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The Tender Bar is an adaptation of novelist & journalist J. R. Moehringer’s 2005 memoir.  The film chronicles the coming of age of young JR, growing up on Long Island in the seventies.  When his parents split up, JR and his mom move back in with his mom’s parents on

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The eight-episode Amazon series Reacher is based on Killing Floor, the first novel in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series.  When the story opens, the wandering Jack Reacher has sat down at a diner in the small town of Margrave, Georgia, when he is arrested for the murder of three m

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This trailer for season two of Only Murders in the Building makes me very happy: I loved the first season and I can’t wait for season two! Say halleluyah: the 4K “Director’s Edition” of Star Trek: The Motion Picture is finally here!  Here’s a trailer &#8

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In the Netflix series Murderville, Will Arnett stars as homicide detective Terry Seattle.  In each of the six episode, Mr. Arnett’s Terry Seattle is paired up with a different celebrity guest, to investigate a murder.  The idea is that Mr. Arnett and the other cast members kno

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