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‘IT AIN’T OVER’: YOGI FINALLY GETS HIS DUE

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Hey folks! I’m reposting this review because ‘It Ain’t Over’ is finally available for your viewing pleasure. In keeping with its long-standing policy, Sony Pictures Classics is opening the film in theaters only. If you’ve been reluctant to go…

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN: FOR OPTIMISTS ONLY

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If you have a taste for offbeat British films (like The Duke) you’ll want to take note of The Phantom of the Open. The story is slim but sweet, and its leading actors capture the quirky sensibility of its unlikely protagonists. When…

JURASSIC WORLD: BEEN THERE, DONE THAT

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I am a wimp, especially when it comes to “jump scares.” They get me every time—even the false alarms and fake-outs. There are enough of them in Jurassic World: Dominion to fill several films, which is just one reason the movie…

TOP GUN MAVERICK: THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

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Why would anyone in today’s desirable moviegoing demo want to see a sequel to a 1986 film—even one as popular as Top Gun? The question becomes academic, if not downright moot, after watching this superior film. It’s hard to…

EMERGENCY: A MUST-SEE SUMMER SLEEPER

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I’ve been hesitant to write anything about Emergency because I wish everyone could see the film as I did, knowing absolutely nothing about it ahead of time. Given that it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and was nominated…

THE FASCINATING BACKSTORY OF ‘FIDDLER ON THE ROOF’

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Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen is no ordinary behind-the-scenes documentary. For one thing, it chronicles the adaptation of a musical play that qualifies as a genuine phenomenon. Based on a story originally told in Yiddish, it has turned out…

ALL HAIL ‘THE DUKE’

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If the rampant bloodiness of The Northman and the hyperkineticism of Everything Everywhere All At Once don’t strike your fancy you would do well to check out The Duke, an unmistakably British import starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren. Its quiet charm stakes a…

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