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Month: August 2016

“Hell or High Water” — An Out-of-Left-Field Triumph

“Hell or High Water” — An Out-of-Left-Field Triumph

August 31, 2016

  AUGUST 31, 2016 Last week I proclaimed Disney’s remake of “Pete’s Dragon” to be the best movie of the summer.  Maybe I spoke too soon. “Hell or High Water”…

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Anthony Weiner & Huma Abedin — When a Troubled Marriage Is Used As Campaign Ammunition

Anthony Weiner & Huma Abedin — When a Troubled Marriage Is Used As Campaign Ammunition

August 30, 2016

  AUGUST 30, 2016 Photo: Getty When a marriage is in trouble and may be on the verge of breaking up, it’s very often sad.  But when that potential break-up…

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“Florence Foster Jenkins”  — The Singer Doesn’t Hit the Right Notes, But the Film Usually Does

“Florence Foster Jenkins” — The Singer Doesn’t Hit the Right Notes, But the Film Usually Does

August 29, 2016

  AUGUST 29, 2016 If you had never heard of the remarkable true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, you have no excuse now.  Already the subject of a Broadway drama…

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Disney’s Remake of “Pete’s Dragon” — The Best Movie of the Summer

Disney’s Remake of “Pete’s Dragon” — The Best Movie of the Summer

August 27, 2016

  AUGUST 27, 2016 Who’da thunk it? This is how you do a remake.  Why, for example, would anyone bother to remake “Ben-Hur”?  Not that the 1925 Ramon Novarro silent…

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“Suicide Squad”– It’s Just As Awful As You’ve Heard

“Suicide Squad”– It’s Just As Awful As You’ve Heard

August 26, 2016

  AUGUST 26, 2016 You may have noticed that you haven’t seen very many movies rated C or D on this website.  It’s not that I’m lenient (nothing could be…

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What’s Trump’s Plan B After He Loses?  How About the Trump News Network?

What’s Trump’s Plan B After He Loses? How About the Trump News Network?

August 25, 2016

  AUGUST 25, 2016 Photo: AP Sometimes watching Donald Trump, I get the feeling that he’s not serious about wanting to be President.  He’d love the title and the power,…

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Mike Birbiglia’s “Don’t Think Twice” — Improv Comedy Has Never Been More Dramatic

Mike Birbiglia’s “Don’t Think Twice” — Improv Comedy Has Never Been More Dramatic

August 24, 2016

  AUGUST 24, 2016 Don’t think. That’s one of the tenets of improv comedy as the film instructs us in a pre-credit sequence.  But don’t think that “Don’t Think Twice”…

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Donald Trump’s Pitch to African-American Voters — “What the Hell Do You Have To Lose?”

Donald Trump’s Pitch to African-American Voters — “What the Hell Do You Have To Lose?”

August 23, 2016

  AUGUST 23, 2016 Photo: Getty I go away for 6 days to celebrate my mother-in-law’s special birthday (Happy 96th, Ruth!), and when I come back, all hell has broken…

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Trump’s Latest Important Foreign Policy Speech.  Seriously, Is He Throwing This Election?

Trump’s Latest Important Foreign Policy Speech. Seriously, Is He Throwing This Election?

August 16, 2016

  AUGUST 16, 2016 Photo: Getty As her lead in most battleground states has grown from single to double digits this week, I’m just imagining Hillary Clinton sitting back with…

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“Sausage Party” —  For God’s Sake, Leave the Kids at Home!!!!!!!!

“Sausage Party” — For God’s Sake, Leave the Kids at Home!!!!!!!!

August 15, 2016

  AUGUST 15, 2016 In the past several years, there has been a rising genre of faith-based films that have become extremely profitable.  I’m not talking on-the-nose religious films such…

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