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Michael Clayton

Monday, April 28, 2025

    As a big-time “fixer” for a wayward company, Michael Clayton (George Clooney) knows all about right and wrong and fixing mostly little things before they become serious trouble. […]...

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Dinner Rush

Monday, April 7, 2025

    An honest-to-gosh suspense movie doesn’t come along all that often. It’s a good bet that you’re not going to be able to guess how Dinner Rush (2000, rated […]...

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All the President’s Men

Monday, March 24, 2025

    It’s a good guess that you watched All the President’s Men (1976, rated PG, 138 min) a long time ago. Now’s a good time to watch it again. […]...

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12 Angry Men

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

      Most of the time in 12 Angry Men (1957, rated “approved,” 96 minutes) the jurors aren’t angry. They’re sullen, confused, afraid—they’re strangers in the defendant’s world. Some […]...

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Monday, February 10, 2025

      It’s not a feel-good movie because it’s an all-too-believable incarnation of Edward Albee’s play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which is not a feel-good play. After you […]...

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Thief

Monday, January 27, 2025

      There is some decent, even thought-provoking dialogue in Thief, a 1981 semi-action production that has James Caan’s name all over it. He’s a tough guy, he’s a […]...

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Red Dawn

Monday, December 30, 2024

      Red Dawn is more than a shoot ‘em up movie. Red Dawn (1984, rated PG-13, 114 minutes) is all-American stuff—the mountaineering teenage heroes, with Boy Scout gear […]...

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Pretty Woman

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

      Sure, you can figure out real quick how Pretty Woman is going to end, but Edward (Richard Gere) and Vivian (Julia Roberts) don’t figure it out until […]...

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Medicine Man

Monday, November 4, 2024

    Medicine Man (1992, rated PG-13, 106 minutes) is a completely predictable story about a man and a woman chasing each other as they close in on finding a […]...

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Lord of the Flies

Monday, October 21, 2024

    Maybe you’ve never heard of this movie (or the 1954 book by William Golding). Try the book first. Its sustained drama shames the movie. Half of the movie […]...

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