May 2026
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Movie Review: Omaha
4 stars out of 5Walking out of the Clairidge theater, I turned to my pal the ticket clerk and said, “I really need to mix in an upbeat film now and then.” Omaha was my second consecutive real downer at the movies. Which is not to say I didn’t like it – quite the contrary. […]
Movie Review: The Stranger
5 stars out of 5When I was 17 years old, it seemed like everyone I knew owned the Standing on a Beach compilation by The Cure. There was a sticker on the outer packaging asserting that were absolutely no racist overtones whatsoever to the song “Killing an Arab.” And that’s true; the lyrics are simply […]
Movie Review: The Drama
3.5 stars out of 5 Dear Hollywood: I demand bigger roles for Alana Haim. She was so good in Licorice Pizza! But then in One Battle After Another, Alana didn’t have much more than a cameo, and in The Mastermind she just stood around looking disappointed. I know, I know, acting is a secondary career […]
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