Big Brother (Film Review: “The Giant”)
- By Norma
- December 28, 2018
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A strangely beautiful story of two brothers whose efforts to capitalize on the deformity of one, launches them on a peculiar and heartbreaking quest for independence. Continue Reading →
Nice Jewish Girls (Film Review: “Disobedience”)
- By Norma
- December 14, 2018
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Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz show what a low simmer feels like in the lesbian potboiler Disobedience, about two Jewish women whose past comes back to shatter the pacts they’ve made with themselves since the turbulent love affair of their youths. Continue Reading →
Snow-Blind Revenge (Film Review: “In Order of Disappearance”)
- By Norma
- December 7, 2018
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Imagine a snowy mashup of Fargo and Taken and you still won’t top the body count in the Norwegian revenge-thriller-comedy, In Order of Disappearance. Continue Reading →
Wedding Jitters (Film Review: “On Chesil Beach”)
- By Norma
- November 30, 2018
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Saoirse Ronan shines in a portrait of two young souls meant to be together, but for the sexual pressures and societal expectations which threaten to tear them apart. Continue Reading →
Second Acts (Series Review: “The Kominsky Method”)
- By Norma
- November 23, 2018
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Instantly addictive, The Kominsky Method proves that some talents just get better with age. Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin charm in this new series about an acting teacher and his agent. Continue Reading →
If These Walls Could Talk (Film Review: “Blind Date”)
- By Norma
- November 16, 2018
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An entertaining amuse bouche of a comedy about opposites attracting, sight unseen. And about ‘good walls making good neighbors’ . . . sort of. Continue Reading →