Movie Review: Avatar: The Way of Water

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Plot: More than ten years after the Na’vi repelled the forces of Earth’s RDA, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) has settled into a quiet domestic life with his wife Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) as leader… Continue reading

Movie Review: Glass Onion

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Plot: A few months into the Covid-19 pandemic, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) wallows at home desperately craving a new mystery to solve. When a peculiar box arrives, Blanc is invited to spend a… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Apology’

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I am a fan of live theater and one method of stage storytelling I have always been fascinated by is the simplistic one. Onstage you are limited to 2-4 characters and maybe a… Continue reading

Movie Review: The Banshees of Inisherin

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Plot: Set in 1923 at the tail end of the Irish Civil War on the fictional isle of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh’s latest chronicles the breakdown of a friendship between Colm (Brendan Gleeson) and… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Silent Night’

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Director: Steven C. Miller Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Jaime King, Donal Logue, Ellen Wong, Lisa Marie, Courtney-Jane White Plot: The Christmas season is soured in small town Cryer when a serial killer rampages around… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Deadly Games’

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Director: René Manzor Cast: Brigette Fossey, Louis Ducreux, Patrick Floersheim, Alain Lalanne, François-Éric Gendron, Stéphane Legros Plot: A young child is left home alone at the large family house during Christmas. While his… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Don’t Open Till Christmas’

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Director: Edmund Purdom Cast: Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne, Gerry Sundquist, Mark Jones Plot: In the lead up to Christmas a couple of London detectives search for a pathological killer targeting anyone… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Christmas Bloody Christmas’

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Director: Joe Begos Cast: Riley Dandy, Sam Delich, Jonah Ray, Dora Madison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Abraham Benrubi Cast: A couple of young folk try to make the most of Christmas Eve, but their… Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Tar’

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Plot: Lydia Tar (Cate Blanchett) is a world-renowned conductor and composer and the first female chief conductor at the Berlin Philharmonic. Although rich, famous, and on the verge of recording Mahler’s 5th symphony,… Continue reading

Holiday Review: ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’

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As I have mentioned before in a number of Retro Reviews, I am a frequent customer of the Black Lodge. As an institution here in Memphis, Black Lodge has a number of hallowed… Continue reading