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FANTASY LIFE (2026)
STORYLINE: An anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist’s three granddaughters and falls for the girls’ mother (Amanda Peet), an actress in a rocky marriage. A smart, New York-set romantic comedy co-starring Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, and Holland Taylor. Winner of the SXSW…
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THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (2026)
STORYLINE: Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom. (IMDb) Broadway plays have been adapted into motion pictures (The King and I, 1956). Novels have been translated to the silver screen (Casino Royale, 2006). Films have been reborn as remakes, on movie screens (The Departed,…
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I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE (2024)
STORYLINE: Czech photographer seeks freedom after 1968 Prague Spring suppression. Undertakes long journey to break from repressive regime’s constraints. (IMDb) What an image it is when the count made his debut in 1931’s Dracula. How memorable it was when Kevin Costner carried Whitney Houston to safety in The Bodyguard (1992). It was memorable…
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MARC BY SOFIA (2025 ~ Documentary)
STORYLINE: An intimate, unconventional portrait of Marc Jacobs, crafted by Sofia Coppola to capture the genius and singular universe of the iconic American designer. (IMDb) Lights! Camera! Fashion! Fashion and cinema what a natural combination! The Devil Wears Prada (3006), a guilty pleasure of mine, is an entertaining feature on the subject. Phantom…
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OBEX (2025)
STORYLINE: Conor Marsh’s secluded life is disrupted when he plays the OBEX game. His dog Sandy disappears, blurring reality and game. Conor enters the OBEX world to rescue Sandy, navigating its strange realms. (IMDb) Movies and video and related games are a natural crossover. Trom (1982) is the textbook example of such a crossover. …
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FORBIDDEN FRUITS (2026)
STORYLINE: In Forbidden Fruits, Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate. (IMDb)…
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1986 Retrospective: STAND BY ME
This blog, is the first in what I hope is to be a year long look at films from 1986. Why 1986? Both movies from that year, and I, are celebrating forty tears of life, and celluloid glory. The entries, like others I blog about, will be based on what I am able to see…
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THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST (2026)
STORYLINE: A father-to-be tries to figure out what is happening with all this AI insanity. (IMDb) Artificial intelligence (AI) is part of modern day society. Through the years, the concept has been a part of cinematic pop culture with films such as The Terminator (1984), The Matrix (1999), and 2014’s Ex Machina. Currently in…
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A MAGNIFICENT LIFE (2025)
STORYLINE: In 1955, 60-year-old Marcel Pagnol is a well-known and acclaimed playwright and filmmaker. When the editor-in-chief of ELLE magazine commissions a weekly column about Pagnol’s childhood, he sees this as a great opportunity to go back to his artistic roots: writing. Realizing his memory is failing him and deeply affected by the disappointing results…
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THEY WILL KILL YOU (2026)
STORYLINE: A woman takes a job as a housekeeper in a NYC high-rise, unaware of the building’s history of disappearances. She soon realizes the community is shrouded in mystery. (IMDb) How creepy films about ritual sacrifices can be. The Wicker Man (1973) is the creepiest of them. 2019’s Ready or Not, and it’s…
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