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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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SEEDS (2025: Documentary)
STORYLINE: A look into the lives of Black generational farmers, unveiling the challenges of maintaining legacy and the value of land ownership. (IMDb) Film speaks to everyone, and about everything, including the African American experience. Powerful dramas such as Daughters of the Dust (1991), Waves (2019) and Moonlight (2016) to superhero films, that include,…
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THE POUT POUT FISH (2026)
STORYLINE: Living on a rundown shipwreck, Mr. Fish one day discovers a hyperactive young sea dragon Pip – who had mistaken his home for a junkyard – pilfering his belongings. The heated argument that ensues leaves both their houses in ruin. But there is hope. Embarking on a seemingly impossible quest in search of the…
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RETRO REWIND – TRUE LIES (1994)
STORYLINE: Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) leads a double life. At work he is a government agent with a license to do just about anything, while at home he pretends to be a dull computer salesman. He is on the trail of stolen nuclear weapons that are in the hands of fanatic terrorists when something more…
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READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME (2026)
STORYLINE: After surviving one deadly game, Grace and her sister Faith must now outrun four rival families competing for a powerful throne – winner takes all. (indb) When the lights go down, there’s a bit of fun in scary cinena. This argument is based upon the viewer being into horror films. With that in…
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ANDRE IS AN IDIOT (2025: Documentary)
STORYLINE: Unexpected, irreverent, and definitely heartfelt, ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT is a wildly life-affirming film about death and about the strange clarity that arrives when time suddenly becomes finite. When André Ricciardi, a self-proclaimed “idiot” for skipping the colonoscopy that could have saved him, learns he is dying, he turns his final chapter into an…
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PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026)
STORYLINE: Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on…
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