Tag: reviews
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THE ONLY LIVING PICKPOCKET IN NEW YORK (2026)
STORYLINE: When a theft goes awry, a veteran pickpocket is sent on a mission through New York to reclaim it. (IMDb) There was love and heartbreak in the 2003, New York City set rom com How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The mob was on the streets of New York, in Goodfellas (1990). …
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FJORD (2026)
STORYLINE: An immigrant Romanian family living in Norway is subject to an investigation and faces the scrutiny of the local judicial system. (IMDb) The 2023 feature Freemont, told a fictionalized story of a translator in the Agfan/U.S. war who immigrated to the U.S. after the war. At the heart of the film, House of…
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THE MOSQUITO BOWL (2026)
STORYLINE: After Pearl Harbor, four star college footballers join the Marines. Before facing Okinawa’s invasion, they participate in a historic game with legendary players – for many, their final match. (IMDb) Flags of our Fathers (2006), and its companion film Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) depicted the events of the battle of Iwo Jima, …
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WILDWOOD (2026)
STORYLINE: The adventures of Prue McKeel as she sets off to the forests outside Portland to find her kidnapped brother. (IMDb) Forty years ago, in 1986, Jennifer Connolly, went to save her baby brother in the fantasy film Labyrinth. The land of Narnia was first discovered by the Pevensie siblings in The Chronicles of Narnia:…
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WICKER (2026)
STORYLINE: An ostracized fisherwoman commissions the local basketmaker to weave her a husband, but when her wicker creation proves unexpectedly extraordinary, his presence ignites jealousy and upheaval that threatens their quiet village. (Imdb) In Bride of Frankenstein (1935), a love story was created. It was back to school, in the John Hughes’ creation comedy Weird…
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2026 HOLIDAY RETROSPECTIVE – THE INNOCENTS (1961)
STORYLINE: In Victorian England, the uncle (Sir Michael Redgrave) of orphaned niece Flora (Pamela Franklin) and nephew Miles (Martin Stephens) hires Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) as governess to raise the children at his estate with total independence and authority. Soon after her arrival, Miss Giddens comes to believe that the spirits of the former governess…
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STREET FIGHTER (2026)
STORYLINE: Street Fighters Ryu and Ken reunite when Chun-Li recruits them for the World Warrior Tournament. As they face a hidden conspiracy, they must confront each other and their past-or face destruction. (IMDb) This spring Mario and the gang returned to the big screen in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. The day had to be…
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MUSK (2026: Documentary)
STORYLINE: A thorough and unvarnished analysis of Elon Musk, a technology billionaire who serves as the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and Twitter. (IMDb) Matthew Broderick played a game of wits against artificial intelligence in the motion picture WarGames (1983). In 2010, the creation of Facebook was the topic of the drama The Social…
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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (2026)
STORYLINE: From Focus Features and Working Title comes an irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles. (IMDb) Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio had a romance, at sea, in Titanic (1997). The love affair…
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WHALEFALL (2026)
STORYLINE: Follows a scuba diver who, while looking for his father’s remains, is swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has just one hour to get out before his oxygen runs out. (IMDb) In 1998, Dustin Hoffman and Samuel L. Jackson found terrors at the bottom of the ocean in Sphere. Alligators came…
