Broadway has been lousy with movie adaptations for many years. The Producers, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, Sunset Boulevard, Young Frankenstein. It’s surprising how many haunt today’s theaters- Mean Girls, School Of Rock, Kinky Boots, Waitress, A Bronx Tale and then there’s…
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Hereditary, which opens Friday, is one hell of a scary movie. Directed by Ari Aster the movie sucks you right into the premise of a family dealing with loss, but then spins so out of control with demonic fury you…
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When you break up with someone, don’t you want the final word? Hatred of a former love can be a powerful emotion- you chuck logic out the window and brush off your friends’ pleadings for reason like lint from a…
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I have to admit that now when I go to a movie and the lights dim and a title card flashes across the screen with “Previews Of Coming Attractions” my heart sinks. It didn’t use to be that way, but…
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Most of us learn the hard way that honesty is not the best policy. When friends ask you to comment on their work, outfit or new lover, they’re basically begging for a positive review. In Hollywood, as in Washington, it’s…
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Opening Friday May 11th at the IFC Center is Revenge, a deliciously nasty, bloody slice of female retaliation film. They say revenge is a dish served cold. Well that doesn’t apply to pretty, hot sexpot Jen (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz),…
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There are times in life when you catch up with a movie that friends passionately recommended to you, and when you finally get to see it you are so overwhelmed you could kick yourself for not experiencing it in a…
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I can’t believe I got up on a crummy, cloudy Friday morning and stood in line for tickets to the 9AM 3D screening of Avengers: Infinity War. What am I, ten years old? I was just too damn curious about…
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I saw A Quiet Place on opening day at 10AM on a gloomy, rainy, day in New York. The theater was packed, always a sure sign the movie will be a monster hit over the weekend. I’ve got to hand…
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Let’s be honest. When we think of our male screen heartthrobs do we fantasize them winning awards? No, we picture them splashed across tabloids under arrest, in rehab, or humiliating themselves by disrobing on screen and showing us their million-dollar…
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