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Have the Time of Your Life at the 'Dirty Dancing' Resort Dec. 24, 2023

Travel and Adventure

By Victor Block It didn't take long after arriving at Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, Virginia, to ... Read More

'Dirty Dancing' Comes to Life at 'Kellerman's Resort' Dec. 23, 2023

Travel and Adventure

By Fyllis Hockman Is there anyone who doesn't know you don't put Baby in a corner? Or who doesn't au... Read More

'The Iron Claw': The Family That Fights Together Dec. 22, 2023

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Everybody has their own opinion about professional wrestling. Actually, most people probably have th... Read More

'Eileen' Dec. 01, 2023

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Buried alive in snowy, small-town Massachusetts, Eileen Dunlop (Thomasin McKenzie) is a sputtering c... Read More

'The Creator' Interprets Where the Proliferation of AI Could Take Us Oct. 13, 2023

From the Desk of Dr. J

The recently released sci-fi action movie "The Creator" has drawn mixed reviews from critics, althou... Read More

Happily Never After: Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun in a Story of Missed Romantic Connections Oct. 13, 2023

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"Cat Person" is a horror movie in which the source of the horror is never quite clear. The lead char... Read More

'My Animal': Wolfing Out Sep. 08, 2023

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Talk about nonbinary. The protagonist of "My Animal," a horror-romance by first-time feature directo... Read More

'Birth/Rebirth': Baby Come Back Aug. 18, 2023

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Like "Barbie" — although, let me hasten to add, not a lot like "Barbie" — the new neo-mo... Read More

Dreadful 'Fascist' Barbie Dominates the Cinema Aug. 04, 2023

Tim Graham

Anyone watching television in the last few months has been inundated with marketing for the "Barbie"... Read More

Our Future with Humanoids Jul. 14, 2023

From the Desk of Dr. J

As I was watching videos of the recent AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva that featured the first w... Read More

'Mission: Impossible -- Dead Reckoning Part One': Where the Action Is Jul. 07, 2023

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In the 27 years since Brian De Palma launched the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, secret agent Etha... Read More

'No Hard Feelings': Jennifer Lawrence Hits the Beach Jun. 23, 2023

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The reason that No Hard Feelings — a salty but basically innocuous comedy — is rated R i... Read More

'Asteroid City': Out of the Past Jun. 16, 2023

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Having been born in 1969, director Wes Anderson has no firsthand recollection of the 1950s. But his ... Read More

'The Little Mermaid' Remake Is Successful at Passing on the Significant Life Lessons from the 1989 Film Jun. 09, 2023

From the Desk of Dr. J

I finally had some extra time this week to take in the Disney live-action remake of its 1989 animati... Read More

A Labor Strike in Hollywood? Why Should You Care? May. 31, 2023

Jim Hightower

Hollywood! Glamour! Riches! Yet, people who make a living writing movies, TV shows and streaming pro... Read More

'Blackberry': Call Me May. 19, 2023

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Office life — that dismal existence parceled out in claustrophobic work cubes where desperate ... Read More

'Big George Foreman' Is a Poignant Testimony of the Boxer's Journey of Faith May. 19, 2023

From the Desk of Dr. J

"Nothing ever came easy. Every day was a fight." This quote is part of the opening narration in th... Read More

"The Taking": Cowboys and Native Americans May. 05, 2023

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You may not think you've ever been to Monument Valley, but you almost certainly have. Filmmakers hav... Read More

'Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret' and 'Sisu': Up With Girls, Down With Nazis Apr. 28, 2023

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Margaret Simon is 11 years old and she's living in hell. Well, actually she's living in suburban New... Read More

'Little Richard: I Am Everything': Rip It Up Apr. 21, 2023

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Little Richard — or the Great Little Richard, to give him his full title — really was ev... Read More