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MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE MARKSMAN" The cliches fly like bullets in “Trouble With the Curve” director Robert Lorenz’s formulaic cartel thriller “The Marksman” (** OUT OF ****), with...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''NEWS OF THE WORLD" “Captain Phillips” director Paul Greengrass casts Tom Hanks in his first western “News of the World” (** OUT OF ****) as a gray-bearded Civil War veteran who rides...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''CHICK FIGHT" (2020) In “Come Back To Me” director Paul Leyden’s “Chick Fight” (*** OUT OF ****), dames put up their dukes and puke up their blood at a female only...

MOVIE REVIEW OF THE "RUN" I’m not sure we as a nation, let alone the entire planet, truly appreciate the utter magnificence of Sarah Paulson. We don’t deserve her, but that’s okay because...

Holiday Album Guide 2020 Perhaps it’s because music acts were forced off of the touring circuit, leaving unplanned time to work on albums or other projects, but 2020 has been a bountiful year...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE DOORMAN'' The message in “Versus” director Ryûhei Kitamura’s contemporary crime thriller “The Doorman” (*** OUT OF ****) is never judge a heroine by her looks or allure....

TOP MUSIC GIFT BOXES For all the things that went horribly wrong in 2020, it was a good year for deluxe box sets and album reissues – all good options for Christmas gifts. Of the dozens of such...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''SEIZED" Not only does “Acts of Vengeance” director Isaac Florentine’s cartel crime saga “Seized” (**1/2 OUT OF ****) live up to its title, but also Scott Adkins whips three...

You Want A Revolution? Every November 5th for Guy Fawkes day (or for, you know, an intense U.S. election) I start feeling a little wily and dream about starting a revolution. Not a violent one or...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE OWNERS" Believe it or not, home invasion movies are not a new phenomenon. In fact, one of the earliest examples of the genre was silent movie director D. W. Griffith's 8-minute...