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REVIEW: NOPE

John H. Foote — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:33:09 +0000

By John H. Foote (**) In theatres I have struggled with writing this review for more than a week, not because I did not know what to say, but I wanted it to be as honest as I could be without being cruel. Nope did not work for me, at all, I found it trite,…

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REVIEW: ELVIS

John H. Foote — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 12:33:17 +0000

By John H. Foote (**) In theatres Let’s be clear: Elvis had a danger about him that this film never approaches, a sexual energy that they just did not capture. One of the best-looking men of the last century, impossibly good looking in his prime, Elvis was a macho man in big capital letters. He…

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REVIEW: GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE

John H. Foote — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 14:15:53 +0000

By John H. Foote (****) Streaming on Prime Emma Thompson should be declared a national treasure for Great Britain. She remains, at 63, one of the most fearless actresses working in film. Though it has been three decades since she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, and three years later one for Screenplay Adaptation,…

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REVIEW: HUSTLE

John H. Foote — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:43:48 +0000

By John H. Foote (****) Streaming on Netflix For his sublime performance in Hustle, a new Netflix film, Adam Sandler might just get the Academy Award nomination for Best Actor he so deserved for his acclaimed performance in Uncut Gems (2019). Nomination? Hell, he deserved to win Best Actor for his magnificent, jittery, wildly brilliant…

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REVIEW: JURASSIC WORLD – DOMINION

John H. Foote — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:11:40 +0000

By John H. Foote (**) In theatres Remember the awe and majesty we felt seeing that massive dinosaur in the very first Jurassic Park film nearly 30 years ago? Taken to the park on a chopper, the good doctor and his assistant land not knowing what to expect. A short time later, riding in a…

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REVIEW: TOP GUN: MAVERICK

John H. Foote — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 11:01:13 +0000

By John H. Foote (***1/2) Now in Theatres WOW!!! Any fears that Top Gun: Maverick will feel like a very expensive video game can be cast aside. The film is a huge entertainment machine where everyone involved is firing on all cylinders. For two years, this film was delayed due to COVID, but Top Gun:…

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REVIEW: FIRESTARTER

John H. Foote — Tue, 17 May 2022 10:59:09 +0000

By John H. Foote (BOMB) In theatres Destined to be nominated for several Razzies at the end of the year as the year’s worst, Firestarter did not as much as spark my interest. Is there an unwritten law somewhere that states every bad movie from the eighties must be remade? Bad enough we had Footloose…

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REVIEW: THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT

John H. Foote — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:51:40 +0000

By John H. Foote (****) In theatres The greatest group of actors to emerge through the 80s includes Meryl Streep, Sean Penn, Daniel Day-Lewis and Nicolas Cage. All have won Academy Awards and countless critics awards; each has in some way elevated the films they have been in. Among that notable list, Nicolas Cage stands…

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