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Movie Review: ‘Doctor Strange’ Sequel a ‘Verse-Trip Through the Mundane

May 4, 2022
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By Katie Walsh In 2022, the multiverse is seemingly everywhere (all at once) on movie screens, including, of course, in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the sequel to 2016’s “Doctor Strange.” The film sees snarky superhero surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) back in action, though he never really went away, as we…

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Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Boyhood’ Gives New Meaning to Coming-of-Age Genre

October 15, 2021
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Boyhood” is to coming-of-age movies what “Act of Valor” is to war movies.

EpochTV Film Review: ‘Impact: The Passion of the Christ’

October 14, 2021
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Commentary To be honest, I didn’t quite know what to expect from faith-based director Tim Chey’s 2004 film, “Impact: The Passion of the Christ.” Although I’ve seen the film and thought it was a brutally remarkable portrayal of Jesus Christ’s last hours, I’ve never watched a documentary about how another film affected people, let alone…

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The Moral Certainty of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’

May 11, 2021
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Director and producer Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 masterpiece, “Rope,” begins deceptively, with fine lilting music and scenes of an idyllic New York City block. A woman walks her baby in a stroller, a car glides down a one-way street, and a policeman escorts two boys through the light traffic. Despite omnipresent brick, glass, and concrete, the…

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Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Work’: Electrifying Documentary About Deploying Men’s Work Healing in a Maximum Security Prison

March 28, 2021
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Not Rated | 1h 29min | Documentary | 8 September 2017 (UK) Of all the film critics on Rotten Tomatoes writing about the documentary “The Work,” I’m the only one who has actually done the type of work (and facilitated the work) on display in this riveting documentary about man-healing, set in a maximum security…

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