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Frank Deford is a good writer; a novel about what becomes of an All-American football player after the football ends is a good idea; Everybody’s All-American is not a good book. It did not make …
We’ve entered the 12 Days Of Summer Movies homestretch, and Joe R winds up his time in the watcher’s seat with Summer School, a movie with the dubious distinction of teaching me and my friends …
Today’s 12 Days offering is a quantum leap of ahead of yesterday’s in terms of the acting quality (mostly…Mira), and it gets a Gotham heat wave exactly right.Bunting takes a break from a Gotham heat …
Joe R returns with a take on Summer Catch that is less “review” and more “Surgeon General’s warning,” a measure the film community should considered adopting if only to protect Brian Dennehy from himself. (This …
The temperature in NYC today has finally made the 12 Days Of Summer Movies feel seasonal — 95 stinky degrees, ladies and germs — and it doesn’t get any more overheated than Tennessee Williams and …
1. Reader Tina emailed to remind me that, if you haven’t used your philanthropy credits from the TN fall contest, you should head over to DonorsChoose.org pronto — they expire June 11.
2. The summer-movie fest …
It’s Bunting’s debut on the 12 Days Of Summer Movies stage — with, fittingly, the worst of the films on her review draw. She’d like to thank Mr. Stupidhead for suffering through Stolen Summer with …
The Couch Baron is back with today’s summer-movie offering…and he’s not happy about it. Bad acting, contrivance, a series of cutesy nicknames, and a boat race all add up to One Crazy Summer.
Dude, I don’t …
On the fourth day of summer, my Netflix sent to meee…okay, the “12 Days Of Christmas” song conceit is too hard to sustain, so I’m going to just let it go. Joe R is back …
However you felt about the show is how you’ll feel about the film: if you despised it, you’ll despise the movie version, too. If you adored it, you’ll have a great time at the movie. …