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The 12 Days Of Summer Movies eccchs-travaganza concludes with a gem known only to HBO subscribers of the late ’80s, in which the lady who played Ray Pruit’s mama (“with one T, ’cause that’s all …

It’s not easy to review a movie you and your friends have been quoting from for so long, you’ve almost forgotten half the references even started there, but that’s just what the Couch Baron’s doing …
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 …