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Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson wrote a series of three mysteries and was at work on a fourth when he died at the age of 44. The title of the first, Män Som Hatar Kvinnor (”Men Who Hate Women”) is apt … Continue reading
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The original 21 Jump Street was a late-80s cop show based on a real life LAPD unit made up of officers who looked young enough to go undercover in high schools and colleges. This film is a comedy set in … Continue reading
Those of you familiar with H.P. Lovecraft’s biography probably won’t learn anything new from this documentary, but you might like it anyway because of the intelligent commentary by Peter Straub, Guillermo del Toro, Neil Gaiman, John Carpenter, and other horror … Continue reading
Heavy rains and floods strand a bunch of strangers in a rundown Nevada motel off to one side of nowhere. John Cusack, the protagonist, is a limo driver chauffeuring an obnoxious actress played by Rebecca De Mornay. Ray Liotta is … Continue reading
Almost nobody thinks income and wealth should be distributed with perfect equality. Most of us want to see talent, creativity, and hard work rewarded, both because we think that’s fairer and because we recognize the practical benefits of giving people … Continue reading
In the near future helicopter pilot Arnold Schwarzenegger takes on an illegal cloning conspiracy and encounters his own Doppelgänger, with whom he eventually teams up. Despite the film’s flaws (especially its failed attempts at comic relief), it’s apparent that some … Continue reading
Jeff Bridges is a small-town divorced dad with not much money who fears losing the love and respect of his son, who lives with his mother and her second husband, who isn’t just rich but also a really nice guy. … Continue reading
Cowriter Joss Whedon and writer-director Drew Goddard send a group of college students to a cabin in the woods, where they encounter horror (but not misunderstood hillbillies). For mysterious reasons everything the students do is being monitored and even to … Continue reading
A group of college students go to the woods for a weekend and encounter a couple of strange and menacing hillbillies, or so they think. Actually the hillbillies are nice guys who just manage not to make a good first … Continue reading
The trailer and clips I saw on YouTube piqued my interest, but Netflix had never heard of it, nor had any of my usual on-line sources of DVDs. I came close to seeing it on HBO at a hotel last … Continue reading