Despite team-up, ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ is legendarily dull
Movie review: The franchise’s branches intertwine, but without the humor of “Cobra Kai,” this sixth film packs little punch.
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Despite team-up, ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ is legendarily dull
‘Keeper of Enchanted Rooms’ (2022) and the dreariness of coziness
Book club book report: There’s safety in magical cliches, but not in risky romance; the latter thread is the only reason to read the book.
In ‘One, Two, Three’ (1961), Wilder knows the ABC’s of good comedy
Wilder Wednesday (Movie review): Wilder shows “Some Like It Hot” was no fluke by delivering this exhausting but clever romp.
Parker takes the baton from Chandler in refreshing ‘Poodle Springs’ (1988)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): One of the most successful authors inspired by Chandler gets his own crack at Marlowe by finishing “The Poodle Springs Story.”
Wilson’s series takes a good golf swing, can’t quite ‘Stick’ it
First episode impressions (TV review): But Owen Wilson and Marc Maron help raise the sometimes subpar writing.
Parker Posey is a ‘Party Girl’ (1995) in a librarian world
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Among Nineties slacker classics, this coming-of-ager is relatively tame and flat through today’s lens.
Chandler salvages screenplay for one more Marlowe novel, ‘Playback’ (1958)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Though it’s the slightest Marlowe novel, it still gives us the goods we’ve come to expect.
‘True Romance’ (1993) a violent fairy-tale love story
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Even coming out in the wake of “Glengarry Glen Ross,” the depth of acting talent in this Tarantino-Scott riff is incredible.
Marlowe actually makes friends in ‘The Long Goodbye’ (1953)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): However, that doesn’t turn his life or his job into a breeze in Raymond Chandler’s meatiest novel.
Wilder serves and learns from Lubitsch in ‘Ninotchka’ (1939)
Wilder Wednesday (Movie review): Writer Wilder would continue with this blend of comedy, romance and geo-politics/economics when he became a director.