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Boulder Weekly, Reviews

BETHLEHEM

June 24, 2022May 13, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Conflict is the heart of cinema. Conflict drives the plot and draws the audience, and practically every movie revolves around it. Yet, only a select few have the audacity to dive into what fuels that conflict and, to borrow a … Continue reading BETHLEHEM

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

SUMMERLAND

June 23, 2022February 14, 2022 Michael J. Casey

They’ll be love and laughterAnd peace ever afterTomorrow, when the world is free —Vera Lynn, “The White Cliffs of Dover” Frank (Lucas Bond) has come to Summerland. Sort of: Under normal conditions, he’d be living in London, but it’s World … Continue reading SUMMERLAND

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

June 22, 2022May 10, 2022 Michael J. Casey

1987, somewhere in Northern Italy, a young man is about to come of age. Like most 17-year-old boys, the boredom of day-in, day-out routine is about to be replaced by something new, something extraordinary. Sex, naturally. And like the multitudes … Continue reading CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

DEEP COVER

June 21, 2022May 1, 2022 Michael J. Casey

There’s no such thing as an American anymore. No Hispanics, no Japanese, no Blacks, no whites, no nothing. It’s just rich people and poor people.” That’s the line David (a slick and oily Jeff Goldblum) feeds drug kingpin Hector (René … Continue reading DEEP COVER

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

MEN OF THE CLOTH

June 17, 2022June 6, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Clothes make the man. But who makes the clothes? Nowadays, most of us walk around wearing cookie-cutter shirts, pants, and jackets, all produced en masse and for no one in particular. Sure, they come in a variety of standardized sizes, … Continue reading MEN OF THE CLOTH

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

THE WRECKING CREW

June 16, 2022May 13, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Have you heard of The Wrecking Crew? The musical geniuses behind “These Boots Are Made For Walking,” “California Dreamin’,” “Good Vibrations,” and more? No? Are you sure? To be fair, Nancy Sinatra made “These Boots” famous, The Mamas and The … Continue reading THE WRECKING CREW

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

June 15, 2022June 13, 2022 Michael J. Casey

In 1850, Charles Dickens published his eighth novel, an autobiography of sorts, and his proclaimed favorite: The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account). It … Continue reading THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

ARABIAN NIGHTS

June 14, 2022June 13, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Drawing on the structure from One Thousand and One Nights—where a reluctant bride, Scheherazade, enchants her murderous husband, the Sasanian King, with tales to stay her execution—director Miguel Gomes provides commentary on modern-day cultural and political crises in Portugal. Dealing with … Continue reading ARABIAN NIGHTS

Boulder Weekly, Reviews

JUDY

June 10, 2022June 6, 2022 Michael J. Casey

Judy Garland was born in a trunk. Or so the story goes in A Star Is Born, a movie about an aging actor on his way out, thanks to addiction, and the young starlet he handpicks to bear the burden of … Continue reading JUDY

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