Movie Reviews

Emma Thompson runs the show as an equal opportunity abuser in ‘Late Night’

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published by Barry Paris on July 14, 2019 - 12:00am

The legendary Katherine Newbury, pioneer female host on late-night TV, is a tough cookie, who terrorizes her all-male writing staff — on the rare occasions she deigns to see them. Not knowing their names, she assigns them numbers instead. How toxic is this working environment? One 27-year veteran doesn’t yet feel secure enough to put up photos on his cubicle walls.

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'Last Black Man in San Francisco' goes home against the odds

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published by Barry Paris on July 5, 2019 - 12:00am

How powerful is the mystical bond between the title character and the elegant old Fillmore District mini mansion where he grew up?

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What if the Beatles never existed? Hokey concept disappoints in 'Yesterday'

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published by Barry Paris on June 28, 2019 - 12:00am

Scrambled eggs —

Oh, my baby, how I love your legs ... 

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Elton John biopic ‘Rocketman’ blasts off with Taron Egerton impressively at the controls

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published by Barry Paris on May 31, 2019 - 12:00am

I remember when rock was young,

Me and Suzie had so much fun…

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'Aladdin' proves a respectable live-action successor to the animated feature

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published by Barry Paris on May 24, 2019 - 12:00am

It all depends on how Aladdin rubs the lamp — and how the Genie rubs the audience — in Disney’s lavish live-action remake of the 1992 animated hit.

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'Hail Satan?' doc is devilishly provocative

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published by Barry Paris on May 17, 2019 - 12:00am

“You’re gonna go to hell!” a guy shouts out to the black-robed speaker with horns.

“I believe it — and I’m very excited about it,” he replies.

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'Red Joan' explores real-life spy's recruitment, life and dilemma

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published by Barry Paris on May 10, 2019 - 12:00am

All spies are traitors and patriots simultaneously. And espionage, safe to say, is one of the more stressful lifetime occupations, as the Joan Stanley story illustrates.

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'Ask Dr. Ruth' profiles America's sex therapist extraordinaire

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published by Barry Paris on May 3, 2019 - 12:00am

Size doesn’t matter — in more ways than one.

Ruth Westheimer is exactly 4 feet, 7 inches tall.

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‘The Brink’ depicts Trump strategist Bannon in the raw

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published by Barry Paris on April 26, 2019 - 12:00am

The emperor’s new clothes were expertly tailored by Steve Bannon, whose own outfits looked like they came from the Goodwill store. When he took over Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, “Sloppy Steve” — as the president later dubbed him — says his goal was to lose 35 pounds and shed his image as a “gross-looking Jabba the Hutt.”

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Low lights on the 'High Life' spaceship, but Pattinson's good

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published by Barry Paris on April 19, 2019 - 12:00am

In vitro veritas, I always say.

Somewhere in a time and galaxy not far away in the dystopian future, a toddler in a playpen is cooing and babbling to a man in a spacesuit on a monitor. When she starts to cry, he has to stop what he’s doing outside and tend to her.

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