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All posts by Odie Henderson
“Muppets Most Wanted”: The Kid-Friendly Version of “Face/Off”
Like The Great Muppet Caper, the follow-up to The Muppet Movie, Muppets Most Wanted concerns itself with the theft of British jewels. Unlike Caper, Muppets Most Wanted is a lot of fun and a very good movie. It’s a loopy tribute to the anarchy of its titular c...
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“Non-Stop”: When A Stranger Texts
Liam Neeson has had it with these muthaeffin’ terrorists on this muthaeffin’ plane!
For most of its running time, Non-Stop provides breezy, no-nonsense, kitchen-sink entertainment, as screenwriters John W. Richardson, Christopher Roach and Ryan Engle craft ...
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“Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me”: This Broadway Baby is Still Here
During the course of Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, the veteran Broadway actress repeatedly reminds us that she is 87 years old. We wouldn’t believe it otherwise. Sure, she forgets an occasional lyric in rehearsals and onstage, but forgetfulness isn’t age-specific....
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‘Endless Love’ is an Interminable Mess
When I was 11 years old, I snuck into Brooke Shields’ R-rated 1981 feature, Endless Love. The commercials advertised a dirty movie. What I got was so boring and strained that, to save my afternoon, I snuck into another theater to see the gory werewolf movie, W...
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‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’: Hollywood Hoopla
Why do audiences keep lining up for the lazy, Hollywood bullshit known as a “reboot?” Are people really that happy to line the pockets of moguls who obviously don’t give a damn about offering them content that hasn’t been re-gifted? In the past decade or so, ...
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‘A Christmas Story’ Turns 30
I saw A Christmas Story at the Hudson Mall Cinema in my hometown of Jersey City, New Jersey. My parents took my siblings and me, and while I don’t recall my Pops’ reaction to the film, I vividly remember my mother hating it with the heat of a thousand suns. He...
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History of Film: ‘Chinatown’
Jake Gittes is an origin story for characters like Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.
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‘Her’ Is As Cold As A Computer Program
Spike Jonze's meditation on loneliness is as ugly and antiseptic as the technology it depicts.
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They’re All Gonna Laugh At You: Revisiting Brian De Palma’s ‘Carrie’
Brian De Palma's adaptation of the Stephen King novel may be his best film.
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10 Movies That Induced Childhood Trauma
I like being scared.
I grew up on horror movies, which isn't to say they didn't do some form of psychological damage to me. I'm sure that we've all seen movies as children that traumatized us in one form or another. Whether it's the supernatural or the seem...
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