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I have peppermint bark all over my Film Critic pants. I need to wipe them off for another week of film releases! Only two new movies are featured in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, December 20, 2024. Because it is a slow week, I included a few movies still in theaters that I recommend you check out. 1) MUFASA: THE LION KING So, let's see if I can get this straight: "Mufasa" is a prequel to Disney's classic 1994 animated adventure "The Lion King,"  but no

By Revista Panorama Número 297 de Enero, 1973. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=125206575 With the release of Luca Guadagnino's outstanding  film version of William S. Burrough's novella "Queer, " we're seeing wonderful, renewed interest in Burroughs and his connection to cinema and art. BURROUGH'S INFLUENCE Like many of my generation, I discovered William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) when I was around 18 or 19, in the early 1980s. From the moment

I have Christmas tree needles all over my Film Critic pants, so it's time to shake them off (thanks, Taylor Swift) for a BIG week of film releases Six new movies are being released, so here are this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, December 6, 2024. 1) NIGHTBITCH A mess. An absolute mess. Amy Adams  stars in this crowded and annoying black comedy as a former artist but now a stay-at-home mom who begins to regret having a child while enduring the sacrifices and

Below is my list of the 20 Best Movies of 2024 in my order of preference, with the first being the Best Film of the Year 2024 was a solid year for movies—not great, but solid. You will notice that there are many films on my list that aren't on many other critics' lists, as there are many films that are NOT on my list that are included on my colleagues' lists. That's not on purpose; it's just how it worked out. A huge number of extraordinarily overrated movies were released th