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Five Cent Cine: Bombshell
Late in “Bombshell,” an ingenue female employee, Kayla (Margot Robbie) accuses the famous Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) of enabling the sexual harassment […]
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Five Cent Cine: 1917
The First World War, known until the Second as the Great War, the War to End All Wars, has long been a touchstone for war’s […]
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Five Cent Cine: Knives Out
“Knives Out” is a worthy murder mystery/detective procedural, complete with the twists and turns we expect—and don’t. Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express” (book, […]
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Five Cent Cine: Little Women
“Little Women” is surprisingly contemporary in its focus on women, as least as told by Greta Gerwig in her 2019 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s […]
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A new 50-55 minute pilot episode for a mafia genre TV series will soon be shot in Buffalo. Aeri Productions, Cross Atlantic Media, and Monk […]
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Five Cent Cine: Marriage Story
Films about marital conflict are a Hollywood staple. They work because we understand the arc of the narrative; we know that the director will eventually […]
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Five Cent Cine: Queen & Slim
The buddy/road trip is a common genre in films, among them 2018’s Oscar-winning – and controversial – “Green Book” and 1991’s “Thelma & Louise.” As […]