Author: Brian Milinsky
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‘The Last Word’ says an awful lot
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“This is no way to live” – reportedly the last words of Groucho Marx Calling Academy Award winning actress Shirley MacLaine “iconic” might well be an understatement. TailSlate loved her in 2011’s Bernie with Jack…
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Tail Slate recasts ‘Three Men and a Baby’ as it turns 30 years old
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It was the surprise #1 box office hit of 1987, rocketing past the year’s other $100 million movies, Fatal Attraction, Beverly Hills Cop II and Good Morning Vietnam. Three Men and a Baby starred Tom…
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Remembering the late Bill Paxton
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The news report caught me off guard. I was at my desk at the office when a colleague passing by asked me if I’d heard the news that Bill Paxton had died. I had not…
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‘The Space Between Us” can’t quite fill the void
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‘The Space Between Us” doesn’t deliver on its promise
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‘A United Kingdom’ unites history and a love story into a fine film’
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“…a nation without a past is a lost nation, and a people without a past is a people without a soul” Seretse Khama Director Amma Assante (2013’s Belle), working from a script penned by Guy…
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‘I Am Not Your Negro’ turns an unfinished manuscript into a fiery indictment of race relations in the United States
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The result is a 95 minute mixture of the author’s own written words, voiced by Samuel L. Jackson in a world-weary way that heightens their message and brilliance; along with video of the author in…
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‘Youth in Oregon’ is a tough but worthwhile watch
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“My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience” – Jack Kevorkian “Raymond Engersol” (Frank Langella – Robot & Frank, Frost/Nixon) is an eighty-something retired physician who survived open-heart surgery. But as a result…
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With Vin Diesel back, ‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ is a welcome return indeed
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“Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious, according to Oscar Wilde” – Sean Connery as “John Mason” in 1996’s ‘The Rock’ In the universe of the NSA’s xXx program, overseen by Agent “Augustus Gibbons” (Samuel…
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‘A Dog’s Purpose’ makes a great novel into a mediocre movie
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“The average dog is a better person than the average person” – Andy Rooney Disclaimer – As a dog lover, I was very concerned about the videotape that alleges a dog was mistreated in the…
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And the 2017 Oscar nominees are
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Today is one of those rare mornings when actors and others in the movie industry do not mind being awakened early by a ringing phone. As long as the person on the other end of…