Gerald Peary

Film Review: “Pal Joey” — A Memorable Rita Hayworth

August 17, 2018
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In 1957’s Pal Joey, Rita Hayworth makes an indelible impression as a screen siren, as sexy as in her ’40s heyday.

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Film Review: “Momma Mia! Here We Go Again” — Momma Mia!! 2!!

August 12, 2018
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I made a pledge last week to compromise my movie going, and in a silly, humiliating way.

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Film Review: An Insouciant Double Bill — Rita Hayworth meets Fred Astaire

August 4, 2018
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Womanizing Astaire grasps that Rita is the loveliest catch of all, and a keeper, in this musical treat.

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Film Review: “Filmworker” — (Over) Labor of Love

May 26, 2018
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Tony Zierra’s film is a worthy and interesting one, but I admit to becoming worn down by the endless litany of unglamorous ways that protagonist Leon Vitali worked his butt off for the genius filmmaker.

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Film Review: “Let the Sunshine In” — Darkness Reigns

May 25, 2018
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Let the Sunshine In is French filmmaker Claire Denis’s one-note ode to the power of love even when, in this case, love stinks like dead fish.

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Film Review: “Claire’s Camera” — An Engaging Escapade from a Major Director

April 13, 2018
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Claire’s Camera is enjoyable and charming, but it’s definitely minor Hong, made on a lark at Cannes.

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Film Review: “Ramen Heads” — Delicious Obsession

April 6, 2018
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Food porn? You know it when you see it.

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Film Review: “Red Sparrow” — A Retro Cold War thriller

March 23, 2018
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Red Sparrow isn’t great in any way, but, at two hours and twenty minutes, we do get our money’s worth of old-school genre entertainment.

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Film Review: “The Insult” — Contrived Courtroom Drama, Interesting Backstory

February 15, 2018
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The film becomes a made-for-TV trial melodrama, with actors delivering oratorical speeches and the plot spinning several times with contrived, made-to-shock revelations.

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Remembrance: Dorothy Malone — Hollywood Siren

January 23, 2018
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Could Dorothy Malone be the only person in the world to have dated both Sinatra and Liberace?

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