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Movies at Home: Kurt Russell double-feature on Amazon Prime

Jeff Mitchell

March 17 is obviously St. Patrick’s Day, but with COVID-19 shutting down bars and restaurants in many locales around the U.S., our Irish celebrations will probably be muted this year.  Don’t be sad, it’s still St. Patty’s Day, and it’s also Kurt Russell’s birthday!  It’s true.  The man known as Snake, Rudy Russo, MacReady, and Star-Lord’s Dad turns 69 years young! While you’re busting out the green beer in the comfort of your living rooms, why not turn to Amazon Prime and guzzle down two memorable Kurt Russell films. “Bone…

Movies at Home: John Travolta double-feature on Amazon Prime

Jeff Mitchell

In 1978, John Travolta was the coolest man on the planet.  He starred as Vinnie Barbarino in the high-school TV comedy “Welcome Back, Kotter” (1975 – 1979) and made girls’ hearts melt in “Saturday Night Fever” (1977) and “Grease” (1978).  Looking back at his movie-resume, he has plenty of great films that will make you figuratively toe-tap after the final credits roll. Since we are living in a dystopian pandemic (at the moment, and hopefully not forever) and have to lay low, why not be cool like Vinnie Barbarino and…

‘First Cow’ grazes into a long-winded but mesmerizing underdog story

Jeff Mitchell

“First Cow” – “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”  – Albert Einstein Writer/director Kelly Reichardt grew up in Miami, Fla., but you wouldn’t know it from her films.  She set “Wendy and Lucy” (2008) and “Meeks Cutoff” (2010) in Oregon, a modern-day tale and a one from 1845, respectively.  2016’s “Certain Women” took place in Montana, and her new movie “First Cow” heads back to Oregon and the 19th century. Somewhere in the Oregon Territory wilderness, a quiet, reserved cook – appropriately nicknamed Cookie (John Magaro) – travels with…