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‘The Legend of Ochi’ supplies creature comforts, tactile fantasy and a touch too much effort

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Getting swept away by a fantasy world is one of moviegoing’s more rarefied pleasures, disbelief dissolving as readily as a pill on the tongue. That makes achieving it a tricky endeavor. Count first-time feature director Isaiah Saxon among the more hardworking and dedicated magicians to attempt it of late with his mist-laden cryptozoological fable “The … Read more

‘The Penguin Lessons,’ starring a teacher’s pet, has feel-good movie moments down cold

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The unique relationship between animals and people is a territory often mined for cinematic fodder; the twist in “The Penguin Lessons,” based on the 2015 memoir by Tom Michell, is in the exoticism of both the animal and the setting, though the message imparted is indeed familiar. Adapted for the screen by screenwriter Jeff Pope … Read more