Jack Martin script writer and movie reviewer

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“Ma chere Mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax, let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents – your dinner!”

Lumiere (Jerry Orbach) in Beauty and the Beast (1991, dirs. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise)


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This Week’s Movie Menu (10 – 16 August 2026)

This Week’s Movie Menu (10 – 16 August 2026)

A suburban epic of prehistoric proportions is leading the charge of this week’s exciting new film releases, which also include the origins of a legendary chef, the vapid lifestyle of an aristocrat, and the return of a nautical family adventure…

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