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 (27 April – 3 May 2026)

This Week’s Movie Menu (27 April – 3 May 2026)

Why yes, it IS another week of film releases for you to devilishly devour, and among the pack is a long-awaited fashion follow-up, a terrifying bit of folklore, the year’s second animated body-swapping adventure (weird how it’s becoming its own subgenre), and the return of a grotesque debut by a beloved filmmaker…

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