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FlixChatter Review: Saturday Night (2024) – Jason Reitman’s retelling of the first SNL episode in real-time is a fun, frenzied ride

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As Saturday Night Live enters its 50th season, it’s quite fun to revisit the day the first-ever episode went live. As so happens, I saw the film on the big screen exactly 49 years to the day it aired on October 11, 1975. Generally, I’m not a super huge fan of SNL and rarely see …

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The Fabelmans (2022) review – Spielberg’s earnest origin story isn’t quite magical but still enjoyable for fans of his work

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Spielberg’s films are often told from the point of view of children or feature kids prominently. So it’s no surprise that his semi-autobiography loosely based on his childhood is told through a fictional boy Sam ‘Sammy’ Fabelman during his formative years. Even the most casual moviegoers who don’t pay much attention to the film industry …

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