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 (19 – 25 January 2026)

This Week’s Movie Menu (19 – 25 January 2026)

It’s Oscar nominations week, and as we wait to find out which films, actors, directors et al will be shortlisted for Hollywood’s top prize, be sure to check out what’s coming your way this week, including a deadly Korean satire, a futuristic real-time thriller, and the very first feature by a certain iconic filmmaker…

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