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BARRY WURST II

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · By Barry Wurst II

    Landmark indie film ‘Goodbye Paradise’ gets encore 35 years after release (opens the original)

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    Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect that the screening originally planned for Friday, Sept. 25, has been postponed to 6 p.m. Oct. 16 due to anticipated severe weather. "Goodbye Paradise," the landmark made-in-Hawaii independent feature, is making a comeback. The low-budget drama, filmed in 1991 on Oahu and using local actors, has been out of print for decades and was feared to be lost. Now, thanks to the late filmmaker Robert Stone, who digitized a rare VHS copy, the film has

  2. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · By BARRY WURST II

    Barry Wurst: Directed by Maui native, new ‘Spider-Man’ movie is refreshingly dark, moving (opens the original)

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    The biggest obstacle facing a new "Spider-Man" movie wasn't the question of where the story would pick up. We know that Peter Parker (played by Tom Holland) now lives in a world where his friends and even MJ (Zendaya), the love of his life, don't remember him. Clearly, the story begins with our hero recovering from a bitter victory and living in a world where no one knows his true self. If the follow-up plot requirements were a given, what wasn't was: How on Earth do you top "Spider-Man: No Way

  3. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · By BARRY WURST II

    Barry Wurst: Jason Momoa can’t save ‘Supergirl’ (opens the original)

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    Early into "Supergirl," the second feature-length adaptation of the DC Comics character, someone asks why it's 'Supergirl' and not 'Superwoman.' The answer is never given, proving the question, like the film itself, to be entirely pointless. In this version of the character, which first appeared in 1959, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, is a miserable, burnt-out party girl on Earth. Her only source of love comes from Krypto, the wily super-dog who is also a companion to her cousin Superman. When Kryp

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