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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Movie Review: It’s Eisenberg times two in “The Double”
Identity and our ability to control our own is very much in the zeitgeist, which goes a long way in explaining why there are two current films built around the confused search for identity, both adaptations of novels titled “The … Continue reading
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Questions for Ken Watanabe? “Godzilla” expert?
It’s a gamble, I know. But I figure, if I’m interviewing somebody from “Godzilla,” I want the guy whose culture gave birth to the Kaiji, the guy who, in the new movie, sympathizes with the monster he identifies by naming … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Only Lovers Left Alive” gives us vampires in a Jarmusch setting
Aging indie hipster Jim Jarmusch finally gets around to making his vampire movie with “Only Lovers Left Alive,” a droll, dry and atmospheric character study in the Jarmusch style.The director who brought us “Night on Earth,” “Mystery Train” and “Broken … Continue reading
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Box Office: “Spider-Man” falls off, still could hit $90, “Rio 2” clears $100
“The Amazing Spider-Man 2” didn’t suffer much of a fall-off from Friday to Saturday. But no fall off, on most people’s first full day off to go see it, might have been expected. It’s still on track to hit $90-91 … Continue reading
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Box Office: Bad reviews can’t keep “Spider-Man” from a $90 million+ weekend
The experts, professional box office watchers, predicted a 30% improvement in the take for this “Spider-Man” sequel. The last film opened at $62, and this would should clear $90 — Box Office Mojo, Deadline and Box Office Guru opined. And … Continue reading
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Next screening: “Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return”
It’s an animated offering with a lot of names in the cast and an untested studio behind it. L. Frank Baum’s books are in the public domain, and animation is still the most consistently lucrative corner of the business (expensive, … Continue reading
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Next interview: Got questions for James McAvoy?
His screen work in recent years has taken on a lot of different colors — conflicted guys, crooked guys, and in “Filth,” James McAvoy takes things even further afield as a devious, reprobate — a bad, bad cop. “Trance,” … Continue reading
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Box Office: Will “Amazing” reach $100 million?
The reviews haven’t been generous. There’s the sense, among the cognoscenti, that this Sony “Spider-Man” beast is just too cynical, too generic, too lacking, to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Marvel marvels that “Captain America,” “Iron Man,” “The Avengers” … Continue reading
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Weekend Reviews: “Spider-Man” fails to amaze, “Belle” dazzles
There are often course corrections by critics over the course of a director’s career, or over the path of a film franchise. Maybe critics, like Siskel & Ebert at the start of the “Ace Ventura” era, will all of a … Continue reading
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