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Daily Archives: November 11, 2014
Movie Review: “Beyond the Lights”
“Beyond the Lights” is another pain-behind-the-music romance. But it’s so well written, cast and played that we lose ourselves in the comfort food familiarity of it all. This hip hop era “Bodyguard” has heart and soul, thanks to stars Gugu … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Rosewater”
Maziar Bahari was a reporter in the right place at the right time. An Iranian ex-pat turned Western journalist, he toted a video camera and moved with smiling, cautious ease through his native land — catching up with his mom, … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “The Homesman”
There’s a hint of the Dust Bowl in Oscar-winner Hilary Swank’s face — a worn, rawboned quality straight out of a Walker Evans photograph. That makes her the perfect Mary Bee Cuddy, the sturdy not-quite-old-maid of Tommy Lee Jones’ film, … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Always Woodstock”
Only the faintest echo of hippy magic clings to “Always Woodstock,” a romantic-comedy-with-music set in the storied village where all that musical and cultural history was made on Yasgur’s Farm over half a century ago. “Always” is about Catherine, a … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Jason Momoa chews it up in “Wolves”
Blame the jaw-dropping, laugh-out-loud but still hot werewolf sex scene. Who knew she-werewolves got their underwear ideas (boy cut) from “Sex and the City”? Embrace the high-end transformation effects, the inspired casting of Jason “Conan” Momoa as a were-villain. Cackle … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Katie Holmes is packing heat and a smile in “Miss Meadows”
“Miss Meadows” never just walks anywhere. When you’re always in tap shoes, you never know when the urge to do a heel tap or paradiddle will strike you. Unfailingly polite and genteel, she wears white gloves. Always. She never says … Continue reading
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