Daily Archives: July 14, 2018

Preview, “Lord, what fools these Hollywood folk be,” a new indie “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Rachel Leigh Cook, {Paz de la Huerta, Hamish Linklater and Finn Wittrock are the big names  — OK, not quite big — attached to this latest cinema stab at Shakespeare. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” isn’t my favorite of the plays, … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Gemma discovers housewife ennui is still a thing in “The Escape”

Even filmgoers too young to remember the ’70s are likely to find “The Escape” dated — almost quaint. A well-acted, intimate drama about a housewife’s depression over the limited life she’s leading, it harks back to the Decade When Hollywood … Continue reading

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Preview, Emma Roberts and Hayden Christensen replay “Romeo and Juliet” in “Little Italy”

Emma Roberts has had an interesting time of it, trading on her aunt and uncle’s name, crashing and burning at the end of her youth role years (she was going to take time off for college, but hated the hard … Continue reading

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BOX OFFICE: Vampire cartoon sucks and soars, “Skyscraper” crashes, “Ant-Man” shrinks

Rock “The Dwayne” Johnson’s run of box office blockbusters comes to an end this weekend. And you can thank “Rampage” for that. Surely some of the residual “We shelled out $16 a ticket for THIS?” hangover from that mad monkey … Continue reading

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