Monthly Archives: September 2018

Preview, “Science Fair” documentary celebrates smarts, and offers hope in a nation that’s fallen for “Stupid”

This nerdy doc from Cristina Constantini and Darren Foster opens in limited release Sept. 14. Perfect time for something like this, I must say.

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Box Office: “Incredibles 2” just cleared the $600 million mark

It happened Saturday. It’s keeping “Kin” out of the top ten. Still pulling in viewers on a fraction of the screens it held when it opened. In June.

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Documentary Review — “Kusama: Infinity”

In art, the story of the artist, their “journey,” trials and narrative can often overwhelm the work itself. That was never going to happen to Yayoi Kusama. She might be an art product of wartime Japan, a publicity hungry provocateur … Continue reading

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Netflixable? Romantic comedy boils down to “The Laws of Thermodynamics”

More clever than funny, “The Laws of Thermodynamics” is a feature length Spanish language (Catalan?) “Big Bang Theory,” without the punchlines, rimshots and rhythms of a sitcom. A lovelorn astrophysics grad student falls for an “It” girl model in Barcelona, … Continue reading

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Preview, Natalie Portman and Jude Law go musical for “Vox Lux”

She’s played a prima ballerina fated to be “The Black Swan,” why not a pop star of the Gaga/Xtina variety? “Vox Lux” hasn’t got a lot of info floating around about it. Just Portman replacing Rooney Mara in the lead … Continue reading

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Preview, a Black Teen hides in plain sight in the Third Reich, “Where Hands Touch”

Amandla Stenberg is the biracial/looks black teen trapped in Hitler Youth era Germany in this drama, also starring Abbie Cornish. “Where Hands Touch” would have to be a true story or inspired by one, right? Germany’s official hatred of anybody … Continue reading

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Labor Day Box Office: “Asians” come back for thirds, “Finale” and “Searching” get scraps

Those “Crazy Rich Asians” keep pulling in the audience, losing virtually no momentum, weekend to weekend, heading towards a $150-175 million total take at this rate. Labor Day Weekend is no different from the previous two weekends, barely a 5-6% … Continue reading

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