Daily Archives: March 7, 2023

Movie Review: Woody Harrelson coaches Special Needs ballers to be “Champions”

A dare stares the viewer dead in the eyes right from the outset of “Champions,” a long and formulaic basketball comedy starring Woody Harrelson and directed by his “Kingpins” partner, Bobby Farrelly. As the film’s hook is that this team … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Plucky Sally Hawkins hunts for “The Lost King,” Richard III

“The Lost King” is a featherweight little charmer about a plucky Brit who decides that King Richard III, whom history and Shakespeare have rendered as a murderously psychotic, has gotten a bum rap. As played by Sally Hawkins, Philippa Langley … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: Remembering “Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan: Brothers in Blues”

Hard to believe now, but there was a stretch in the MTV mid-80s when two blues-playing brothers from Dallas were all over the radio, the TV and even tucked into movie soundtracks. Jimmie Vaughan was the older sibling, the first … Continue reading

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