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Tonight’s screening: “The Theory of Everything”
November is when critics start to wrap up their screenings of the Top Ten List contenders, from “Instellar” and “Rosewater” and soon to open films with Oscar buzz, to “Foxcatcher” and tonight’s outing, “The Theory of Everything.” As Stephen Hawking … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Big Hero 6”
“Big Hero 6″ is Walt Disney Animation’s lovely and sometimes touching attempt to do anime with computer-generated animation. Based on Marvel comic book characters, it’s a story-driven kid-pleasing mashup of plots, situations and ideas from scads of earlier tales of … Continue reading
Movie Review: “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya”
Studio Ghibli’s “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” is an old fashioned Japanese folk tale beautifully rendered in old-fashioned hand-drawn animation. As anime projects go, Isao Takahata’s film is rougher-hewn, more hand-crafted looking than the Oscar winning work of Ghibli’s … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Interstellar” aims high
Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” is the most ambitious science fiction film — maybe ever, certainly since “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Long, filled with lengthy passages of exposition and explanations of science, it takes forever to get to a killer third act. … Continue reading
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Movie Preview: “Ex Machina” looks like “Her” meets “Blade Runner”
For my money, A24 is a studio on the rise. Arresting, offbeat releases, challenging sci-fi, generally smart and surprising fare across the board. “Under the Skin” with Scarlett J., “Enemy,” a Jake Gyllenhaal puzzle picture, “Locke,” “Spring Breakers,” “The Bling … Continue reading
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Gugu goes pop and strips down for “Beyond the Lights”
In “Belle,” Gugu Mbatha-Raw played a daughter of a slave raised to be a woman in polite society in 18th century Britain. She had to carry herself like a lady, in modest clothing Jane Austen would have recognized. But in … Continue reading
Box Office: “Nightcrawler” crawls to a weak Halloween weekend win
Jake Gyllenhaal has a box office winner on his hands. Not a blockbuster, though. Deadline is extrapolating that a weak Friday (Halloween) will deliver a $12-13 million weekend. “Nightcrawler” has great reviews and will no doubt do better on a … Continue reading
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Critical Mass: Reviewers go for “Nightcrawler,” not “Horns” or “Before I Go to Sleep”
“Nightcrawler” has Jake Gyllenhaal as an amoral thief and sociopath (Aspergerger’s, maybe a little?) who takes up freelance TV news crime and crash videography, and makes his mark in it. Feels a little dated in terms of its media savvy, … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Revenge of the Green Dragons”
Bloody, brutal and melodramatic, “Revenge of the Green Dragons” is a straight-up gang war thriller whose release is “presented” by Martin Scorsese. The master of Italian-American mob movies saw much to like, and much that is familiar in this story … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Before I Go to Sleep”
Three of the best actors in the business put on a master class in mystery thriller in “Before I Go to Sleep,” a lean, twisty-turning tale in the “Memento” style. Christine (Nicole Kidman) wakes up each day confused. Her eyes … Continue reading
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