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Movie Review: “God’s Not Dead”
When you lose your temper, mother always taught you, “You’ve already lost the argument.” That’s not good news for “God’s Not Dead.” This is the angriest faith-based film in memory. Believers here are outnumbered, a persecuted, righteous and intellectually rigorous … Continue reading
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Box Office: “Divergent” $56, “Muppets” fade, “Duck Dynasty”-backed “God’s Not Dead” $8
“Divergent” had a banner Saturday to go with a healthy Friday, and should come close to $56 million by midnight tonight (Sunday.). The weekend’s biggest surprise might be “God’s Not Dead,” another indie Christian studio (FREE) release that opened mostly … Continue reading
Box Office: “Divergent” explodes, end of the line for the “Muppets?”
Hand it to Summit. Te “Twilight” co., which cranked up “Hunger Games” as it was swallowed by Lionsgate, knows its demographic. Teenage girls are buying everybody in the office Bentleys. Again. “Divergent,” which critics panned and felt like a soft … Continue reading
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Next screening: “The Unknown Known”
It’s the Errol Morris take on another secretary of defense, this one Donald Rumsfeld. His manner of thinking, his means of making decisions, the odd turns and twists in his career. For those who remember EM and his combative interview … Continue reading
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Next Screening: “Dom Hemingway”
Jude Law’s the randy, rough ex-con who has a Come to Jesus (or at least the Emergency Room) moment that shakes up that life and puts him back in touch with the daughter he didn’t get to see grow up. … Continue reading
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Box Office: Will “Divergent” mop up the Muppets?
That’s what the prognosticators says. The latest femme-friendly YA (young adult) action film in the “Hunger Games” mold will do do Katniss-sized business, at least on its opening weekend. “Divergent” is a pre-ordained franchise. There appears to be nothing in … Continue reading
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Next Interview: Questions for Nicolas Cage?
Before you go popping off here, all snarky and such, quick question — Have you seen “The Frozen Ground”? How about “Joe,” his latest? He wasn’t bad in “Bad Lieutenant”, was he? And he killed in “Kick-Ass.” So none of … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Muppets Most Wanted”
“Muppets Most Wanted” is funnier than the last Muppets movie, with far better songs (by Bret McKenzie), punnier puns and all manner of geo-political gags, cultural wisecracks and star cameos.Sure, you can take the kids. But will they get the … Continue reading
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Charlotte and Stacy talk about sex and “Nymphomaniac”
When an esteemed director refers to the movie he’s about to make as a “porn film,” he creates an interesting dilemma for those he’d like to cast. “I was a bit, oh, hesitant,” admits Charlotte Gainsbourg, star of Lars Von … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “Divergent”
“Divergent,” the latest outcast-teen-battles-The-System thriller, is similar enough to “The Hunger Games” that hardcore Katniss fans may dismiss it. But it’s a more streamlined film, with a love story with genuine heat and deaths with genuine pathos. And director Neil … Continue reading
